Team
Meet the people behind the Triennale
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Line Ramstad
Director
Line has a practical approach to architecture and a strong interest in collaborations and how the built environment impacts people and nature. She has spent her career exploring how inclusive and culturally adapted processes and a deliberate attitude to the environment can foster sustainable architecture and urban/rural development. This is evident through Gyaw Gyaw, which she founded together with refugees on the border between Thailand and Burma. For 15 years the organisation has utilized sustainable architecture as a tool, using participatory democratic processes as a guiding principle to raise education and quality of life in marginalized communities. Line is a landscape architect, educated at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, in combination with anthropology, geography and environmental studies from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. From 2023-24, she was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
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Alexandra Cruz
Head of Programme and International Relations
Alexandra is coordinating the programme with various local and international partners. She has developed a variety of projects in the intersections between architecture, design and arts. She has worked at the Arts Institute from the Ministry of Culture of Portugal, with Portuguese representations in biennales of Venice in 2004 and São Paulo in 2005. Alexandra is educated in Architecture from Lisbon School of Architecture and in Scenography from Central Saint Martins, College of Arts and Design, London.
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Thomas Cook
Head of Development
Thomas coordinates different professional collaborations and partnerships, programme and development activities, alslo having editorial responsibilities. He has previously worked with urban spaces for the Agency for City Environment in Oslo, as an advisor for the City Architect in Bergen, and is previous co-founder and owner of the neighbourhood café Nobel Bopel. Thomas is a freelance writer, and regularly writes about architecture, urban development and urban culture. He has a master's degree in Architecture History and a bachelor's degree in Social Geography from the University of Bergen as well as a master's degree in Urbanism at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design.
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Christian Pagh
Senior Advisor
Christian has headed a wide range of projects within urban planning, architecture and culture, both as a partner in the strategic design company Urgent.Agency and in the public sector. He is a lecturer at Copenhagen Business School in Design thinking, and holds a master’s degree in Modern culture and Philosophy from Copenhagen University and Paris VIII. A recurring theme in Christian’s practical and academic work is exploring the intricate connections between cultures and places.
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Jinn Jansen Sundlöf
Senior Project Manager
Jinn works with communication and outreach and is the project manager for Barnas Arkitekturdag (Children's Architecture Day). She has over fifteen years of experience as a project and process manager in design, the creative industries, and urban development. Previously, she served as Managing Director of TrAP, an independent production company in contemporary art. Over the past decade, Jinn has worked with city development at Byverkstedet and Dark Arkitekter, where she has been working with participatory urban planning and social sustainability. She holds a degree in graphic design from Kingston University in London.
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Ilse Svortevik Hviding
Prosjektleder
Ilse is involved in curating, programming, local collaborations, and communication. She was also part of the team behind the previous edition of the Triennale, where she worked on the coordination, design, and production of the exhibition at Gamle Munch. Later, Ilse continued working with Gamle Munch for the City of Oslo’s Cultural Agency, where she contributed to establishing and developing the venue as a vibrant multi-purpose space for art and culture.
Ilse holds a degree in architecture from Aarhus School of Architecture, specializing in the Material Matters master’s studio under the Radical Sustainable Architecture program. She is a co-founder of Batna Studio in Oslo and has experience from Effekt Architects in Copenhagen, Edit Landscape and Urbanism in Oslo, as well as serving as an organizer for the European Architecture Students Assembly (EASA). Additionally, she has experience in writing and editorial work and has taken individual courses at the University of Oslo and the University of Bergen in anthropology, history of ideas, human geography, and gender studies.