Oslo Architecture Triennale
What happens when landscape comes first in urban and regional planning, construction and the development of public spaces? Nature is then no longer something added as an afterthought, but a defining condition from the outset.
Landscape architecture is fundamentally about understanding human needs and intentions in relation to natural processes. Biodiversity, ecology, soil, water, plants and animals therefore become integral to the project itself.
The exhibition ‘What if landscape comes first?’ explores what this might mean in practice across a range of scales: from the Oslo region to the school playground, and from food and play to soil layers and Arctic landscapes.
AHO is delighted to invite you to the exhibition ‘What if landscape comes first?’
- Exhibition dates: 17 September–1 October 2026
- Opening hours: Weekdays, 8.30 am–3.00 pm
- Venue: AHO Gallery, Maridalsveien 25, Oslo
- View the programme on the Oslo Architecture Triennale website
The exhibition explores, among other things, how the boundary of Oslo’s Marka forest can be developed as a rich transitional landscape, how parks can function as living infrastructure, and how logistics areas can become sites of regeneration.
Water-retaining landscapes are considered in relation to the food they can produce, the depth of the landscape is used as a design tool, and children are invited to help shape landscapes undergoing change.
At the same time, the High North offers new perspectives on how we can plan and shape places in response to rapid climatic and environmental change.
The projects address the following question: What does it mean to shape places with nature rather than around it?
The main part of the exhibition is presented at AHO, while a smaller section is on display at Sofienberg Church as part of Oslo Architecture Triennale.
Organised by: The integrated Master’s programme in Landscape Architecture at AHO and UiT, in collaboration with the Co-Regenerative Landscapes research group at AHO.