Aesthetics of Participation: Atmosphere, Design, and Experience at the Oslo Opera House

Author:   Jeremy Hektor Payne-Frank
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   172
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
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Aesthetics of Participation: Atmosphere, Design, and Experience at the Oslo Opera House


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Author:   Jeremy Hektor Payne-Frank
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032668789


ISBN 10:   1032668784
Pages:   172
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Oslo Opera House A social monument Tourists and locals An atmospheric lens The Nordic invitation to participate Immaterial architecture Chapter 2. Adopting an atmospheric lens Atmospheric perspectives: Böhme, Rancière, and Sloterdijk Thinking about atmospheres Building experience: architecture and atmosphere Coercive atmosphere Research atmosphere: methods and tools Withdrawing from atmosphere: taking photography seriously Pinholes and fuzzy Chapter 3. Transformative participation The road to Bjørvika The Fjord City Bjørvika and beyond Snøhetta A Nolli map Competition entry 04321 The art A stone saga Rethinking participation: Arnstein’s ladder Chapter 4. Material participation From the city to the roof Marble: surfaces of the white carpet Whiteness Marble’s social and synaesthetic character Whiteness and a cleansing of the eye Whiteness and blur Designing ambiguity: the palace, whiteness, and a Norwegian sensibility to nature Chapter 5. Movement participation Architecture of the oblique Dwelling, tripping, inhabiting Life in the Norwegian open air Resonance, dissonance, and a good-natured elitism Chapter 6. Light participation Nordic light, Nordic architecture: from the roof to the foyer Daylight in the OOH Artificial light Transitions: liquid light From bubbles to foam Chapter 7. Art participation First encounter with the The other wall Democratic surfaces Democratic surrounds: The wall as weather machine Creative kitchens: process as art The wall through social media Selfies and mirror selfies The wall, dissensus, and a partitioning of the sensible Chapter 8 Conclusion: Exiting the social monument Bibliography

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Jeremy Hektor Payne-Frank holds a PhD from the Department of People and Technology at Roskilde University. His research explores urban experience in relation to architecture, art, and design through experimental ethnographic methods.

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