Reiulf Ramstad Architects   Oslo

A place is not simply an aggregate of physical elements and conditions. It is not an object, however complex, to be viewed as raw material for the architect’s creative will. A place is indivisible ; it is unique and has a distinct expressivity of its own. 

Architecture must always acknowledge the innate character of every location and make its design a marriage of place and concept. The philosophy of Reiulf Ramstad Architects is that architecture must be instructed by the uniqueness of its location. With the uniqueness of every site and context as the point of departure Reiulf Ramstad Architects employ a distinct and limited architectural palette characterized by a strong focus on materials and the sense of a location’s individual spatiality. Each project becomes a unique departure when highly individual design emerges from a set of clearly defined and controlled elements.

Reiulf Ramstad’s architecture seeks to expose the tension between the local and the global, the natural and the artificial ; between virtual and real space and between immobility and change.