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Samuel Billaud Feragen

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Samuel Billaud Feragen

Lecturer and PhD research fellow
Department of Architecture and Technology
Faculty of Architecture and Design

samuel.feragen@ntnu.no
Sentralbygg 1 Gløshaugen, Trondheim
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About

Samuel B. Feragen has a Master in Architecture and is currently a doctoral research fellow in the Building preservation and transformation group at NTNU in Trondheim (Norway). He has previously worked at NTNU as a research assistant and examiner, and at the consultancy company Asplan Viak AS as an architect/ designer. Projects at Asplan Viak were varied in scale and type, and included adaptive reuse projects on heritage buildings. 

Competencies

  • Architectural Conservation
  • Architectural theory
  • Heritage management
  • History of architecture
  • Preservation theory
  • Transformation

Research

My research at NTNU is a ongoing PhD project. The PhD is about architectural transformation of buildings in a theoretical and historical perspective. Some cases involving old building often triggers debate and unveils strong differences of opinion in and outside of professional circles, like house dislocation, dismantling, reconstructions, and adaptive reuse. What is the core of these disagreements?

Historically, the established practice in architectural preservation has been to handle buildings as static objects from a certain time, and are protected often for their association to a specific time, phenomenon, or happening. The underlying concept is the idea of an original "authentic" state that is attributed the most value. Consequently, later alterations to a building are given less or no value. On the contrary, these newer changes will be defined as degrading of what is actually valuable. The paradox is that those alterations are just as authentic from their time, suggesting that  authenticity might not be the real issue. On the other hand, sometimes it is precisely alterations that have been done to a building that makes them interesting in a historical perspective. This is acknowledged in certain cases, and probably more in recent years that before. 

The NARA-document on authenticity (1994) defines different forms of authenticity. Several of them are in contradiction to one another, and fit either into the view that cultural heritage are static objects valued for their old unsullied physical matter, or as dynamic objects belonging to a living tradition that develops and changes over time.

Through analysis and discussion of various case-types, the project dives into the mentioned topics in an attempt to discover why people balance preservation values differently, and to look at the historical connections that can be drawn from the early preservation discouse in the 19th century.

  • Faggruppe bygningsvern og transformasjon

"Tabuer" i bygningsvernet (PhD-prosjekt)

Prosjektet handler om transformasjon av eldre bygninger i et teoretisk og historisk perspektiv. Noen typer saker om eldre bygninger skaper ofte debatt og avslører sterke meningsforskjeller i fagmiljøet og utenfor. Hva er kjernen i uenighetene?

Publications

Hus på "naturlig" vandring

Med utgangspunkt i et større flytteprosjekt under realisering i Ørland i Trøndelag, drøfter forfatterne flytting av historiske bygninger i et historisk, praktisk, teoretisk, og miljømessig perspektiv.

Erkebispegården ved Nidarosdomen (illustrasjoner)

Illustrasjonsmateriale til bok om erkebispegården i Trondheim, utarbeidet i samarbeid med forfatter Øivind Lunde.
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2025

  • Angelo, Kine; Eide, Trond; Feragen, Samuel Billaud. (2025) Transformasjon av arkitektutdanningen på NTNU. Arkitektur.no
    Feature article
  • Feragen, Samuel Billaud. (2025) Et mektig parallellsamfunn ble styrt fra dette slottet (illustrasjoner til populærvitenskapelig tidsskriftsartikkel).
    Architecture

2023

  • Feragen, Samuel Billaud; Johansen, Daniel; Kolstad, Jo Even; Ranfelt, Jenny Fjeld. (2023) Norgesekskursjon 2023 - Lofoten og Helgeland. Fakultet for arkitektur og design
    Compendium
  • Feragen, Samuel Billaud. (2023) Erkebispegården ved Nidarosdomen (illustrasjonstegninger til bok av forfatter Øivind Lunde).
    Architecture
  • Feragen, Samuel Billaud; Johansen, Daniel; Haupt, Thomas. (2023) Hus på "naturlig" vandring. Årbok - Foreningen til norske fortidsminnesmerkers bevaring
    Academic article

2022

  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud. (2022) Engstykket – en skjult perle. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece
  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud. (2022) Hva er poenget med en reguleringsplan om man ikke skal forholde seg til den?. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece
  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud; Stang, Margrethe C.. (2022) En utbrent dronning?. Fortidsvern
    Feature article

2021

  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud; Jantsch, Ann Kathrin. (2021) Bevaring av bygninger og nabolag er godt miljøvern. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece
  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud; Kittang, Dag. (2021) Nytt senter vil bli en gjøkunge i Høgskolebakken. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece

2020

  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud; Kittang, Dag. (2020) Bevaring av jugendbygningene i Elgeseter gate er god bypolitikk!. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece

