Based the enduring presence and value of late 19th century buildings (murgårder / brick courtyard blocks) and their 'pattern book' designs in European cities, Oslo Block is a proposal for a modern counterpart with two key moves.

First, the shift from masonry to pre-fabricated timber components for onsite assembly: in contrast to the masonry structure typical of murgårder, where load-bearing walls are parallel to the street, resulting in corridors defining circulation, the use of timber sets the structural walls perpendicular to the street, resulting in circulation as a sequence of rooms.

Second, just as the facades of murgårder have been preserved and internally updated to suit contemporary lifestyles, the proposal structurally separates the facade to be independent from the building structure.

Studies of Fredensborg were done together with Veronica Idland Kadasia and Sajjad Mansournia.