In hour six, we visited two communities of artists whose homes reflect their creative practice. Künstleratelier Erlenmatt Ost is an affordable residential studio building in Basel and home to a group of artists and their families. The cooperative of artists worked with Degelo Architekten to construct empty shell units, completed in 2019, allowing residents to design their own interior arrangements to meet their domestic and creative needs. Meanwhile, Trolltun Borettslag has been operating as an artist community in Oslo since 1959. Dozens of prominent Norwegian visual artists have lived in the timber-clad home studios whose original construction was supported by the Oslo municipality. What can the new creative community in Basel learn from the veterans in Oslo?

Speakers
Heinrich Degelo, architect
Kaja Gjedebo, designer
Regula Rappo-Raz, educator
Phineas Harper, Open House Worldwide

Hosted by Open House Basel and Open House Oslo

11 AM UTC | 1 PM BASEL AND OSLO

Photos: Künstleratelier Erlenmatt Ost by Barbara Bühler. Trolltun Borettslag by Kjetil Ree.