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Statens Naturhistoriske Museum – “Copenhagen Cultural Gardens”

november 5, 2009

Today the winners of the competition for a new Natural History Museum was announced. We were pleased to obtain a small price in our effort to challenge the program and question the decisions made concerning important issues such as placement, infrastructure and sustainability.

Extract from the jury report :

This entry incorporates the Botanical Gardens and the museum buildings in a larger urban plan that covers the green belt of the former ramparts and focuses on the connections between the many museums on the green museum island near the ramparts. It is one of very few entries in both Trail A and Trail B that suggests that, while a number of the already existing entrances should be retained, the main entrance to the Botanical Gardens should be immediately opposite Rosenborg Castle, located close to Nørreport Station, at the Observatory in the wide Øster Voldgade street.

A logical result of this proposal is that the entrant wants to turn the listed Observatory into the central building of the museum and its main entrance. In connection with this main building the entrant suggests that the required undergroundfloor area be provided by building into the Observatory hill instead of using the area below the hill as required in the competition brief.

However, the most remarkable concept relative to the educational aspect of the museum is a series of footbridges (similar to the footbridges in Kew Gardens) which, starting at the Observatory, take visitors on a tour of the Botanical Gardens at treetop height. One of the footbridges continues across Sølvgade to Østre Anlæg and the National Gallery; another crosses Øster Voldgade and provides access to Rosenborg Castle. The entrant sees this system of footbridges as an ‘extra layer’ of experiences, an additional perspective on the Botanical Gardens in which the bridges will not be a disturbing element, and as an opening of the gardens towards other units in a green museum belt.

Workshop whit Philippe Rahm

oktober 17, 2009

This week at department 10 we held a workshop lead by Philippe Rahm guest professor at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture.

He works currently in Paris and Lausanne. He has made numerous exhibitions around the world as well as teaching in universities in Switzerland, France and England. For more information check http://www.philipperahm.com/

Right now he is preparing a special exhibition in KARCH to be open during the UN COP 15 conference and he is currently part of Louisianas exhibition “The future of architecture is green”

At department 10; when we first heard that Rahm was coming to teach here we were eager to show our interest in getting a closer understanding of his outstanding work: Philippe Rahm challenges our understanding of spaces exploring the sensibility of human biology and physiology reaching far beyond visual perception. Thereby he shows us new ways to go, and he can inspire us to explore new territories of architecture remembering that ecological conscience architecture not only has a low co2 but can also provide humans with enjoyable and sensual spaces.

This is an interview I did whit him discussing the objectives of the workshop and the idea of the Atlas that the students will produce for the COP 15 exhibition.

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Healthcare center for cancer

oktober 17, 2009
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clipped from www.dagensdesign.dk

The 6. of October we announced the winner of the competition for the new cancer rehabilitation centre in Copenhagen.

As one of two AA appointed member of the jury I have had the pleasure to work together with employees, users and representatives of administration and politicias from the health sector of Copenhagen municipality. As result the visionary and challenging building by the young copenhagen office NORD will open in 2011.

Situated in a beautiful but busy site the proposal is based on a protecting courtyard typology baring references to historical health architecture. A playful interior is arranged in close contact with the courtyard gardens with social and physical activity as well as peacefulness and relaxation.

“The future of architecture is green”

oktober 10, 2009
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Louisianas “The future of architecture is green” has been prolonged until 18 December to include participants in COP 15. Here’s some of my snapshots from the exhibition.

Lilleø med stort Ø

oktober 10, 2009

I the final assignment 2008-2009 my students worked with developing ideas for a small Island in the south of Denmark where Claus Meyer grows his vine and tasty apples. Here’s their resume of the work they did and images from some of the projects :Lilleø, en af danmarks mange små øer, blev udgangspunktet for en en talrække af visioner om bæredygtighed på flere planer og i forskellige skalaer. Vores bidrag er en samling af hvert enkelts refleksion over mødet mellem menneske og natur. Et ønske om at udforske det møde og dets muligheder med henblik på social bæredygtighed, økologisk produktion og ikke mindst en grundlæggende respekt for naturen. Visionerne tager udgangspunkt i en lille ø i et lille land, og forholder sig på mange måder til den nære skala, men er samtidige universelle. Visioner som ikke nødvendigvis giver nogle endegyldige svar på debatten om bæredygtighed, men som kan inspirere og skabe større bevidsthed.

