We were honored to be invited by the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design, and Urban Studies to receive this recognition celebrating 40 promising architects under 40 for their contributions to creative design.

Our office project was honored with the Highly Commended prize at WAF 2024. The jury praised the exceptional level of execution and the meticulously crafted design, where every detail was carefully considered and flawlessly realized. We’re proud to have our work celebrated at such a prestigious event.

LOCAL is carrying out an architectural and programmatic study for the refurbishment and extension of the multidisciplinary Medical Center in Luzy, France. This project aims to address several key challenges: reorganizing and upgrading the facilities to clearly distinguish between the medical and paramedical sectors, creating accommodation for new doctors and interns, and constructing an extension to meet the region's growing healthcare needs, while ensuring the continuity of care in the heart of the village.

Jerome Picard & Elida Mosquera representing LOCAL Architecture office in Bergen, Norway, will be present in this year's Tampere Architecture and Design Festival in Finland as part of the international section of the event. This category carries out presentations from top names in architecture and urban planning in Europe. We are among the finalists for The Finlandia Prize for Architecture. A presentation will take place on 4th of October at 12:30. The theme for the 2024 TAD Week is Resilience.

This year's Placemaking Europe event is organized in Rotterdam and it takes place between 24th to 27th September. We present our vision to integrated health durably in Danish social housing - Nursing the Care.

LOCAL and INSAM are chosen to assist Ålesund kommune and Fylkeskommune in the development process of Kulturhavna in west of Norway. We are very happy to be able to contribute to such an important corner stone of Ålesund as a cultural city!

This week we opened a new innovative activity space in Etne municipality. This project is the fruit of a 2,5 year process from extensive user involvement, design workshops with students, design development with long-term and inspiring collaborator at PIR2 and amazing construction with engaged builders from Vaglig AS. It is also a pioneer project initiated by Vestland region county part of their Innovative activity program launched in 2021, with several municipalities and tverga, asking the question: "How can public school plays a greater civic role in rural Norway ?"

The use of tons of stone from a new tunnel can create a new attractive district in Molde. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration and the municipality are creating a new area plan for Grandfjæra west. LOCAL together with Curve Studio and INSAM have been selected to imagine a new ambitious area for the future of Molde. The study is ongoing with participatory process and an exhibition that presents the proposal in the autumn.

LOCAL has been selected as finalist for the World Architecture Festival 2024 for our office space renovation in Paris. We will present our project to the jury this November in Singapore.

Prospective for Ecological Action: Towards New Territorial Narratives As climate change demands ecological planning and the creation of future narratives, can territorial foresight help anticipate and make informed choices while integrating uncertainty? This symposium will explore past and present foresight, associated representations, and actors amid chosen legacies, ongoing transitions, and necessary disruptions. Directors: Hiba DEBOUK (AREP), Isabel DIAZ (PUCA), Jean-Baptiste MARIE (GIP EPAU), Nicolas TIXIER (CRESSON) Our session on the 11th July, with Sébastien MAROT, Laurent MATTHEY, Jérôme PICARD, Louise JAMMET, Marion WALLER, Mélina RAMONDENC

Here's a sneak peek of our feasibility study (mulighetsstudie) for Kulturhuset Hagelund in Trysil, Norway. In collaboration with Thornstrom Brookfield Architects, we aim to revitalize it into a multifunctional space for art, theatre, and education, while retaining much of the existing structure. More details this autumn!

Team Leve & Lære vision for the old Veterinary College in Oslo is now out! Read more in the freshly published article in Arkitektur or visit the exhibition of our proposal on site.

LOCAL participates in the Generations Festival, directed by Anna Helle-Valle, which explores the question, "Are we a good community to grow old in?" LOCAL hosts two significant events, a Story-telling booths in collaboration with Theater company Bergen Borgerscene and the KMD Department of Design, under the Festipillene week. The second event is a debate on architecture and neighborhoods, led by Christian Pagh, Páll Tómas Finnsson, Kari M. Kristiansen, Nils Mæhle, Kirstin M. Leiros, Maria Molden, and Jerome Picard, discuss whether good architecture can support the welfare state.

Practice Models is an ongoing event series that takes a behind the scenes look at the nature of architectural practice with a focus on the way a practice is started, structured and run as well as the stories of those at the center of it all.

LOCAL is thrilled to be awarded the 40under40 prize ! "Europe 40under40® Award Winners: Announcing the Best Emerging Young Architects & Designers in Europe"

So happy to see Greenstation nominated for Archdaily Building of the year 2024. If you would like to see our design even higher, give your votes by clicking read more under!

