Architectural Practice is a lecture series inviting exemplary practices from across the globe to share their ongoing body of work. The series is curated by Cristian Ștefănescu  (Assistant Professor, BAS & founder of a-works | architecture, art and design) and co-hosted by the Bergen School of Architecture (BAS) and Bergen Society of Architects (BAF).

"Buildings where materials and constructions are the architecture itself."

Jespersen Nødtvedt is a Danish-Norwegian architectural office founded in 2021 by Emil Jespersen and Marte Nødtvedt Skjæggestad. The office focuses on craftsmanship and sustainability.

With a critical approach to sustainability trends, we aim to look at our shared material bank with a new perspective, merging architectural artistry and sustainable materials into a unified entity. Our creative process starts with materials and constructions, attempting to transcend traditional ideas of form and style. Based on a fundamental idea of how something is constructed and put together, the architecture unfolds based on the premises of craftsmanship and production techniques, weaving itself as a new historical layer that reflects our contemporary era.

In our work, we prioritize being involved in all phases of a project – from initial sketches to on-site presence, closely collaborating with engineers and craftsmen. Alongside the track of built projects, the studio delves into artistic and technical explorations of materials and constructions, with both tracks informing each other in a comprehensive and multifaceted artistic perspective. The experiments seek to explore and push the boundaries of what is possible within materials, craftsmanship, and sustainability. This involves experimenting with architecture that was previously hard to envision or associated with negative connotations, in pursuit of new aesthetic expressions. These experiments are conducted through practice-based 1:1 processes, where we first acquire in-depth craftsmanship knowledge, fundamentally believing that it's best to first learn the craft itself before advancing its development.