Bjørn Otto Braaten

About

Bjørn Otto Braaten is associate professor at the Department of Architecture and Technology at the Faculty of Architecture and Design, NTNU.

Bjørn Otto is educated as architect MNAL from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) in 1986 and then worked at various architectural offices in Tromsø, before he together with Gisle Løkken and Kjeld Nash as founding partners, started 70*N architecture in 1994. In the period 1991-2001 he was associated with the Bergen School of Architecture ( BAS) as a teacher. In 2001, he started teaching and researching at the architectural education at NTNU in Trondheim.

He has been particularly involved in the development of first year courses in the period 2001-2005 and 2016-2018. From 2020-2022 he had subject responsibility for the AAR4990 Master's thesis in architecture and over the years supervised more than 100 diploma candidates. In the period 2011-2018, he taught the master's course AAR4565 Wooden structures together with professor Jan Siem and associate professor Arnstein Gilberg, where full-scale construction was included as part of the educational profile (Rindal 2011 and 2015, Orkanger 2017).

Bjørn Otto has developed a special interest and knowledge related to transformative learning processes, and was central to the establishment of the project TRANSark (Transformative Learning in Architectural Education) in 2015. A systematic documentation and review of several cohorts of first-year students' first individual project assignment, has developed into a larger research project which is now the subject of a doctoral thesis. The title of the work is "Spatial Response to Liminality" and examines the connection between the students' spatial expression and transformative learning processes. The PhD work will be completed during 2023. He has given presentations at several international conferences and held workshops for teachers in architectural education related to transformative learning processes and full-scale construction as a pedagogical tool.

In the period 2009-2013, he was head of department at what was then called the Department of Architecture, Planning and Building Management. From 2010-2012 and 2014-2018 he was program leader for the 5-year master's in architecture at the AD faculty and in 2015-2018 led a larger process linked to the evaluation of this program ("YELLOW book" and "BLUE book"). As of 2021, he is head of the subject group Form at the Institute of Architecture and Technology (IAT). In spring 2021, he sat on a committee for evaluation of the five-year architecture program at Bergen School of Architecture (BAS). In spring and autumn 2021, he was a participant in a group that investigated the use of educational tools within the framework of FTS (Future Technology Studies) at NTNU.

Publications

2022

Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2022) Below the Surface: Spatial Metaphors and Narrative Patterns Mediating Transformative Learning Processes. AMPS PROCEEDINGS SERIES
Academic article

2021

Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Skjulhaug, Marianne; Donszelmann, Bernice; Kongshaug, Hege; Johansson, Anders. (2021) BAS Programme Evaluation. Bergen Arkitektskole
Research report
Sindre, Guttorm; Eitungjerde, Sara; Bendiksen, Anders; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Hansen, Gabrielle; Hartnik, Lukas; Kahrs, Magnus Strøm; Lundheim, Lars Magne; Lyng, Reidar; Widding, Øystein. (2021) Fremtidens teknologistudier (FTS), grupperapport: D - Pedagogiske virkemidler. NTNU
Research report

2019

Siem, Jan Helge; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav. (2019) Full-scale wood architecture as educational tool.
Academic chapter
Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Siem, Jan Helge; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav. (2019) Connected Knowledge.
Academic chapter
Haarsaker, Nina Katrine; Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2019) Arkitektur 1. En introduksjon til aritektur. Kompleksitet og dybde. NTNU; AD, IAT
Research report

2018

Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Hokstad, Leif Martin. (2018) The Challenging Journey-Transformative Learning in Architectural Education.
Academic chapter

2017

Wellinger, Steffen; Hokstad, Leif Martin; Rødne, Gro; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Finocchiaro, Luca. (2017) Transark - Emerging Pedagogies in Architecture Education. Community Design
Academic article

2016

Hokstad, Leif Martin; Rødne, Gro; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Wellinger, Steffen; Shetelig, Carl Fredrik Lutken. (2016) Transformative Learning in Architectural Education: Re-Thinking Architecture and the Education of Architecture.
Academic chapter
Riggio, Mariapaola; Siem, Jan Helge; Sheine, Judith; Schimleck, Laurence; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav. (2016) What can architecture students learn about wood and wood science & engineering students about architecture?.
Academic chapter
Siem, Jan Helge; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav. (2016) Full scale in four months - Objectives, methods and results.
Academic chapter

2015

Siem, Jan Helge; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav. (2015) Introduction.
Introduction in anthology

2014

Siem, Jan Helge; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav. (2014) Stargazing Structure in Rindal.
Introduction in anthology
Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Finocchiaro, Luca; Hokstad, Leif Martin; Rødne, Gro; Wellinger, Steffen. (2014) TRANSark Publication - Book 0. NTNU Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art
Non-fiction monograph