Great news! LOCAL together with Thornström Brookfield Arkitekter have been selected for the extension of Trysil Cultural House. This is a unique task and opportunity to work with the transformation of the 1960’ existing building and consolidate the cultural offer of Trysil town center. The project envisions an innovative venue bringing under one roof several cultural services. The new program will see the existing theatre & cinema extended with a black box, flexible event space, the relocation of the culture school, the library, the volunteer base, and café together with new office space connected to the town hall. The project also aims to create a vibrant outdoor space in both summer and winter, balancing the needs of the local community, attracting skiers and hytte-goers at the heart of the charming rural center.

We are so glad to be partners for this incredible International festival celebrating aging and ages in all its form! Facing a historic decade with more elderly than children globally, this festival on May 31 invites all to explore aging and its impact on society. It aims to address challenges to welfare and equality while recognizing the potential of an experienced, resourceful older population for growth and community betterment. The festival offers debates, workshops, art, and specialized sessions for caregivers. Join us in our aging activism for a more inclusive life!

Exciting news! Our team Leve og lære led by PIR2 Oslo is prequalified for the parallel assignment for the comprehensive development of the old Veterinary College for Oslobygg and Linstow. The purchase of the old Veterinary College is a major and important investment for both Oslo municipality and Linstow. The work with the parallel assignment will build on their high ambitions and goals, and will explore the possibilities of this central plot in Oslo. The project area covers about 20 hectares with approximately 56,000 square meters of existing buildings. Team Leve og lare is a collaboration between PIR2, Built, BRIQ, LOCAL, Growlab with INSAM, U-reist, Føreland consulting, Sustevo, Sustainable life, and strategic advisors from Aldring og Helse and the Verdighetsenteret. We look forward to taking on this incredibly exciting task in 2024 and are looking forward to an open exhibition in the spring! Photo: Hans O. Torgersen

Rana Municipality, already in the forefront of demographic shifts with more elderly population over 65 in average, is developing a strategy for future health and care services. This effort is part of LOCAL's ongoing work on aging Greymatter, addressing the anticipated needs arising from the growing number of residents over 65. Collaborating with Curve Studio, the Verdighetsenteret, Aldring og Helse, A/Stab and INSAM, this initiative includes exploring land and housing development for an age-friendly community over a 30 years perspective. This new study aims to create inclusive, activity-friendly environments for all ages.

Together with CURVE STUDIO, SGRAM & Bybonden i Bergen, we win the competition for a new multifunctional rooftop pavilion with productive gardens, maintaining the amazing views all around and celebrating the existing architecture of the Sølvberget cultural house.

Incredible and exciting news to announce we are part of the BIFF 2023! "Gråttgull" is featured in the BIFF+Byarkitekten program, and we're excited to showcase it! It will be screened at the Cornerteateret 23rd October 2023, alongside another short film on a similar theme "Where we grow older" by Daniel Schwartz. Anna Helle Valle, Bjart Nygaard, and Anne-Grete S-Eriksen are invited for a discussion before the movie. See you there!

Organised by members of the Union of Francophone Architects for Health, the fifth edition of the Health Architecture Days (JAS) will take place from 16th to 18th October 2023, at the Palais de l'Europe in Menton. Amidst modernizing health infrastructures and evolving techniques and technologies, the JAS event stands as an essential professional gathering dedicated to health and social-medical sectors. We are invited to present our ongoing work Greymatter, focusing on the significant role of seniors in urban city centers. Meet us Wednesday, 18th October 2023, at 09:45 AM in the Salle des Pays-Bas at the Palais de l'Europe in Menton.

Almene Boligdage brings together employees and elected officials from housing organizations throughout the country. In 2023, Almene Boligdage will take shape as a series of local events and will be rounded off with a grand finale at the Tivoli Hotel in Copenhagen on 30 September. We are honoured to present the work we are doing with LBF at this event.

On Wednesday, September 27, from 16:15 to 17:30, the award-winning documentary "Greymatter Bergen" by architectural office LOCAL will be showcased, exploring innovative placemaking solutions by seniors in Bergen. The film, a winner of the Cross Roads prize at the 2021 Biennale in Seoul, offers an optimistic perspective on aging and has been featured in several international film festivals. The screening will be followed by an interactive conversation discussing aging, community, and architectural innovations for health in Norway, Denmark, and France.

The renovation project spanning 5,500sqm in Montreuil (France) has commenced on-site. This comprehensive endeavor encompasses the revitalization of a five-story office building, the enhancement of common areas, an expansion of office space, and the addition of an accessible rooftop.

