Procurement Summary
Country: Norway
Summary: Center for Jon Fosse, Strandebarm in Hardanger
Deadline: 03 Jul 2026
Posting Date: 04 May 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 140629652
Document Ref. No.: 2026-107945
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Center for Jon Fosse, Strandebarm in Hardanger The planning and design competition concerns a new communication building for Jon Fosse, and the competition starts with an open pre-qualification, where the participants must submit a concept sketch for the Fosse center (up to three A3 pages, anonymous). The jury will select up to three proposals that will go on to the planning and design competition itself. The competition will be open to architects and landscape architects with an approved exam corresponding to a master's, or persons and companies who can document equivalent competence. All information about this planning and design competition can be found in the competition documents. Jon Fosse is a world-renowned author who has been translated into more than seventy languages. In 2023, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature for innovative drama and prose that gives voice to the unowned (from the Swedish Academy's reasoning). Now the plan is to build a center for dissemination of Jon Fosse's writing, at Tangerås in Strandebarm, where he grew up. The landscape here is what he refers to as the innermost landscape his, and it plays an important role in the understanding of artistry. The center will take care of and strengthen the connection between Fosse's art, the Nynorsk language and the landscape in Strandebarm, and facilitate new cultural expressions with national and international relevance. Here, the public will be able to experience performing arts, music and exhibitions, while at the same time there will be room for reflection with a view of the fjord. The new building will maintain a high architectural quality and in interaction with...
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