Tasi Tolu refugee camp

One of the illustration from my diploma work in
Tasi Tolu refugee camp

Master of...

Six years of university studies are soon to be traded in for a piece of fancy paper stating than I am fit to be a landscape architect. What a strange sensation that brings. I am at a piont where I honestly believe to have chosen the best profession in the world. During these years I have learned that landscape architects actually can play an important role on many arenas, and that we have a great responsability when it comes to creating better living conditions for the inhabitants. Our strength lies in our ability to see the entity, to work in the interface between the physical environment, nature and human needs, seen in the light of historical tendensies and future development.

Landscape architecture is so much more than what i had forseen 5 years ago. The experiance from my master thesis in East Timor and the AHO Studiocourse in Tanzania before that has given me increased confidence that we have the power to make a difference - if we want to. The arena in which we work on is, however, less important. It is the opportunities and responsability that they provide that encorage me. Now time will show if my arena will be in a slum dwelling in Nairobi or in the urban fabric of Oslo. No matter where, I hope that the learning process will never stop, and that my entusiasm will grow together with my experiance as a professional landscape architect.