Vardehaugen

Profile

Vardehaugen is an architectural studio based in Oslo, Norway. We work with a diverse selection of projects and clients, from private houses, to public processes and urban planning. We conduct our services both domestic and abroad, and are currently working on projects in Norway, Scotland, France, Greenland and The United States. We keep a close dialogue with our clients through the design process and take pride in tailoring our projects to the people and places we work with. Every client is different; every place is in some way peculiar and unique. We aim to embrace this in all of our projects. Vardehaugen is authorized by The National Directorate for Building Quality (DIBK) and member of The National Federation for Norwegian Architects (MNAL).

Biography
Vardehaugen was established in 2015 by Håkon Matre Aasarød, - former partner and co-founder of Fantastic Norway Architects. Aasarød studied architecture in Bergen School of Architecture (BAS) and graduated in 2007 from The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO). In addition to running Vardehaugen, Aasarød teaches at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO). Further on he has worked with promoting architecture to a wider audience and has made several cartoons dealing with narrative architecture. In 2010 he was the host for a TV show on architecture and planning, produced by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

For his work with Fantastic Norway, Architectural Cartoons and promoting architecture to a broad public, Håkon Matre Aasarød has been awarded with the following distinctions:
• "Iakov Chernikohov Architectural Award" Moscow, 2011 (Fantastic Norway) 
• "Social Architect of the Year" Oslo, 2011 (Fantastic Norway)
• "Young Designers 2010" Norwegian Ministry of Cultures (Fantastic Norway) 
• "Academic Journalist Price" Fagpressen. Oslo, 2008 (Honorable mention)
• "FAD medal of honor" Barcelona, 2007 (Fantastic Norway) 
• "Architect of the Year" O.Hansen-symposiet Bergen, 2005 (Fantastic Norway)