Architectural Practice is a lecture series inviting exemplary practices from across the globe to share their ongoing body of work. The series is curated by Cristian Ștefănescu  (Assistant Professor, BAS & founder of a-works | architecture, art and design) and co-hosted by the Bergen School of Architecture (BAS) and Bergen Society of Architects (BAF).

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Oda Pälmke is a freelance architect in Berlin (odapaelmke.de) 

Oda Pälmke's work primarily consists of architectural refinements of existing buildings, subtle interventions as well as extravagant conversions for personalities and institutions from the fields of art and film. She is the author of several books in which she examines the typological-morphological qualities of buildings and the nature of form creation. Her most recent publication is the series Repertoire 1-8, a collection of drawings and phenomenological studies on the sustainability of form. 

Elizabeth B Hatz is a practicing architect, AA Diploma/SAR/MSA, professor and art curator. She shares her time between office, research, art and teaching positions at KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm and at SAUL School of Architecture, University of Limerick, Ireland. 

As project architect at Berg Architects, E Hatz designed Kodak Headquarters outside Gothenburg, the ground buildings of Stockholm Globe Arena, the world’s largest spherical building, and a number of industrial buildings for Nobe Industries/AKSO-Nobel in Stockholm. Since 1992 she has run her own practice with both private and public commissions.

Hatz curated ev+a 2010, Ireland’s pre-eminent art event. As head of the Swedish Association of Architects (SAR) she co-founded Fargfabriken, a renowned scene for art and architecture in Stockholm, where she is a board member.

Apart from art and architectural design she works extensively with project organisation, assessments and leadership for private and public parties. Architectural juries include The Ralph Erskine Prize, Kalmar Stortorget Competition (won by Caruso & St. John) and The Nobel Museum in Stockholm. She led practice-based research at KTH, exhibited at Fargfabriken and Lund Art Hall and helped assess architectural education and research (Aarhus, Oslo, Sheffield, Aberdeen, Queens, UCD). Published in Sweden, UK, Italy, Ireland.