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Lilla Georgine Hansen (1 April 1872 – 11 June 1962) was
Lilla Georgine Hansen (1 April 1872 – 11 June 1962) was Norway
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's first female architect
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.
Background
Georgine Marie Hansen was born in Christiania (nowOslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
), Norway. She was the daughter of Georg Martin Hansen (1828–1915) and Maren Paulowna Victoria Bülow (1838–1898). She studied at the Royal Drafting School (now Oslo National Academy of the Arts
The Oslo National Academy of the Arts (, ''KHiO'') is a tertiary institution in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts. It is one of two public institutes of higher learning in Norway that teaches in v ...
) under Herman Major Schirmer
Herman Major Schirmer (20 June 1845 – 11 April 1913) was a Norwegian architect, educator and historian of art. He has been described as "one of the chief ideologues" of Norwegian romantic nationalism. He was also a diligent writer and Norway's ...
, graduating in 1894. She completed her architectural education in Brussels
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where she trained with Victor Horta
Victor Pierre Horta (; Victor, Baron Horta after 1932; 6 January 1861 – 8 September 1947) was a Belgian architect and designer, and one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement. He was a fervent admirer of the French architectural theoris ...
. She also served architectural apprenticeships with architects Halfdan Berle Oslo and Martin Nyrop
Martin Nyrop (11 November 1849 18 May 1921) was a Danish architect.
Early life and education
Nyrop was born on 11 November 1849 at Holmsland Municipality, Holmsland, Ringkøbing, the son of parish priest Christopher Nyrop (1805–1879) and Helen ...
in Copenhagen
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. She established her own practice in 1912. After her breakthrough the same year with Heftyeterrassen, a residential complex at Thomas Heftyes gate 42 in Oslo, she went on to design a number of large villas as well as a hospital and student accommodation for women.
Career
Her first known works was a cabin at FrønsvolleninNordmarka
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, listed in 1902 for tobacco manufacturer Nicolai Andresen
Nicolai Andresen (24 September 1781 – 18 November 1861) was a Norwegian merchant, banker and member of Stortinget. He laid the foundation for Andresens Bank A/S, which after several mergers became Nordea Bank Norge.
Andresen was born at Tø ...
. Her next work was the summer house of professor Theodor Frølich at Nesøya in Asker
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from 1903. Both these early houses she drew before she established a private office. At Asker in 1910, she drew the main building at Hval farm for estate owner Wilhelm Roede. In 1912 she designed a villa at Trosterudveien 10 in Aker in Norwegian national romanticism for Lil and Nils Roede. Roughly contemporary were villas at Nobels gate 10 and Fritzners gate 4 in Oslo
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.
The breakthrough came with the first prize in the architectural competition in 1912 for the complex Heftyeterrassen in Oslo in Neo-baroque Neo-Baroque may refer to:
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. Gyldenløves gate 19 from 1929 is a monumental structure designed in Neoclassical architecture
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on Arno Bergs plass in Frogner
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. She was also responsible for the decor of the building which housed the Studiehjem for unge pike. Founded in 1916 by Kristine Bonnevie
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, Studiehjem offers homes for female students over the age of 18. Located near St. Hanshaugen Park, it was a short distance to public transport and walking distance to several campuses. In 2004 Karina Hyggen Amland prevented demolition. Acting with the ''Support Association for the Conservation of Hoffsjef Løvenskiolds Road 4'', the villa was added to the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage
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's list of properties with cultural heritage.
Selected works
* Maristuen at Frønsvollen in Nordmarka for Nicolai Andresen (1902) * Vacation home on Nesøya in Asker for Theodor Frølich (1903) * Hval farm house in Aker for Wilhelm Roede (1910) * Trosterudveien 10 in Oslo for Lil and Nils Roede (1912) * Villa Nobel Street 10 in Oslo (ca. 1912) * Villa, Fritzner Street 4 in Oslo (ca. 1912) * Leiegård at Gyldenløve gate 19 in Frogner (1929)See also
*Women in architecture
Women in architecture have been documented for many centuries, as professional (or amateur) practitioners, educators and clients. Since architecture became organized as a profession in 1857, the number of women in architecture has been low.
At ...
* Maja Melandsø, early Norwegian female architect
* Hjørdis Grøntoft Raknerud, early Norwegian female architect
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Lilla Hansen, Lilla Georgine 1872 births 1962 deaths Norwegian women architects Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Architects from Oslo