We invite you to attend a lecture organized in cooperation with the 4 Design Days trade fair. The event will take place on January 23, 2026, at 3:00 PM, at the International Congress Centre, Plac Sławika i Antalla 1, Katowice.

Registration is required to participate in the event. The lecture will be conducted in English.

Registration can be completed by filling out the form at:

https://www.4dd.pl/2026/pl/rejestracja,810.html 

The registration deadline is January 21, 2026, at 3:00 PM. www.4dd.pl

MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE… RELATIONSHIPS IN SPACE

Architecture is born from relationships — from an attentive reading of place, from dialogue with the landscape, from sensitivity to everyday human life, and from the creative atmosphere of architectural studios.

As part of the Masters of Architecture series during 4 Design Days, on January 23 in Katowice, a lecture will be held by Jonas Norsted, co-founder of the Norwegian architectural practice Atelier Oslo, whose work consistently explores the relationships between space, people, and the environment.

The practice of Atelier Oslo is grounded in a careful reading of context — both physical and social. The architecture created by the studio’s team is not detached from its surroundings; instead, it emerges from a process of building relationships:

• between existing urban fabric and new interventions,

• between landscape and everyday life,

• between memory and contemporary functional needs.

From large public projects to adaptive reuse and experimental designs, every action undertaken by the studio grows out of curiosity, dialogue, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

In his work, Jonas Norsted places particular emphasis on the transformation of existing buildings, treating it as a process of continuity rather than rupture. His architecture does not seek to dominate, but to organize and strengthen relationships that already exist — between place and people, between structure and landscape, between architecture and everyday life. The studio’s flagship project, the Deichman Library in Oslo, demonstrates that architecture can serve as a tool for building community and a sense of belonging.

Norwegian architecture grows out of attentive observation — from a relationship with the landscape, an awareness of scale, and a conviction that space cannot exist without people. It is a school of thought in which architecture does not dominate its setting, but becomes an extension of it — quiet, yet meaningful. Design here is not about imposing form, but about building relationships: between space and human beings, between what already exists and what is possible. Architecture becomes a process of listening, rather than a declaration.

Jonas Norsted’s lecture aligns with this year’s 4 Design Days reflections on the responsibility of design in the contemporary world. It is an invitation to think about architecture as a practice of attentiveness — rooted in place and conscious of its impact on its surroundings.

“Relationships in Space” is an invitation to see architecture not as an object, but as a network of connections. As a form of design that searches for meaning — hunting high and low — sometimes high, sometimes low — always in dialogue with place. It is no coincidence that we reference here a song well known to many of you: Hunting High and Low by the Norwegian band a-ha (1985). So let us search high and low, to create something here on Earth.

Jonas Norsted – Atelier Oslo
Date: January 23, 2026 (Friday)
Time: 3:00 PM

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