“Detour” on tour in Europe

The Detour exhibit gives Europeans the opportunity to experience bold Norwegian architecture and breathtaking natural landscapes without hitting the Norwegian roads. The Norwegian exhibit displays innovative architectural projects at rest areas and viewing platforms along 18 Norwegian tourist routes.

“Detour” is supported by both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Innovation Norway. The exhibit on architectural projects along Norwegian tourist routs will start in Berlin and then travel to Caen and Paris.

Visitors to “Detour” will see Norwegian landscapes in combination with various motoring routes and modern design and architecture through brass-rimmed openings in a display case from the 1900s.

The constructions have been designed by Norwegian as well as international architects, landscape architects and designers. Some of the villages that have got these new installations have already been mapped out and recognised within international architectural circles.

“Detour” is a cooperation project between the Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s tourist route project and the foundation Norsk Form. The curators are Barbro Westling and Peter Johansson.

Line-up for the Detour exhibition
03.10 – 2.11
Gemeinschaftshaus "the common house" der nordische Botschaften, Berlin.

12.11−25.11
Les Boréales in Caen, Normandie.

15.12−19.01
La Galerie d`architecture, Paris.