Tordis Berstrand
Om
Tordis Berstrand is Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Design, NTNU. She has previously held positions and taught architectural theory, design and aesthetics at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China, University of Kent, UK, and the University of Plymouth, UK.
Tordis graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, DK, and holds an MSc Architectural History from The Bartlett, UCL, UK, and a PhD in Architecture from the University of Kent, UK. Her doctoral thesis by text is entitled 'Splitting and Doubling: Spaces for Contemporary Living in Works by Gordon Matta-Clark, Kurt Schwitters and Gregor Schneider'.
Having worked in architectural practices in London, UK, Tordis has a background as a sound artist and writer on electro-acoustic music. She has performed and taught with the multi-media artist Parl Kristian Bjørn Vester (Goodiepal), and currently explores collaborative research strategies with CRAC, the Crosscultural Research on Architecture Collective.
Tordis' research is situated at the intersections of artistic practice, architectural design and philosophical enquiry with particular interest in critical spatial practices and the domestic setting, Kurt Schwitters's Merzbau and Merz ecologies, and situated writing as epistemological practice in the design process. She publishes and presents her work in international publications, exhibitions and conferences.
Publikasjoner
2025
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Berstrand, Tordis Henriette;
Schmidt, August;
Gilberg, Arnstein Olav;
Raonic, Aleksandra;
Frasch, Heather;
Rasmussen, Mette;
Hamran, Ole Martin.
(2025)
FELLES | SCENE.
Utstilling
2024
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Baardsgaard, Anne Kristine;
Selvik, Amalie Marie;
Faurby, Carl Martin Rosenkilde;
Lundebrekke, Edith;
Viken, Annee Grøtte;
Espelien, Ingvild;
Samdal, Ina;
Berstrand, Tordis Henriette;
Blix, Anna;
Schmidt, Franz Petter.
(2024)
ULL.
Utstilling
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Berstrand, Tordis Henriette;
Schmidt, August;
Gilberg, Arnstein Olav;
Raonic, Aleksandra;
Haarsaker, Nina Katrine;
Živanović, Zdravko;
Ballo, Eva Marie;
Skålnes, Inga.
(2024)
Felles/skap/skip - satelitt.
Utstilling
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Sæther, Anne Marit;
Rødne, Gro;
Schmidt, August;
Berstrand, Tordis Henriette;
Raonic, Aleksandra;
Živanović, Zdravko;
Haarsaker, Nina Katrine.
(2024)
TRAPPA, CIRKA TEATER, LUFT-PØLSER; EXPLODING PLASTIC AIR -DANCE.
Scenekunst
2023
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Berstrand, Tordis Henriette;
Schmidt, August;
Gjertsen, Paul Andreas Grøntvedt;
Haarsaker, Nina Katrine;
Frasch, Heather;
Zivanovic, Zdravko.
(2023)
Felles/skap/park.
Utstilling
2022
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2022)
Inflecting the house: Upside down and ungrounded between walls, windows, mirrors and screens.
Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Berstrand, Tordis;
Djalali, Amir;
Dong, Yiping;
Han, Jiawen;
Hoskyns, Teresa;
Roslan, Siti Balkrish;
Wash, Glen;
Westermann, Claudia.
(2022)
Dialogue on a Paradise on Earth.
East Asian Journal of Philosophy
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2021
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2021)
The Art of Living in a Double House: Everyday Aesthetics in the Space between (East and West).
Vitenskapelig kapittel
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2021)
Occupying Merzbau – the critic, her words and the work.
idea journal
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2019
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2019)
Paper Architecture as a Site for Thinking, Writing and Spatial Agency.
Montreal Architectural Review
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2019)
What is an artist’s studio if not a living room in a house?.
Vitenskapelig kapittel
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2019)
The Possibility of Teaching Chinese Students of Architecture to Write (a House).
KnE Social Sciences
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2018
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2018)
La possibilité d’un espace-mur.
Faglig kapittel
2016
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2016)
Jørn Utzon.
Kapittel i oppslagsverk
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2016)
Arne Jacobsen.
Kapittel i oppslagsverk
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2016)
Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint.
Kapittel i oppslagsverk
2005
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2005)
Can you follow time from A to B?.
Bell Magazine
Fagartikkel
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2005)
Jonathan Hill: The Illegal Architect.
Faglig kapittel
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2005)
Selfridges og Architecture Foundation: En Alliance mellem Konsum og Kultur.
