A definite relationship between multiple disciplines is a driving
force in all of Snøhetta’s work. This is demonstrated over the company’s
long history that the disciplines of landscape and architecture should
be worked together without division from the earliest stages of
designs.
Snøhetta’s commitment to an integrated trans-disciplinary
practice, including architecture, landscape, interior, and design, has
few parallels within the industry. The quality and strength of identity
provoked by out designs is achieved by incorporating deep research,
leveraging what are often challenges as opportunity, and factoring the
social and political environment in the creative process. Our approach
focuses on the dialogue between building and place, each informing the
other. The inherent character and conditions of any site are carefully
considered to provide a sound point of departure for each ensuing
design. Projects truly of place can foster meaningful and often
surprising interactions, creating something simultaneously new and
timeless.
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen is the Founding Partner and Director at Snøhetta. He is born in Norway and has spent his early years in Essen, Germany, and Sunningdale, England, before gaining his Dipl.Ing. of Architecture in Graz, Austria in 1985. In this same year, he started his first private architecture practice. In 1987, he co-founded Snøhetta Architecture and Landscape – a collaboration of architects and landscape architects. Kjetil has also co-founded Norway’s first architectural gallery, Galleri ROM.
Since the creation of Snøhetta, Kjetil has been a driving partner, and as a board member and project director he has been instrumental in defining and developing Snøhetta’s philosophy and architectural ambitions.
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