Frida Irene Heldal Stray

Profile

Frida Irene Heldal Stray is an architect trained at Bergen School of Architecture (BAS), where she took both her bachelor and her master. Between the two she spent a year on a VFX diploma in Berlin, and she has since worked as an assistant and freelancer at raumlabor berlin. Her work sits between building, exhibition making and moving image — spaces built to be walked through, and then filmed.

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Education

Master of ArchitectureDiploma: an exhibition built as a sequence of dark roomsBergen School of Architecture (BAS), Bergen2023–2026
Diploma exhibition, August 2026 — drag to look around.Open the tour fullscreen ↗
Exchange SemesterMaster studio, spring termBarcelona2025
Diploma in VFXOne-year full-time programme: compositing, 3D, motion designBerlin2022–2023
Bachelor of ArchitectureDiploma project in timber, built 1:1Bergen School of Architecture (BAS), Bergen2019–2022

Employment

Assistant and FreelancerInstallations, temporary structures, workshops and documentationraumlabor berlin, Berlinsince 2023
Freelance VFX and Motion DesignCompositing and 3D for architectural film and exhibition mediaBerlinsince 2023
Summer School ParticipantLightweight structures, one-to-one prototypingStuttgart2024
Summer School ParticipantLandscape and infrastructure workshop, hosted by SwecoSweden2023
Workshop AssistantWood workshop: machine instruction, model building, 1:1 mock-upsBAS, Bergen2021–2022

Referrals

[Name]Partnerraumlabor berlinname@raumlabor.example.net+49 30 0000 000
[Name]Professor, Diploma SupervisorBergen School of Architecture (BAS)name@bas.example.org+47 000 00 000
[Name]Course Leader, VFX DiplomaBerlinname@school.example.de+49 30 0000 001
[Name]ArchitectSweco, Swedenname@sweco.example.se+46 00 000 00 00

Skills

Rhinoceros 3D
Grasshopper
AutoCAD
ArchiCAD
Blender
Cinema 4D
Nuke
After Effects
DaVinci Resolve
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
QGIS
Exhibition building and rigging
Wood workshop, 1:1 construction
Model making, 1:200–1:1
360° photography and stitching
Norwegian (native)
English (fluent)
German (B1)

Exhibitions

Diploma ExhibitionSolo exhibition of the master diplomaBergen2026
BAS ÅrsutstillingAnnual school exhibition, master studio workBergen2025
raumlabor — Open StudioInstallation and documentation, with the officeBerlin2024
Summer School ShowPrototypes and drawings from the Stuttgart workshopStuttgart2024
Exchange Semester ReviewEnd-of-term exhibitionBarcelona2025
Bachelor Diploma Exhibition1:1 timber structure and drawingsBergen2022

Awards

[Award or grant]Add the ones that applyBergen2026
[Travel grant]For the exchange semesterBarcelona2025

Press

[Publication or interview]Add title, outlet and authorBergen2026
[Project feature]Add title, outlet and authorBerlin2024

Last updated 26.08.16

Material

1.
Diploma Exhibition
2026
Master diploma, Bergen School of Architecture
Built and photographed August 2026
A sequence of dark rooms built inside an existing hall: black fabric hung from the structure, gravel underfoot, and a printed landscape that curves around the last room. The exhibition is the project — it was drawn as a route rather than a plan, and the 360° tour in the CV column is how it is documented.
Round room, printed landscape, 1:1.
Tunnel between rooms B and C.
Rooms F and G, light along the seam.
2.
Rooms Without Daylight
2025–2026
Diploma research, BAS
Drawings, tests and material studies
The study behind the exhibition: how much of a room survives when the daylight is removed and only a line of artificial light is left. Fabric, gravel and printed image were tested at full scale in the school hall over three build weeks.
Light test, room F.
Gravel floor, room E.
3.
Assistance and Builds
since 2023
raumlabor berlin
Installations, temporary structures and workshops
Assistant and freelance work on temporary structures and public workshops: drawing for construction, rigging on site, and documenting what was built before it comes down again.
Pedestals and panels, install day.
Panel wall, room C.
4.
Moving Image
2022–2023
VFX diploma, Berlin
Compositing, 3D and motion design
A year spent on the other side of the image: compositing, 3D and motion design, applied since to architectural film and exhibition media. The training is what makes the projected and printed surfaces in the diploma behave the way they do.
Projection test, room A.
Screen panel, room A.
5.
Exchange Semester
2025
Master studio, Barcelona
Spring term
One term working on dense-city ground floors, in a studio where everything was drawn in section. Add the school, the studio and the project title here.
Wall study.
6.
Summer School
2024
Stuttgart
Lightweight structures, one-to-one prototyping
Two weeks of prototyping lightweight structures at full scale, ending in a built fragment. Add the institute and the tutors here.
Fabric under tension.
7.
Landscape Workshop
2023
With Sweco, Sweden
Summer school
A workshop on landscape and infrastructure hosted by Sweco, working between survey drawing and proposals at territorial scale. Add the site and the team here.
Route through the building.
8.
Bachelor Diploma
2022
Bergen School of Architecture
Timber structure, built 1:1
The bachelor diploma, built at full scale in timber with the school workshop. Add the site, programme and collaborators here.
Workshop doors, Bergen.
Printed panel.