2019

  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud. (2019) Nok en gang er trebyen Trondheim truet. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece
  • Stang, Margrethe C.; Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud. (2019) Tre grunner til å la Siemensbygget stå!. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece

2018

  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud; Rasmussen, Svein Kjerulf. (2018) Slaget om Midtbyen. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece

2017

  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud; Nordsteien, Jon Ivar. (2017) Et hus for 300 år : dokumentasjon og analyse av Wesselbygningen på Ringve Gård. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Masters thesis

Journal publications

  • Angelo, Kine; Eide, Trond; Feragen, Samuel Billaud. (2025) Transformasjon av arkitektutdanningen på NTNU. Arkitektur.no
    Feature article
  • Feragen, Samuel Billaud; Johansen, Daniel; Haupt, Thomas. (2023) Hus på "naturlig" vandring. Årbok - Foreningen til norske fortidsminnesmerkers bevaring
    Academic article
  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud. (2022) Engstykket – en skjult perle. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece
  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud. (2022) Hva er poenget med en reguleringsplan om man ikke skal forholde seg til den?. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece
  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud; Stang, Margrethe C.. (2022) En utbrent dronning?. Fortidsvern
    Feature article
  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud; Jantsch, Ann Kathrin. (2021) Bevaring av bygninger og nabolag er godt miljøvern. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece
  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud; Kittang, Dag. (2021) Nytt senter vil bli en gjøkunge i Høgskolebakken. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece
  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud; Kittang, Dag. (2020) Bevaring av jugendbygningene i Elgeseter gate er god bypolitikk!. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece
  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud. (2019) Nok en gang er trebyen Trondheim truet. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece
  • Stang, Margrethe C.; Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud. (2019) Tre grunner til å la Siemensbygget stå!. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece
  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud; Rasmussen, Svein Kjerulf. (2018) Slaget om Midtbyen. Adresseavisen
    Reader opinion piece

Report

  • Feragen, Samuel Billaud; Johansen, Daniel; Kolstad, Jo Even; Ranfelt, Jenny Fjeld. (2023) Norgesekskursjon 2023 - Lofoten og Helgeland. Fakultet for arkitektur og design
    Compendium
  • Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud; Nordsteien, Jon Ivar. (2017) Et hus for 300 år : dokumentasjon og analyse av Wesselbygningen på Ringve Gård. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Masters thesis

Product

  • Feragen, Samuel Billaud. (2025) Et mektig parallellsamfunn ble styrt fra dette slottet (illustrasjoner til populærvitenskapelig tidsskriftsartikkel).
    Architecture
  • Feragen, Samuel Billaud. (2023) Erkebispegården ved Nidarosdomen (illustrasjonstegninger til bok av forfatter Øivind Lunde).
    Architecture

Teaching

AAR4436 Architecture 4 Transformation

AAR4430 History of Architecture and Architectural Theory

AAR4551 Building Conservation. Preservation and Development in Existing, Built Environment

AAR4553 Transformation - Buildings in Change

AAR4825 Survey, Documentation and Analysis of Existing Buildings

AAR6042 Transformation and Reuse of Architectural Heritage (EVU-course spring 2019)

 

Outreach

2025

  • Academic lecture
    Feragen, Samuel Billaud. (2025) Autentiske løgner. "Tabuer" i bygningsvern i et historisk og teoretisk perspektiv. (Presentasjon av doktorgradsarbeidet så langt). Unionen for historisk blikjentskap Unionen for historisk blikjentskap - Konferanse 2025 , Dragvoll 2025-03-27 - 2025-03-28

2024

  • Interview
    Feragen, Samuel Billaud; Kvaal, Vera. (2024) Hvorfor ble det slik?. nrk.no nrk.no [Internet] 2024-07-28
  • Academic lecture
    Feragen, Samuel Billaud. (2024) The rise and fall, and rise of the Berliner Stadtschloss. ICOMOS-CIF ICOMOS-CIF 40th Anniversary Symposium and Study Tour , Venezia 2024-11-04 - 2024-11-06
  • Academic lecture
    Feragen, Samuel Billaud. (2024) Rise, fall, and rise of the Berliner Stadtchloss. ICCROM (Rome) ICCROM Fellowship talks , Roma 2024-11-29 - 2024-11-29

2023

  • Academic lecture
    Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud. (2023) Ways of describing architectural quality - A comparative study of Viollet-le-Duc and Ruskin, and how they describe and evaluate architectural qualities. AMPS (Architecture, Media, Politics and Society) Heritages. Past and Present - Built and Social. A Conference on Culture, History, Art and Design , Praha 2023-06-28 - 2023-06-30

2017

  • Lecture
    Feragen, Samuel Johan Billaud. (2017) Et hus for 300 år. Ringve Musikkmuseum Foredrag om masteroppgave som del av Kulturminnedagene , Ringve gård 2017-09-13 -

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