SDA Norway (SDA-NO) is an informal national pilot chapter of the Systemic Design Association (SDA). It is an active and collaborative network engaged in building a local systemic design community in Norway (based in the Oslo region). SDA-NO gathers practitioners, academic design researchers and teachers in systemic design, particularly interested in systems oriented design (SOD) in Norway. An offspring of SOD is the Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD) symposia, which began with the Oslo School of Architecture and Design in 2012 and resulted in the founding of the Systemic Design Research Network and later, the Systemic Design Association, founded in 2018.
The purpose of SDA-NO is to support the development, diffusion and celebration of systemic design practice, methodology and theory in the Nordic region.
In line with the SDA statutes, SDA-NO supports a pluralistic approach and view in the development of systemic design and encourages a variety of different approaches to flourish. SDA-NO supports the development of normative ethical standards related to agency, actions, and the consequences of systemic design practice. SDA-NO pursues a spirit of openness and follows a principle of low-overhead operations and distributed responsibility.
At RSD12 Mikkel Soya Bølstad introduced us to Nordmarka forest, the meaning of forest to people, the problems and opportunities we face when we engage with nature—and how we have consumed the natural resources of nature.
SDA-NORWAY COORDINATING TEAM
Birger Sevaldson, The Oslo School of Architecture (AHO), Birger.Sevaldson@aho.no
Angel Lamar, a.lamaroliveras@gmail.com
Jonathan Romm, AHO/Halogen, jonathan.romm@aho.no
Andreas Wettre, AHO, Andreas.Wettre@aho.no
Marie Van den Bergh, AHO/ frog, marie.van.den.bergh@frog.co
Josina Vink, AHO, Josina.vink@aho.no
Kristin Støren Wigum, Oslo Met, kristinw@oslomet.no
Tore Gulden, Oslo Met, tgulden@oslomet.no
Benedice Wildhagen, DOGA, bw@doga.no
