Name Lilla Hansen Role Architect | Died 1962 | |
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Lilla Georgine Hansen (1 April 1872 - 11 June 1962) was Norway's first female architect. After studying at the Royal Drafting School (Den Kongelige Tegneskole) in Kristiania (1894) and serving architectural apprenticeships in Brussels, Kristiania and Copenhagen, she established her own practice in 1912. After her breakthrough the same year with Heftyeterrassen, a Neo-baroque residential complex in Oslo, she went on to design a number of large villas as well as a hospital and student accommodation for women.
She had graduated from the Royal Drawing School in Christiania in 1894 and practices by architects Victor Horta in Brussels, with Halfdan Berle in Christiania, and with Martin Nyrop in Copenhagen. Her first known works was "Mary Cottage," a cabin in Nordmarka by Frønsvollen , listed in 1902 for tobacco manufacturer Nicolai Andresen - a notched log house with cool and grass roofs. Her next work was the summer house of Theodor Frølich at Nesøya in Asker from 1903. Both these early holiday houses she drew before she established a private office. In Asker she drew in 1910 the main building of whale farm Wilhelm Roede. In 1912 stood her villa in Aker for Lil and Nils Roede in Trosterudveien 10 finished a major work in Norwegian national romanticism. Roughly contemporaries are villas of Nobels gate 10 and Fritzners gate 4 in Oslo .
The breakthrough came with the first prize in the architectural competition in 1912 about tenement complex Heftye terrace in Oslo in neo-baroque style. Gyldenløves gate 19 1929 is a monumental neoclassical tenement on Arno Bergs space .
She has also been responsible for the decor of the building which housed the Studiehjem for unge pike. Founded in 1916 by Kristine Bonnevie, Studiehjem offers homes for female students over the age of 18. Located near St. Hanshaugen Park, it was a short distance to public transport and walking distance to several campuses.In 2004 Karina Hyggen Amland prevented demolition. Acting with Support Association for the Conservation of Hoffsjef Løvenskiolds Road 4 the villa entered the Riksantikvaren's list of conservative properties.