Faglig kapittel
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2005)
Fluid …in a State of Flux….
Faglig kapittel
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Berstrand, Tordis;
Donsted, Johanne.
(2005)
Samtidsarkitekten - The Compatible X.
Forlaget Multivers
Antologi
Tidsskriftspublikasjoner
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2021)
Occupying Merzbau – the critic, her words and the work.
idea journal
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2019)
Paper Architecture as a Site for Thinking, Writing and Spatial Agency.
Montreal Architectural Review
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2019)
The Possibility of Teaching Chinese Students of Architecture to Write (a House).
KnE Social Sciences
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2005)
Can you follow time from A to B?.
Bell Magazine
Fagartikkel
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2022)
Inflecting the house: Upside down and ungrounded between walls, windows, mirrors and screens.
Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Berstrand, Tordis;
Djalali, Amir;
Dong, Yiping;
Han, Jiawen;
Hoskyns, Teresa;
Roslan, Siti Balkrish;
Wash, Glen;
Westermann, Claudia.
(2022)
Dialogue on a Paradise on Earth.
East Asian Journal of Philosophy
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Kunstneriske produksjoner
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Berstrand, Tordis Henriette;
Schmidt, August;
Gjertsen, Paul Andreas Grøntvedt;
Haarsaker, Nina Katrine;
Frasch, Heather;
Zivanovic, Zdravko.
(2023)
Felles/skap/park.
Utstilling
-
Berstrand, Tordis Henriette;
Schmidt, August;
Gilberg, Arnstein Olav;
Raonic, Aleksandra;
Frasch, Heather;
Rasmussen, Mette;
Hamran, Ole Martin.
(2025)
FELLES | SCENE.
Utstilling
-
Baardsgaard, Anne Kristine;
Selvik, Amalie Marie;
Faurby, Carl Martin Rosenkilde;
Lundebrekke, Edith;
Viken, Annee Grøtte;
Espelien, Ingvild;
Samdal, Ina;
Berstrand, Tordis Henriette;
Blix, Anna;
Schmidt, Franz Petter.
(2024)
ULL.
Utstilling
-
Berstrand, Tordis Henriette;
Schmidt, August;
Gilberg, Arnstein Olav;
Raonic, Aleksandra;
Haarsaker, Nina Katrine;
Živanović, Zdravko;
Ballo, Eva Marie;
Skålnes, Inga.
(2024)
Felles/skap/skip - satelitt.
Utstilling
-
Sæther, Anne Marit;
Rødne, Gro;
Schmidt, August;
Berstrand, Tordis Henriette;
Raonic, Aleksandra;
Živanović, Zdravko;
Haarsaker, Nina Katrine.
(2024)
TRAPPA, CIRKA TEATER, LUFT-PØLSER; EXPLODING PLASTIC AIR -DANCE.
Scenekunst
Bøker
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Berstrand, Tordis;
Donsted, Johanne.
(2005)
Samtidsarkitekten - The Compatible X.
Forlaget Multivers
Antologi
Del av bok/rapport
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Berstrand, Tordis.
(2021)
The Art of Living in a Double House: Everyday Aesthetics in the Space between (East and West).
Vitenskapelig kapittel
-
Berstrand, Tordis.
(2019)
What is an artist’s studio if not a living room in a house?.
Vitenskapelig kapittel
-
Berstrand, Tordis.
(2016)
Jørn Utzon.
Kapittel i oppslagsverk
-
Berstrand, Tordis.
(2016)
Arne Jacobsen.
Kapittel i oppslagsverk
-
Berstrand, Tordis.
(2005)
Jonathan Hill: The Illegal Architect.
Faglig kapittel
-
Berstrand, Tordis.
(2005)
Selfridges og Architecture Foundation: En Alliance mellem Konsum og Kultur.
Faglig kapittel
-
Berstrand, Tordis.
(2016)
Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint.
Kapittel i oppslagsverk
-
Berstrand, Tordis.
(2005)
Fluid …in a State of Flux….
Faglig kapittel
-
Berstrand, Tordis.
(2018)
La possibilité d’un espace-mur.
