Kalfarlien 18 app for iPhone and iPad

The villa on Kalfarlien 18 in Bergen was designed by architect Einar Oscar Schou and was built in 1909. In this interactive story you are welcome to explore, get lost and trace evidence from the living history of the house.

By following the pictograms depicting details of the villas interior one will find photos, letters and archival material. Documents on display are coming from the municipal censuses for Bergen stored at the Population Register archive at the Regional State Archives in Bergen, as well as the municipal censuses for Bergen stored at Bergen Municipal Archive. Documentation from the latter includes; construction cases, building permits, registrations of later reconstructions, certificates, in addition to copies of architectural drawings with technical descriptions of the house. One can also follow a Building investigation of the house, conducted in 2010 by Stefan Ädel at Ädel Carpentry and Building Conservation in connection with a planned restoration.

Kalfarlien 18 App is best experienced in landscape mode with headphones.

Music & Sound: Composer Eva Pfitzenmaier, http://www.freesfx.co.uk, Kalfarlien18. Bergen, Canale di icarogemini, YouTube: Piano - Maja Elliott, Cello - Edvard Sundby. Purify by AMELIQUE, written and produced by Marlene Richter, Cello - Edvard Sundby. Bolero - Written by Maurice Ravel, Synthesia version. Voices: Cajsa Pehrsson, Miki Okazaki & Kerstin Juhlin. Special thanks to: Edward Sundby, House owner, Ingfrid Bækken, Art Historian at Bergen Byarkiv.

Kalfarlien 18 App is build using GameSalad Creator. Designed by Kerstin Juhlin 2015 in connection with the collaborative art project RestOration: Kalfarlien 18.