David Sandved
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Life and work
Sandnes
is a city and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the region of Jæren.-History:Sandnes was separated from Høyland as a municipality of its own in 1860, and gained city status the same year...
and received his architectural education at the Norwegian Institute of Technology
Norwegian Institute of Technology
The Norwegian Institute of Technology, known by its Norwegian abbrevation NTH was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 85 years, after which it was merged into the University of Trondheim as an independent...
in 1937. He established his own practice in Haugesund
Haugesund
is a town and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.-Location:Haugesund was separated from Torvastad as a town and municipality of its own in 1855. The rural municipality of Skåre was merged with Haugesund on January 1, 1958. Haugesund is a small municipality, only 73 km²...
. His architecture developed from classical modernism to a form of critical regionalism
Critical regionalism
Critical Regionalism is an approach to architecture that strives to counter placelessness and lack of identity in Modern Architecture by utilizing the building's geographical context...
, using local building motifs and symbols. In 1948 he moved from Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
to Haugesund to work on ship interiors. He made all the interiors for Christian Haaland
Christian Wegner Haaland
Christian Wegner Haaland is a Norwegian ship-owner and politician for the Conservative Party.Haaland started his own shipping company in 1914...
's new freight liner's, the «Concordia Line». He designed many different building types, including public, commercial, residential buildings. Sandved was working as an architect to the late 1980s.
From 5 February 1948 to his death he was married to Marit (b. Furulund) Sandved (1918–2009). In the 1950s he was strongly influenced by Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, and esotericist. He gained initial recognition as a literary critic and cultural philosopher...
and his anthroposophy
Anthroposophy
Anthroposophy, a philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner, postulates the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development...
. Sandved also participated actively in the public sphere, defending the composer Fartein Valen
Fartein Valen
Olav Fartein Valen was a Norwegian composer and musical theorist, notable for his work within atonal polyphonic music.-Background:...
and his atonal polyphonic
Polyphony
In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords ....
music in the local newspapers. In the 1990s the painter Odd Nerdrum
Odd Nerdrum
Odd Nerdrum , is a Norwegian figurative painter. Themes and style in Nerdrum's work reference anecdote and narrative, while primary influences by the painters Rembrandt and Caravaggio place his work in direct conflict with the abstraction and conceptual art considered acceptable in much of his...
discovered that David Sandved was his biological father.
Residential buildings
- VillaVillaA villa was originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity,...
for Doctor Simonsen, Breidablikkgaten 217, Haugesund (1957). - Villa for Lawyer Arne Lothe, Asalvikvegen 17, Haugesund (1961).
- Villa for Shipowner Rasmussen, Salhusveien 15, Haugesund.
- Villa, Kong Sulkes gate 1, Haugesund.
- Villa, Norrønagata 26, Haugesund.
- Presthaug Apartment blocks (Haubo), Presthaugvegen 1-4, Haugesund (1970).
- Ramsdalen Apartment blocks, Haakonsvegen 65, 69, 71, 73 and Solvangveien 45 (1971)
Industrial buildings
- Haugesund Mekaniske Verksted, administration building, Jens Risøens gate 72, Haugesund (1964)
Public buildings
- Extension of Hauge Primary school, Haugevegen 31, Haugesund (1954).
- Haugesund Maritime High school (Karmsund videregående skole), Maskinistskolen, Salhusveien 68, Haugesund (1966).
- Haugesund Maritime High school (Karmsund videregående skole), Haugesund kokke- og stuertskole, Salhusveien 68, Haugesund.
- Haugesund Public libraryPublic libraryA public library is a library that is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and operated by civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries...
, Kirkegata 151, Haugesund (1967). - Haraldshallen (sports arena), Hanne Hauglands veg 10, Haugesund (1969).
- Haraldsvang Secondary schoolSecondary schoolSecondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
, Hanne Hauglands veg 9, Haugesund (1967). - Saltveit Primary school, Tittelsnesvegen 332, Haugesund.
- Haugesund Lillebo institution for mental retarded children, Floraveien 15, Haugesund (1974).
- Haugesund Billedgalleri (Museum of Fine Art), Erling Skjalgsonsgate 4, Haugesund (1977–1978).
- Extension of Solvang Secondary school, Hervikvegen 14, Haugesund (1978/79).
- Turnhallen (Gymnastics hall), Hanne Hauglands veg 8, Haugesund.
- Gymnastics- and stage building for Rudolf Steiner School in Haugesund, Skjoldavegen 175, Haugesund.
- Soria Moria Steiner kindergarten, Skjoldavegen 173, Haugesund.
Commercial buildings
- Svelland building, Haraldsgaten 140, Haugesund (1965).
- Krohn Brekkebuilding (Cubus), Haraldsgaten 132, Haugesund (1966).
- Sjøhuset (Kyvik), Møllerveien 22, Haugesund (1965–1971).
- Victoriahjørnet (for Christian Haaland), Haraldsgaten 139, Haugesund (1977).
- Bookshop Nils Sundt, Haraldsgaten 159, Haugesund (1978).
- Haugesund Savings Bank, Haraldsgaten 115, Haugesund.
Other works
- «The Norwegian motif», Europe square (Place de l'Europe) at the Europe tower (Tour de l'Europe) in MulhouseMulhouseMulhouse |mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, stone mosaic consisting of 7 different types of marble. The motif shows four birds with symbols of grain, fish, wood and electricity (1964). - Decorated jewellery boxes, Haugesund Mekaniske Verksted, gifts for naval christenings.
Selected bibliography
- David Sandved, Har vi bruk for en åndsvitenskap? 1999
- David Sandved, Bål ved veien, Dreyer Forlag 1948
- David Sandved, Boka om fargene, Tanum 1946