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more about "Lilleø med stort Ø", posted with vodpod

“Fossilsamfund”, How to get on from here.

oktober 8, 2009

Fossil society; Are we stuck ore will we find more meaningful ways to get on from here ?

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100+ architects

september 20, 2009
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My collection of great architecture that I have visited and photographed now contains 100+ architects….have a look at flickr/

This photo is from a housing project in Paris by Edouard Francois. The greening is integrated as part of the railing; a really beautiful façade!

Summer 2009

juli 27, 2009
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When there’s little activity on this blog you might find me micro-blogging at
Twitter. Have a nice summer now that I am back to work.

Philippe Rahm at Louisiana

maj 31, 2009
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Philippe Rahm which projects I have documented on this blog last year is currently participating in the very well curated exhibition “The future of architecture is green” at Louisiana.

Philippe Rahm challenges our conception of spaces exploring thoroughly the sensibility of human biology beyond visual perception.

I attended his beautiful lecture “Meteorological Architecture” held this week in KARCH and we hope to offer a workshop with Philippe Ramn the coming semester.

I can only recommend to visit the exhibition at Louisiana which includes some of my favourite architectural studios such as Lacatton&Vassal, ecosystema urbano, Andrea Deplazes and Shigeru Ban; all front runners of ecological architecture with a sensibility for playful human spaces.

Bearing in mind that true ecologycal architecture not only has a low CO2 etc. but provides humans with enjoyable living spaces I would also have liked to include works souch as studio FAR´s poetic wall house, WORK AC´s projects for urban farming, Hiroshi Sambuichis earth architecture and Exploration´s biomimical architecture. A section could also have been dedicated to the art of landscape architecture where ecology and our relation whit nature is not a new discussion. Anyway go see it ! its worth while

Selgas Cano playing with nature

maj 31, 2009
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clipped from www.monoscope.com

Watch out for the Madrid Studio Selgas Cano. Their ideas always fresh and appealing exploring new territories for architectural expression conceiving playful and enjoyable spaces. Their new workspace in Madrid is no exception digging in to floor of the forest looking up in the sky through the leaves. That’s ecology for me !

William McDonough i København for at modtage Rockwool Prisen 2009

maj 7, 2009
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I Efteråret gæstede Michael Braungart danmark til vores første “cradle to cradle” konference herhjemme. I dag var turen nået til bevægelsens anden partner William McDonough der idag var i København for at modtage Rockwool Prisen 2009 og holde en festforelæsning på Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole.

Cradle To Cradle er en miljøstrategi, der stiller spørgsmål ved vor tids opfattelse af bæredygtighed, og opstiller en vision for, hvordan mennesket igen kan komme i balance med naturens kredsløb.

I stedet for at producere forurenende affald til lossepladser skal levevis og moderne forbrugsgoder designes, så affaldet bliver næringsstoffer for fremtidige generationer af produkter, råmaterialer til sunde, levende organismer. Cradle To Cradle har således skabt et nyt paradigme, der helt skal afløse vort nuværende fokus på blot at minimere vores skadelige indvirkning på omgivelserne.

Martin Fluri fra den danske afdeling af Cradle to cradle = vuggetilvugge.dk er en af forelæserne i kurset “Arkitektur og æstetik i en miljøbevidst tid” som jeg arrangerer for folkeuniversitetet efteråret 2009.

Arkitektur og æstetik i en miljøbevidst tid

maj 7, 2009
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clipped from www.lostateminor.com
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Jeg er blevet bedt om at arrangerer en forelæsningsrække for folkeuniversitetet som tager pulsen på arkitektur og bæredygtighed netop nu. En række spændende mennesker har safgt ja til at brede temaet ud sammen med mig. Kurset afholdes i efteråret 2009 lige før COP 15.