We are so happy to be included in the guideline for the use of Wood in Bergen prepared by the City architect of Bergen municipality. We believe in wood and CO2 neutral innovation for our future!

Come in and join us saturday 23rd of September for 12h to 17h to the open door of Ateliers in Bergen, organised by B-OPEN 2023. We will present our film-documentary Greymatter Bergen and our research project on intergenerational architecture and city renewal. Come say hello!

We are over the moon to open CFE office in Paris, our latest project. Check our website for more !

We are showing our film documentary on aging in Bergen at this year ArchFest, incredibly happy to be part of this event!

We are very much looking forward to Friday's urban development evening about Laksevåg out at Smien, where we will receive input from residents, property developers and the municipality!

The Greenstation project has won the prestigious Green GOOD DESIGN®️ Award 2023 in the category of Green Transportation for its innovative approach to sustainable energy infrastructure. The award recognizes LOCAL commitment to environmental responsibility and its significant contribution to sustainable architecture, landscape design, and urban planning.

“How can we facilitate such a change without losing the quality of the care and the social differ-ences just become increasingly bigger?” LOCAL office in Bergen. From left to right: Anna Helle-Valle, Anne-Grete Strøm Erichsen, Wolfgang Schmid, Tina Larsen and Sebastian von Hofacker

Echelle 1, incubator center for architects from EAVT Paris East, organized a 2 days seminar in Strasbourg to talk about different facets of our profession. LOCAL is part of the 2022-2023 winning office to have a place in this exciting program.

Birth rates are diminishing while the elderly population is growing. This new challenge will affect a lot of different sectors including housing markets, and we need to ask ourselves: How are we going to live together in the near future? Join us 5th of july!

After several months of innovating, conceptualising, and hard work among participants from all over the world, Landsbyggefonden (The National Building Fund) and our jury of experts can now reveal the selection of 4 ideas, that they think will succeed in turning residential areas into Neighbourhoods for Generations. “It was no easy task to pick just four winners.” Says head of jury, Christian Pagh, who is the director and chief curator of Oslo Architecture Triennale. “The best ideas are capable of creating new combinations from a neighbourhood’s different elements – the physical and social, the informal and institutional.” Landsbyggefonden had received 78 entries.

LOCAL was presenting its work at the ENSAAMA (aka Olivier de Serres) to future professionals in the design and creative field. We shared about our education and professional path, we presented projects build in timber and high-end details and we talked about growing old better.

Elderly wave in Bergen: The municipality is under pressure: - Must take action THINK NEWLY: The "elderly wave" of the future requires a different policy for the elderly than today. In Bergen, there will be more people over 65 than under 19 as early as 2035. Photo: Shad Madian / Dagbladet Marie Røssland - Published Thursday 19 January 2023

A discussion session about GRÅTTGULL and movie screening of the movie Greymatter Bergen is happening at DOGA as part of the Oslo Triennale 2022 programme. Jérome Picard from LOCAL would presenting and panel discussion is led by Silije Lockart.

Research laboratory of Dominique Perrault Architecture, and the INDIGO Group, world leader in parking and mobility, launched an international architecture competition on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. We were among special mentions which were announced at the awards ceremony on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at the TriPostal in Lille. More than 320 young architects from 64 nationalities registered and 34 projects from 10 countries were submitted.

During the NABO Kveld events in Bergen, our new film, will be premiered as part of the events of this year.

We are thrilled to announce that we are part of the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021 representing the city of Bergen with our pavilion and film documentary “Grey Matter Bergen” exploring urban and active aging in our beloved Fjord city.

Selected to present Grey Matter today and talk about age-friendly Urban strategy and our senior community as catalyst of our civic life. Design as expression of Culture(s) is taking into consideration the cultures we are inheriting from the past and which should be granted for the benefit of future generations, so intertwining past and future, tangible and intangible, innovation and tradition.

We are incredibly honored to be partner of this first edition of the Lahore Digital Festival and co-curate this event with an incredible team. 400 submissions, 75 artists selected, and numerous collectives and organisations. Lahore Digital Arts Festival (LDF) aims to celebrate the emerging digital culture of Pakistan by bringing together an international community of artists and audiences to explore the intersection of art, technology, and everything in-between.

LOCAL is runner-up Europan 15 ! “Grey matter” focuses on inter-generational living and empowering our seniors, around shared, self-managed and inclusive spaces, with the existing asset of the city. Associates: Matthieu Boustany, Benoist Desfonds, Elida Mosquera, Jerome Picard - Contributor: Peeraya Suphasidh