2013

Siem, Jan Helge; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Manum, Bendik; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav. (2013) The advantage of full-size construction as an educational tool in architecture education.
Academic chapter
Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2013) Det første forsøkets magi. Arkitektstudenters første egne arbeid.
Academic chapter

2012

Siem, Jan Helge; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Manum, Bendik. (2012) Researc by design - A study of main differences in architectural expression, timber engineering and interaction between these when digital modelling is compared with physical modelling as design tool.
Academic chapter
Siem, Jan Helge; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav; Manum, Bendik. (2012) Introduction.
Introduction in anthology

2007

Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2007) "Nyanser i grått". Byggekunst
Book review

2006

Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2006) Tre i grunnundervisningen i 1. klasse.
Academic chapter

2005

Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2005) Structure; Space and Form.
Academic chapter

2004

Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2004) The Landscape and Architecture at 70N. on site review
Popular science article

2003

Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2003) Workshop in Norway. The Spirit of the Japanese Teahouse. Shinkenchiku
Popular science article

Journal publications

Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2004) The Landscape and Architecture at 70N. on site review
Popular science article
Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2003) Workshop in Norway. The Spirit of the Japanese Teahouse. Shinkenchiku
Popular science article
Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2022) Below the Surface: Spatial Metaphors and Narrative Patterns Mediating Transformative Learning Processes. AMPS PROCEEDINGS SERIES
Academic article
Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2007) "Nyanser i grått". Byggekunst
Book review
Wellinger, Steffen; Hokstad, Leif Martin; Rødne, Gro; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Finocchiaro, Luca. (2017) Transark - Emerging Pedagogies in Architecture Education. Community Design
Academic article

Books

Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Finocchiaro, Luca; Hokstad, Leif Martin; Rødne, Gro; Wellinger, Steffen. (2014) TRANSark Publication - Book 0. NTNU Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art
Non-fiction monograph

Part of book/report

Siem, Jan Helge; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav. (2019) Full-scale wood architecture as educational tool.
Academic chapter
Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Siem, Jan Helge; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav. (2019) Connected Knowledge.
Academic chapter
Hokstad, Leif Martin; Rødne, Gro; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Wellinger, Steffen; Shetelig, Carl Fredrik Lutken. (2016) Transformative Learning in Architectural Education: Re-Thinking Architecture and the Education of Architecture.
Academic chapter
Siem, Jan Helge; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav. (2014) Stargazing Structure in Rindal.
Introduction in anthology
Siem, Jan Helge; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Manum, Bendik. (2012) Researc by design - A study of main differences in architectural expression, timber engineering and interaction between these when digital modelling is compared with physical modelling as design tool.
Academic chapter
Riggio, Mariapaola; Siem, Jan Helge; Sheine, Judith; Schimleck, Laurence; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav. (2016) What can architecture students learn about wood and wood science & engineering students about architecture?.
Academic chapter
Siem, Jan Helge; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav. (2016) Full scale in four months - Objectives, methods and results.
Academic chapter
Siem, Jan Helge; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav. (2015) Introduction.
Introduction in anthology
Siem, Jan Helge; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Manum, Bendik; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav. (2013) The advantage of full-size construction as an educational tool in architecture education.
Academic chapter
Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2006) Tre i grunnundervisningen i 1. klasse.
Academic chapter
Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2005) Structure; Space and Form.
Academic chapter
Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Hokstad, Leif Martin. (2018) The Challenging Journey-Transformative Learning in Architectural Education.
Academic chapter
Siem, Jan Helge; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Gilberg, Arnstein Olav; Manum, Bendik. (2012) Introduction.
Introduction in anthology
Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2013) Det første forsøkets magi. Arkitektstudenters første egne arbeid.
Academic chapter

Report

Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Skjulhaug, Marianne; Donszelmann, Bernice; Kongshaug, Hege; Johansson, Anders. (2021) BAS Programme Evaluation. Bergen Arkitektskole
Research report
Haarsaker, Nina Katrine; Braaten, Bjørn Otto. (2019) Arkitektur 1. En introduksjon til aritektur. Kompleksitet og dybde. NTNU; AD, IAT
Research report
Sindre, Guttorm; Eitungjerde, Sara; Bendiksen, Anders; Braaten, Bjørn Otto; Hansen, Gabrielle; Hartnik, Lukas; Kahrs, Magnus Strøm; Lundheim, Lars Magne; Lyng, Reidar; Widding, Øystein. (2021) Fremtidens teknologistudier (FTS), grupperapport: D - Pedagogiske virkemidler. NTNU
Research report

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