Arkitektur og æstetik i en miljøbevidst tid :
Ved indgangen til det nye årtusinde har miljø- og klimaproblemerne nået et sådant omfang at vi må revurderer vores levevis. Hvilken betydning får det for den måde vi fremover vil udforme vores byer og bygninger?

3 november: I første del fortælles om økologiens historie og de etiske spørgsmål i kølvandet på de globale ødelæggelser. Der redegøres for nye bevægelser som “vugge til vugge” der opstiller en vision for hvordan mennesket igen kan komme i balance med naturens kredsløb.

kl. 17.15 Morten Skriver Billedkunstner og forfatter tidligere lektor ved Kunstakademiets Billedkunstskoler
kl 18.15 Martin Fluri Leder af Vuggetilvugge.dk og EPEA Copenhagen – Cand.Scient.Soc

10 november: I anden del belyses betydningen for forvaltningen af landskabet diskuteret i sammenhæng med strategier for bæredygtige byer.

Kl. 17.15 Ellen Marie Braae. Professor, landskabsarkitekt maa PhD
Kl 18.15 Henning Thomsen. Practice Manager – Arkitekt MAA, MMD

17 november: I tredie del gennemgåes metoder for design af bygninger der tager udgangspunkt i energi og miljø.

Kl. 17.15 Lotte Bjerregaard. Lektor, cand.arch. PhD
Kl 18.15 Frans Drewniak. Indehaver af arkitektfirmaet DRZ og timelærer på Kunstakademiets arkitektskole

24 november: I fjerde del vises nyere bæredygtig arkitektur fra dels mellemeuropa og japan.

Kl 17.15 Frans Drewniak. Arkitekt MAA, Indehaver af arkitektfirmaet DRZ og timelærer på Kunstakademiets arkitektskole
Kl. 18.15 Alex H. Lee. Arkitekt MAA

1 december: I femte og sidste del skal vi se på visionerne fra studenterkonkurrencen “Sustainable Living” hvor de kommende arkitekter giver deres bud på morgendagens bæredygtige løsninger. (forelæserne findes efter konkurrencen er afgjort)

Man kan melde sig til kurset på folkeuniversitetets hjemmeside http://www.fukbh.dk/ engang i forsommeren.

Junya Ishigami på KARCH

april 21, 2009
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Arkitekten Junya Ishigami udforsker grænserne mellem bygning og landskab og fornyer hermed de rumlige og materielle udtryk i dette territorium.

Udgangspunktet er ikke energioptimering eller komfort men med hans ekstreme konsekvens kan han være med til at pege på nye æstetiske muligheder i en miljøbevidst tid.

Ishigamis første udførte projekter omfatter drivhuse på Venedig Bienalen 2008, KAIT workshop på Kanagawa Tekniske Universitet samt en del ruminstallationer.

Fælles for dem er at de udforsker skala og rum ved at arbejde hidtil uset ambitiøst med en minimering og raffinering af konstruktioner hvor statikken spiller en afgørende rolle i konceptudviklingen. Det gør hans rum særligt drømmeagtige og æteriske. En sådan leg med bygningernes konstruktioner har da også været helt fraværende i dansk arkitektur i hvert fald siden Arne Jacobsen.

Læs mere om Ishigami i interviewet med Alex H. Lee i det første nummer af tidskriftet arkitekturM

Junya Ishigami forelæser på kunstakademiets arkitektskole torsdag d. 23 april kl. 17.

Se hele vores forslag til Hatlehol Kirke i Ålesund her

marts 18, 2009
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I en tid hvor bevidstheden om vores forhold til naturen og dens værdifulde ressourcer er større end nogensinde har vi valgt at lade omsorgen for stedet og landskabet være grundlæggende for vores forslag…. IKTYS ved Alex H. Lee og Frans Drewniak. Se hele projektet og beskrivelsen her.

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Ikonet fuld skærm finder du i nederste højre hjørne

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Konkurrence om Hatlehol kirke Ålesund er afgjort

marts 17, 2009
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Konkurrence om Hatlehol kirke, Ålesund er afgjort. Det blev den danske tegnestue Cornelius + Vöge der vandt konkurrencen om Hatlehol Kirke i Ålesund, Norge. Sammen med Alex H. Lee deltog jeg med forslaget IKTYS