OCEAN Design Research Association focuses on interdisciplinary research by design in the intersection between

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

urban Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to: * Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas * Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities Urban may also refer to: General * Urban (name), a list of people ...

- and

landscape design Landscape design is an independent profession and a design and art tradition, practiced by landscape designers, combining nature and culture. In contemporary practice, landscape design bridges the space between landscape architecture and garde ...

industrial design Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical Product (business), products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advan ...

, and a variety of related creative disciplines. The not-for-profit association is registered in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

History

In 1994 OCEAN was founded by Michael Ulrich Hensel, Ulrich Königs, Tom Verebes and Bostjan Vuga as a think-tank for experimental design in architecture located in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. In 1995 the group expanded into a network with groups in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...

and

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

. In 1998 the groups in

and

fused and operated under the name OCEAN NORTH until 2006. During the same year the revision of the network and its expansion began. In result OCEAN was renamed and restructured as an independent and not-for-profit design research association registered in

in 2008. Today OCEAN conducts a wide scope of research by design, bringing together the disciplines of

, urban and

, industrial and

product design Product design as a verb is to create a new product to be sold by a business to its customers. A very broad coefficient and effective generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products. Thus, it is a major aspect of n ...

, engineering, biology, ecology, micro-climatology and musical composition. The objective of the association is to initiate, undertake, promote and host collaboration in design research with the aim for improve the built environment and anthroposphere, by means of developing and exploring new paradigms to design that are heterogeneous, performative, context-specific, and culturally, socially and environmentally sustainable. The network is active in the intersection between practice, research and education. Current research areas include

Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

and

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

, Assembly Buildings, Auxiliary Architectures, Computational Design and Augmented Reality, Grounds and

Envelope An envelope is a common packaging item, usually made of thin, flat material. It is designed to contain a flat object, such as a letter or card. Traditional envelopes are made from sheets of paper cut to one of three shapes: a rhombus, a shor ...

s, Matter and Energy Interaction, Performance-oriented Design, Systems Oriented Design, Research by Design, Systems-oriented Design, and Sound Environments. The work of OCEAN has been published and exhibited widely, including the

Venice Biennale of Architecture Venice Biennale of Architecture (in Italian Mostra di Architettura di Venezia) is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world, held in Venice, Italy, every other year. It was held on even years until 2018, but 202 ...

2002 and 2004, and the Beijing Architectural Biennale 2008. Among its best known work to date is the ‘World Centre for Human Concerns’ designed for the exhibition ‘A New World Trade Centre’, exhibited at the Max Protetch Gallery in

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

, the American Pavilion at the

2002 and the German Museum of Architecture.Protetch M. Ed. (2004). ''A New World Trade Center – Design Proposals from leading Architects Worldwide''. New York: Regan Books Harper Collins. 110-111. The scheme for a 'World Center for Human Concerns' pointed towards a new institution that could provide representation to all people above and beyond nation-state representation. The intention was to project a forum for political processes, with the aim to overcome violent conflict in result of the existence of multiple forms of acceptable representation.

OCEAN members

* Dr. Natasha Barrett * Prof. Guillem Baraut Bover * Dr. Richard Bonser * Christina Doumpioti * Hülya Ertaş * Isak Worre Foged * Prof. Dr. Michael Ulrich Hensel- Founding and current Chairman * Prof. Christian Hermansen * Dr. Pavel Hladik * Joakim Hoen * Nathaniel Kolbe * Tom Lea * Prof. Dr. Andrew Morrisson * Prof. Dr. Frederik Nilsson * Dr. Janne Reitan * Dr. Jonas Runberger * Prof. Dr.

Birger Ragnvald Sevaldson Birger Sevaldson (born 1953, Bærum, Norway) is a founding member and current chairman of OCEAN Design Research Association and Professor at the Institute of Industrial Design at AHO - Oslo School of Architecture and Design where he collaborates wi ...

- Current Secretary * Prof. Søren Sørensen * Defne Sunguroğlu Hensel * Jeffrey P. Turko - Current Vice-chairman

OCEAN Honorary members

* Prof.

Mark Burry Mark Cameron Burry (born 24 February 1957) is a New Zealand architect. He is the Foundation Director of Swinburne University of Technology’s Smart Cities Research Institute. Previous to that, he was the Professor of Innovation and Director of ...

* Prof. Emeritus Dr. George Jeronimidis * Prof. Dr. Jolly Monge * Prof. Dr. Harold Nelson * Prof. Dr. Tevfik Balcıoğlu

References

External links

* http://www.ocean-designresearch.net * http://www.systemsorienteddesign.net * http://www.performanceorienteddesign.net * https://web.archive.org/web/20180914220640/http://www.membranespaces.net/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Ocean Design Research Association Business organisations based in Norway