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Lilla Georgine Hansen (1 April 1872 - 11 June 1962) was Norway's first female architect.
Lilla Georgine Hansen (1 April 1872 - 11 June 1962) was Norway's first female architect.
Background
Georgine Marie Hansen was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Georg Martin Hansen (1828-1915) and Maren Paulowna Victoria Bülow (1838-1898). She studied at the Royal Drafting School (nowOslo National Academy of the Arts
The Oslo National Academy of the Arts ( no, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, ''KHiO'') is a university college in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts. It is one of two public institutes of higher learning in ...
) under Herman Major Schirmer
Herman Major Schirmer (20 June 1845 – 11 April 1913) was a Norwegian architect, educator and historian of art. He has been described as "one of the chief ideologues" of Norwegian romantic nationalism. He was also a diligent writer and Norway's fi ...
, graduating in 1894. She completed her architectural education in Brussels where she trained with Victor Horta. She also served architectural apprenticeships with architects Halfdan Berle Oslo and Martin Nyrop
Martin Nyrop (11 November 1849 18 May 1921) was a Danish architect.
Early life and education
Nyrop was born on 11 November 1849 at Holmsland, Ringkøbing, the son of parish priest Christopher Nyrop (1805–1879) and Helene Ahlmann (1807–1874). ...
in Copenhagen. She established her own practice in 1912. After her breakthrough the same year with Heftyeterrassen, a residential complex at Thomas Heftyes gate 42 in Oslo, she went on to design a number of large villas as well as a hospital and student accommodation for women.
Career
Her first known works was a cabin at Frønsvollenin Nordmarka, listed in 1902 for tobacco manufacturerNicolai Andresen
Nicolai Andresen (24 September 1781 – 18 November 1861) was a Norwegian merchant, banker and member of Stortinget. He laid the foundation for Andresens Bank A/S, which after several mergers became Nordea Bank Norge.
Andresen was born at Tø ...
. Her next work was the summer house of professor Theodor Frølich
Theodor Christian Brun Frølich (29 September 1870 – 14 August 1947) was a Norway, Norwegian physician and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Oslo. In 1938 he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pione ...
at Nesøya in Asker from 1903. Both these early houses she drew before she established a private office. At Asker in 1910, she drew the main building at Hval farm for estate owner Wilhelm Roede. In 1912 she designed a villa at Trosterudveien 10 in Aker
Aker may refer to:
Places
* Aker, Norway, a geographic area in Oslo and a former municipality in Norway
* Vestre Aker, a district of Oslo within former Aker municipality
* Nordre Aker, a district of Oslo within former Aker municipality
* Aker Br ...
in Norwegian national romanticism for Lil and Nils Roede. Roughly contemporary were villas at Nobels gate 10 and Fritzners gate 4 in Oslo.
The breakthrough came with the first prize in the architectural competition in 1912 for the complex Heftyeterrassen in Oslo in Neo-baroque. Gyldenløves gate 19 from 1929 is a monumental structure designed in Neoclassical architecture on Arno Bergs plass in Frogner. She was also responsible for the decor of the building which housed the Studiehjem for unge pike. Founded in 1916 by Kristine Bonnevie
Kristine Elisabeth Heuch Bonnevie (8 October 1872 – 30 August 1948) was a Norwegian biologist, Norway's first female professor, women's rights activist and politician for the Free-minded Liberal Party. Her fields of research were cytology, genet ...
, Studiehjem offers homes for female students over the age of 18. Located near St. Hanshaugen Park
St. Hanshaugen Park is a large public park located just north of the city center of Oslo, Norway. It is a classic urban park located within the borough of St. Hanshaugen, which was named for the park which lies within its center. St. Hanshaugen ...
, it was a short distance to public transport and walking distance to several campuses. In 2004 Karina Hyggen Amland prevented demolition. Acting with ''Support Association for the Conservation of Hoffsjef Løvenskiolds Road 4'', the villa entered the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage
The Directorate for Cultural Heritage ( no, Riksantikvaren or ''Direktoratet for kulturminneforvaltning'') is a government agency responsible for the management of cultural heritage in Norway. Subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of the Environm ...
list of properties with cultural heritage.
Selected works
* Maristuen at Frønsvollen in Nordmarka for Nicolai Andresen (1902) * Vacation home on Nesøya in Asker for Theodor Frølich, (1903) * Hval farm house in Aker for Wilhelm Roede (1910) * Trosterudveien 10 in Oslo for Lil and Nils Roede (1912) * Villa Nobel Street 10 in Oslo (ca. 1912) * Villa, Fritzner Street 4 in Oslo (ca. 1912) * Leiegård at Gyldenløve gate 19 in Frogner (1929)See also
*Women in architecture
Women in architecture have been documented for many centuries, as professional (or amateur) practitioners, educators and clients. Since architecture became organized as a profession in 1857, the number of women in architecture has been low. At t ...
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