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Eivind Kasa

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Eivind Kasa

Associate Professor
Department of Architecture and Technology

eivind.kasa@ntnu.no
+4773595007 Sentralbygg 1, 221B, Gløshaugen, Alfred Getz vei 3
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About

Academic Field

Dr. Eivind Kasa is Associate Professor in Aesthetic Communication at the Department of Architecture and Technology, Faculty for Architecture and Design.

Aesthetic Communication includes theory and history in the fields of architecture, art and design.

Professional Competence

Kasa’s key competence is architectural aesthetics, but it also includes general theory in architecture, design history, philosophical aesthetics, art theory, philosophical ontology, theory and history of knowledge and science and methodology.
 
Education

Eivind Kasa has a Cand. mag. degree from the University of Oslo consisting of theology, sociology and psychology.

He is a Civil Architect from NTH (NTNU) in 1987
 
In 2000 he received his Dr. ing. at NTNU
 
Work Experience

1987-1989: Civil Architect, Svingen og Voll arkitekter, Trondheim

1998 to present: Associate Professor at The Faculty of Architecture and Design, Department of Architecture and Technology, NTNU

2000:  20 % position at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Department of Form, Theory and History

2005-2009 Head of Department of Architectural Design, Form and Colour Studies, NTNU

2013 & 2015 Senior Advisor for One World in Dialoguge www.owid.no
 
Professional appointments

1995 to present.: Member of the Board of Nordic Association for Architectural Research

1999-2009: Member of the Board of the Department of Philosophy, NTNU

2009-13: Member of the Department Forum at the Department of Philosophy, NTNU

2004-2007: President of the Nordic Association for Architectural Research

2005-2017: Member of the Board of  Programme for Applied Ethics, NTNU

2006-11: Editor in Chief of Nordic Journal of Architectural Research (level 2)

2009-2013: Member of the Board of Directors, Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, NTNU

2009-2017: Member of the Board of Vitenskapsteoretisk Forum ( Forum for the Theory of Science), NTNU
 
2019 to present: Fellow of the Academy of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
 
Research Sabbaticals

1993: Guest Researcher at the Department for Theory, Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, The Netherlands

2003: Guest Researcher at the Department of Northern European Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publications

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2023

  • Kasa, Eivind. (2023) Tropes In Meyer And Wittwer’S Project For The League Of Nations. Nordisk arkitekturforskning
    Academic article

2022

  • Bøe, Solveig; Faber, Hege Charlotte; Kasa, Eivind. (2022) Introduction: Wild. Aesthetics of the Dangerous and Endangered. Bloomsbury Academic
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Bøe, Solveig; Faber, Hege Charlotte; Kasa, Eivind. (2022) Wild. Aesthetics of the Dangerous and Endangered. Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Academic
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Kasa, Eivind. (2022) A Shelter in the Wilderness. Bloomsbury Academic
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kasa, Eivind; Bergmann, Sigurd. (2022) Im theandrischen Raum. Atmosphären der Raumwerdung Christi. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2014

  • Kasa, Eivind. (2014) Medalje for Studentersamfundets Salongorkester.
    Visual Arts
  • Kasa, Eivind. (2014) The making of atmosphere in architecture. Ashgate
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2013

  • Kasa, Eivind. (2013) Logo og redesign av grafisk profil for "Universal Code of Conduct on Holy Sites".
    Architecture

2010

  • Kasa, Eivind. (2010) Minding the Gap, Some Reflections on the Relation Between Theory and Practice in Architecture.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2009

  • Kasa, Eivind. (2009) Lystenningssted for Kirkens Bymisjon i Trondheim.
    Model (architecture)

2007

  • Kasa, Eivind. (2007) Arkitekturens estetiske kvalitet. Santérus Academic Press Sweden
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2005

  • Kasa, Eivind. (2005) Architecture and Religion in Secularized Times. IKO - Verlag
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2002

  • Foss, Gunnar; Kasa, Eivind. (2002) Forms of Knowledge and Sensibility. Ernst Cassirer and the Human Sciences. Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget
    Non-fiction book
  • Foss, Gunnar; Kasa, Eivind. (2002) Forms of Knowledge and Sensibility. Ernst Cassirer and the Human Sciences. Preface.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

1999

  • Kasa, Eivind. (1999) Arkitekturen som kunst. NTNU
    Doctoral dissertation

1991

  • Kasa, Eivind. (1991) Locus solus, slik Aldo Rossi forstår det i boken L´architettura della città. Skriftserien - Senter for kvinne- og kjønnsforskning, Universitetet i Bergen (4)
    Report

Journal publications

  • Kasa, Eivind. (2023) Tropes In Meyer And Wittwer’S Project For The League Of Nations. Nordisk arkitekturforskning
    Academic article

Artistic productions

  • Kasa, Eivind. (2014) Medalje for Studentersamfundets Salongorkester.
    Visual Arts
  • Kasa, Eivind. (2009) Lystenningssted for Kirkens Bymisjon i Trondheim.
    Model (architecture)

