Nils Norman

Nils Norman (born 1966) is an artist living in London. He works across the disciplines of public art, architecture and urban planning. His projects challenge notions of the function of public art and the efficacy of mainstream urban planning and large-scale regeneration. Informed by local politics and ideas on alternative economic, ecological systems and play, Norman’s work merges utopian alternatives with current urban design to create a humorous critique of the discrete histories and functions of public art and urban planning. Norman is a Professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Art and Design, Copenhagen, Denmark, where he leads the School of Walls and Space.

Nils has been involved with lots of exciting projects involving sustainable work and recycling projects. One of his first types of this style promoting recycling is the bus project, where he took a old bus and fitted it out with living arrangements and and a little green house at the back, all of the materials used were recycled or good for the environment, the bus used alcohol as fuel.

The Geocruiser, 2002

Nils Norman is now very important in the public art world and is showing his skills on the Great Knieghton Project by designing part of the country park area.

Below are some of his public art designs for a bridge to go over a part of the park.

This piece was inspired by a bird spotting shelter in fen drayton nature reserve which is one of the stops on the guided bus route that goes to addenbrookes as well.