About
I’m Jonas,
Afficionado of alternative economies, human rights, non-human collaborations and homemade pizza.
I’m also an architect.
Sometimes an educator, sometimes an artist.
But mostly an architect who believes that our spaces should bring us closer to each other and nature, rather than further away
Other than that:
I’m a Norwegian-Iranian, currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark and working as an architect and project manager at Emergency Architecture and Human Rights
Afficionado of alternative economies, human rights, non-human collaborations and homemade pizza.
I’m also an architect.
Sometimes an educator, sometimes an artist.
But mostly an architect who believes that our spaces should bring us closer to each other and nature, rather than further away
Other than that:
I’m a Norwegian-Iranian, currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark and working as an architect and project manager at Emergency Architecture and Human Rights
Education
2024: “ImpacTO: Pioneering Solutions for Tomorrow's Challenges” - Project-writing workshop employing
gamification and game-based learning for innovative project design. Torino, IT
2022: Exchange semester at the University of Ljubljana, studio Ettlinger. Ljubljana, SI
2021-2023: Master’s degree in architecture. Bergen School of Architecture, Bergen, NO
2020: Humanity in Action Summer Fellowship. Copenhagen, DK
2017-2018: One-year course in world history. University of Tromsø, Tromsø, NO
2016: Bamboo building workshop with IBUKU architects and the AA. Bali, IDN
2015-2019: Bachelor of Architecture. Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, GBR
2015-2016: Foundation course in art, design and architecture. KDC, Oslo, NO
2014-2015: Course in Nature Dwelling. Nordfjord FHS, Sandane, NO
Teaching
Workshops
2024: “The Copenhack LAB” - Teacher/lecturer at workshop in hostile design and inclusive practices. Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Roskilde University, DK
2023: Teacher at workshop in fungal sound insulation production. Bergen School of Architecture, NO
2023: “Akivarai Conversations” - Teacher at workshop in experimental writing. Sikon 35 architecture student festival. Kintai, LT
2022: Assistant teacher at workshop in emotion-centered design, led by prof. Or Ettlinger. Bergen School of Architecture, Bergen, NO
Lectures
21.01.2025: “Welcome to the Friendly City” - introduction to event and to hostile design. Union Culture House, DK.
16.11.2022: “Once again with feeling - on the experiential aspects of architecture” with prof. Or Ettlinger. Bergen School of Architecture, NO
Work
2024: Skovtrappen - Radical preservation of a countryside in retreat, with Emergency Architecture & Human Rights, Aarhus school of Architecture, National Museum of Denmark, and Thy Municipality. Provided architectural support, construction work, historical analysis and facilitated community involvement. Bedsted Thy, DK
2023-ongoing: Wonderful Copenhack - Satirical commentary on hostile design in public space, with Emergency Architecture & Human Rights. Architect, researcher, lecturer and graphic designer. Copenhagen, DK
2023-ongoing: Underground Resistance - artistic research practice exploring waste and bio-materials through a fungal lens. Artist, researcher, architect, lecturer and mycomaterial producer. Bergen/Copenhagen, NO/DK
2023-ongoing: Production of mycelium sound insulation for radio station Radio Multe. Designer
and producer of mycomaterial. Bergen, NO (Upcoming)
2021-ongoing: Designing and building a micro cabin. Architect. Kallemåla, SE
2020/2021: Internship at Emergency Architecture & Human Rights. Copenhagen, DK
Exhibitions
2022: “Coastal Interference” at the 2022 Lisbon Triennale, “Terra”. Lisbon, PT
Awards
2022: Award for best student work in the “Master” category at the 2022 Lisbon Triennale, “Terra”. Lisbon, PT
Other
2025: The Friendly City - event on alternatives to hostile design. Hosting and lecturing. Union Culture House, Copenhagen, DK
2024: ARBEJDSTID - art performance on the value of work, led and designed by artist Christian Falsnaes, as part of the Golden Days Festival. With the role of “Middle Manager” I was responsible for public participation and facilitation. Copenhagen, Denmark
2023: Water School Conversations - Discussion on artistic practice and the non-human at Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, NO
2022: “Jonas and the Whole” - article in Artecapital, co-written with architect and art critic Madalena Folgado
Holobiont
ecology/biology
1. An entity formed by different species that together become an ecological unit.
2. A host and its microbiome
From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)
1. An entity formed by different species that together become an ecological unit.
2. A host and its microbiome
From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)