Books

  • Bøe, Solveig; Faber, Hege Charlotte; Kasa, Eivind. (2022) Wild. Aesthetics of the Dangerous and Endangered. Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Academic
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Foss, Gunnar; Kasa, Eivind. (2002) Forms of Knowledge and Sensibility. Ernst Cassirer and the Human Sciences. Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget
    Non-fiction book

Part of book/report

  • Bøe, Solveig; Faber, Hege Charlotte; Kasa, Eivind. (2022) Introduction: Wild. Aesthetics of the Dangerous and Endangered. Bloomsbury Academic
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kasa, Eivind. (2022) A Shelter in the Wilderness. Bloomsbury Academic
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kasa, Eivind; Bergmann, Sigurd. (2022) Im theandrischen Raum. Atmosphären der Raumwerdung Christi. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kasa, Eivind. (2014) The making of atmosphere in architecture. Ashgate
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kasa, Eivind. (2010) Minding the Gap, Some Reflections on the Relation Between Theory and Practice in Architecture.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kasa, Eivind. (2007) Arkitekturens estetiske kvalitet. Santérus Academic Press Sweden
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kasa, Eivind. (2005) Architecture and Religion in Secularized Times. IKO - Verlag
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Foss, Gunnar; Kasa, Eivind. (2002) Forms of Knowledge and Sensibility. Ernst Cassirer and the Human Sciences. Preface.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Kasa, Eivind. (1999) Arkitekturen som kunst. NTNU
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Kasa, Eivind. (1991) Locus solus, slik Aldo Rossi forstår det i boken L´architettura della città. Skriftserien - Senter for kvinne- og kjønnsforskning, Universitetet i Bergen (4)
    Report

Product

  • Kasa, Eivind. (2013) Logo og redesign av grafisk profil for "Universal Code of Conduct on Holy Sites".
    Architecture

Teaching

Courses

  • AAR4921 - Aesthetic Communication
  • AAR4909 - Making is Thinking
  • AAR4415 - Architecture 2 - Tectonics

Outreach

2014

  • Lecture
    Kasa, Eivind. (2014) Presentasjon av boken "RAW". Fakultetsbiblioteket arkitektur og bygg Bokpresentasjon , Trondheim 2014-11-21 - 2014-11-21
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Strandhagen, Brit; Kasa, Eivind; Bøe, Solveig; Faber, Hege Charlotte. (2014) Presentasjon av den tverrfaglige antologien Raw: Architectural Engagements with Nature. Arkitektur- og byggbiblioteket, NTNU UB Lunsjarrangement , Gløshaugen 2014-11-21 -

2013

  • Academic lecture
    Kasa, Eivind. (2013) The aesthetic and cultural character of architecture. Filosofisk instiutt Research Laboratory , Trondheim 2013-05-30 - 2013-05-31
  • Academic lecture
    Kasa, Eivind. (2013) The aesthetic challenge. Nordic Association for Architectural Research Aesthetics, the uneasy dimension in architecture , Trondheim 2013-04-25 - 2013-04-27

2011

  • Academic lecture
    Kasa, Eivind. (2011) Aesthetic Formations: Nature and Architecture ?. Estetisk Selskap Trondheim Aesthetic Formations: Nature and Architecture , Trondheim 2011-09-29 - 2011-10-01

2010

  • Academic lecture
    Kasa, Eivind. (2010) Dr. grads seminar på Teologisk fakultet, Universitetet i Oslo Kommentar til avhandlingstekst. Teologisk fakultet Dr. grads seminar , Oslo 2010-11-24 - 2010-11-24
  • Academic lecture
    Kasa, Eivind. (2010) Architecture as World Art. Aesthetics and Nature 2010-04-14 - 2010-04-15

2009

  • Academic lecture
    Kasa, Eivind. (2009) Criticism and Research in Architecture. Architectural Research & Architectural Criticism , Trondheim 2009-04-23 - 2009-04-25

2007

  • Academic lecture
    Kasa, Eivind. (2007) MINDING THE GAP – SOME REFELCTIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE IN ARCHITECTURE. EAAE-ENHSA Second EAAE-ENHSA Sub-network workshop on Architectural Theory , Trondheim 2007-06-28 - 2007-07-01

2006

  • Academic lecture
    Kasa, Eivind. (2006) Arkitekturen som speil og hammer. Hvordan den estetiske rasjonaliteten preger arkitekturen som kulturell refleksjonsform. Arkitektur- og Designhøgskolen i Oslo Kurs , Oslo 2006-03-29 - 2006-03-29

2005

  • Academic lecture
    Kasa, Eivind. (2005) Arkitektur og troper. Møte i Estetisk selskap , Trondheim 2005-03-02 -

2004

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Kasa, Eivind. (2004) Estetikk og sosiale sammenhenger. Husbanken Estetikk og sosiale sammenhenger , Oslo 2004-02-04 - 2004-02-04

2002

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Kasa, Eivind. (2002) Estetikk-begrepet og arkitekturen. Oppstartseminar for Oslo kommunes handlingsprogram for estetikk og god byarkitektur , Oslo 2002-04-19 -

2001

  • Academic lecture
    Kasa, Eivind. (2001) Architecture and Religion in Secularized Times. Architecture, Aesth/Ethics and Religion , Trondheim 2001-05-12 -

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