Description
Book SynopsisThrough the 1940s and 1950s, PAGON (Progressive Architects Group Oslo Norway) was an alliance of young CIAM-affiliated Norwegian architects known for their innovative joint projects. As a group, PAGON went on to become largely overlooked in the history of modern architecture, even though its individual members which included Sverre Fehn, Jørn Utzon, Arne Korsmo, and Christian Norberg-Schulz became defining figures in Scandinavian and international modernism.
This book tells the story of PAGON for the first time, offering an impressive account of the group's projects, buildings, and approach, and demonstrating why PAGON's projects are ripe for reappraisal in the international history of modern architecture. It shows how PAGON's architecture constitutes a unique continuity between the Scandinavian functionalism of the late 1930s and the modern movement in the
US, and an important transitional stage before the emergence of the better-known neo-avant-garde
groups within C
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Credits for figures and plates Acknowledgements Credits Introduction 1. Post-war architecture in Norway 2. A new Norwegian CIAM group is activated (1947–50) 3. Urban design and proposals for a radical transformation of Oslo 4. Visuality and the impact of study tours to the US, Mexico and Morocco 5. ‘Meccano for the Home’ and the idea of flexible housing 6. New housing typologies and realized buildings 7. Space, performativity and the home as an architectural work of art 8. Spiritual and spatial dimensions of the glass wall and the landscape 9. 1955–56: The end of PAGON? Note on archival source Bibliography on the writings of PAGON and its members (1951-1956) General Bibliography Index
