Maamito's installation, "Mapping the Queer City", consists of four components: a three-dimensional representation of locations in Oslo associated with queer history, seven prints depicting physical and digital visibility related to queer hashtags, images of various public spaces in Oslo that invite reflection on what creates a safe public space, and a light table serving as an exhibition platform for the workshop result on March 18th. "Mapping the Queer City" explores this theme through experimental cartography, drawing on materials ranging from historical archives to social media. Queer individuals have always been part of the cultural and physical urban landscape, often without the opportunity to openly cultivate their own culture. This project examines the historical and contemporary significance of public spaces for and by queer individuals through alternative cartographic explorations. A specific focus is placed on mapping architectural elements and urban qualities as seen through the eyes of queer individuals. The project aims to establish a queer voice in the discourse of urban development by identifying spatial key elements in the city and landscape, designated by queer individuals themselves.

SPEED's installation, "Queer Structures", is located in the courtyard of ROM. This new space is based on speculations and stories about historical meeting places for queer individuals. In 1915, Oslo had over 70 so-called "green houses" scattered throughout the city – mass-produced green-painted cast-iron pissoirs that formed a hidden network of meeting spots for men. These building modules originated in Glasgow but were spread worldwide, including Norwegian cities, by the late 19th century. During the puritanical Victorian era, there was less tolerance for public urination, and the emergence of pissoirs was a direct consequence of this change in attitudes. Paradoxically, the pissoirs led to a more pronounced presence of public urination in the urban landscape; the urinals became a new urban space – a hybrid of the most public and the most private. This spatial quality may have been one of the reasons why they quickly became meeting places for queer men, a history well-documented by the Skeivt Arkiv, particularly through the writings, city walks, and interviews of activist and journalist Svein Skeid.

In recent years, there has been an increased international focus on queer meeting places, particularly of historical significance. Notably, the project "Cruising Pavilion," in which Charles Teyssou and Pierre-Alexandre Mateos were involved, gained prominence. It was first exhibited at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2018 and later presented in new iterations at Ludlow 38 in New York and ArkDes in Stockholm in 2019. Following this, several similar projects have emerged, all centered around highlighting specific queer spaces. "Queer Structures" will be the first project of its kind in a Norwegian context. The installation, created in collaboration with Una Mathiesen Gjerde, includes prints by Herman Breda Enkerud and texts by Skeid, Teyssou, and Mateos, forming a collage with fragments from the past and speculations about the relevance of the green houses today and in the future.

MAAMITO is a creative collective designing between Norway, Spain and USA in the fields of landscape architecture, architecture and urbanism. From Oslo, Miguel H. Quintanilla and Torfinn Truchs Erga investigate commons for a diverse and represented society. Working with different media such as physical models or digital cartography, they research potential appropriations and transformations of physical space. They reclaim interactive, multi-layered and queer re-interpretations that can be translated into design processes and developing imaginaries. Miguel was born in Spain, he has studied and worked between landscape, architecture and archaeology in Spain, Paris, Iraq and Norway. He currently holds an assistant professor position at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. Torfinn is an architect with his degree from AHO (Oslo) and ETSAB (Barcelona). Through the collective MAAMITO and his position at Mellbye Arkitektur Interiør, he works mainly in transformation projects.

Section Plan Elevation Extrusion Diagram Architects - SPEED - is a queer architectural practice based in Oslo, founded in 2020 by Espen Robstad Heggertveit and Eirik Stokke, after receiving the DOGA Newcomer award. Stokke has a master’s degree in architecture from AHO and TU Delft, and a BA in art history from UiO. He currently holds a position as assistant professor in landscape architecture at AHO. Heggertveit has a master’s degree in architecture from AHO and Tokyo City University. He is currently responsible for the architecture program at Designinstituttet. The duo balances private architectural commissions with teaching and artistic research. In search of new approaches, their methods range from archival research to urban walks and architectural models. Their work has been exhibited several times, including at the Barcelona Biennial of Landscape Architecture, where they were jointly awarded silver medal.

ROM has received support from the Cultural Council for the project, as well as from the Norwegian Embassy in Paris and the Institut français - Norvège for the event on 29 March.