Kunstsilo received the DOGA Award of Honour earlier this year, the highest distinction for design and architecture in Norway. On 10 September, DOGA hosts a seminar on what actually went into the transformation from grain silo to art museum.
A building can change a city. That is the premise of the seminar, and it is what Kunstsilo has demonstrated in practice: a cultural building acting as an engine for urban development, tourism and regional identity in Kristiansand and the Sørlandet region.
We take part in the session on how the disciplines work together, alongside Linda Steen from Scenario interiørarkitekter. The question there is how several design disciplines build on a strong architectural idea without competing with it. The architecture is by Mestres Wåge arkitekter. Our work for Kunstsilo covers brand strategy, the visual identity, the signage and wayfinding system, the website and the screen system throughout the building, and the visual universe for Kunstsilo Kids.
DOGA puts four questions to the afternoon: what makes a transformation succeed, how do the design disciplines play together, can a single building change how we see a place, and what can other municipalities, developers and cultural institutions take from it. Reidar Fuglestad, former CEO of Kunstsilo, opens with the ambition and the vision behind the project.
The seminar is built for architects, designers, developers, municipalities, cultural institutions and tourism organisations. In short, for anyone working to make a place worth travelling to.
📍 DOGA, Nedre Vollgate 4, Oslo
🕓 10 September 2026, 16.00 to 19.00. Doors open 15.30
💻 In person and online
🔗 Register for the seminar at DOGA