Faglig kapittel
Undervisning
Emner
Formidling
2024
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ForedragBerstrand, Tordis Henriette; Raonic, Aleksandra; Haarsaker, Nina Katrine. (2024) Weaving Ideas, Weaving Space. Friday Lecture
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KonferanseforedragDong, Yiping; Berstrand, Tordis Henriette. (2024) Resilient courtyards and gardens – Revisiting the Jiangnan dwellings from an eco-aesthetic perspective. 4th International Conference on Heritage of China 2024
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KonferanseforedragBerstrand, Tordis Henriette. (2024) Circularity, community and full-scale construction: Architectural education as transformative practice. Architectural Lecture Series
2023
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KonferanseforedragBerstrand, Tordis; Westermann, Claudia; Djalali, Amir; Hoskyns, Teresa; Wash, Glen. (2023) Architecture after the House: A Commitment to Sustainable Practice. Towards an Architectural Theory for Sustainability
2022
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KonferanseforedragBerstrand, Tordis. (2022) Temporalities of Architectural Work. 4th International Conference on Anticipation [Online]
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KonferanseforedragBerstrand, Tordis; Djalali, Amir; Dong, Yiping; Han, Jiawen; Hoskyns, Teresa; Roslan, Siti Balkrish; Wash, Glen; Westermann, Claudia. (2022) Dialogue on a Paradise on Earth. 24 hours of Philosophy of the City [Online]
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KonferanseforedragBerstrand, Tordis; Hoskyns, Teresa; Djalali, Amir; Dong, Yiping; Goffriller, Martin; Han, Jiawen; Roslan, Siti Balkish; Wash, Glen; Westermann, Claudia. (2022) The Nomadic Map. Nomadic Image 2022: The 7th Transdisciplinary Conference of Imaging at the Intersections of Art, Science and Culture [Online]
2021
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ForedragBerstrand, Tordis. (2021) Aesthetics, epistemology and coexistence – thinking and making worlds with a view of things to come. Lecture
2020
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KonferanseforedragBerstrand, Tordis. (2020) The Art of Living in a Double House: Everyday Aesthetics in the Space between (East and West). Coordinates Conference VI: Art, Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Everyday Life [Online]
2019
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KonferanseforedragBerstrand, Tordis. (2019) What is an artist’s studio if not a living room in a house?. The 21st International Congress of Aesthetics – Possible Worlds of Contemporary Aesthetics: Aesthetics Between History, Geography and Media
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KonferanseforedragBerstrand, Tordis. (2019) The Possibility of Teaching Chinese Students of Architecture to Write (a House). Architecture Across Boundaries
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Deltakelse i radio- eller TV
2018
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ForedragBerstrand, Tordis. (2018) Constructive alignment in small and large size classroom teaching. The 5th Research-led Learning and Teaching Training Program
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Deltakelse i radio- eller TV
2017
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KonferanseforedragBerstrand, Tordis. (2017) Bruno Taut’s Hyuga Villa in Atami, West of Japan / East of Europe [Panel Chair]. Bruno Taut’s Hyuga Villa in Atami, West of Japan / East of Europe
2016
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KonferanseforedragBerstrand, Tordis. (2016) Passe-partout, or five times around the living space. 5th Derrida Today Conference
2015
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KonferanseforedragBerstrand, Tordis. (2015) How Jacques Derrida provided a language for the architect. JD15 – Derrida and Architecture
2013
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ForedragBerstrand, Tordis. (2013) Splitting and Doubling: Spaces of Contemporary Living in Works by Kurt Schwitters, Gordon Matta-Clark and Gregor Schneider. Lecture
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Deltakelse i radio- eller TV
2012
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KonferanseforedragBerstrand, Tordis. (2012) 'Merzbau' and the problem of dwelling. Curating Merz: Kurt Schwitters in England Research Symposium
2010
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KonferanseforedragBerstrand, Tordis. (2010) Inhabiting the Spatial Object: Negotiating Dwelling in Kurt Schwitter’s 'Merzbau'. Architectural Objects, Discussing Spatial Form across Art Histories
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KonferanseforedragBerstrand, Tordis. (2010) Accommodating Difference: Rethinking Identity through Inhabitation of the Un/Homely. IDENTITY and OTHERNESS, Dealing with Difference without Borders
2009
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Deltakelse i radio- eller TVBerstrand, Tordis; Vester, Parl Kristian Bjørn. (2009) Mort Aux Vaches Ekstra Extra. Workshop with Parl Kristian Bjørn Vester (Goodiepal) at Momentum - 5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, 29.08.2009-18.10.2009.
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Deltakelse i radio- eller TV
2005
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Foredrag