Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center
Refshalevej 173A
1432 København K

The exhibition shows the results of research by ten interdisciplinary teams of architects, artists and manufacturers who have looked at innovative materials for building - like mycelium - or looked at how we can use existing materials in new ways or, even, at ways to use materials, like hemp or straw, that were used widely - at least in vernacular and agricultural buildings, - until a century or so ago.

With pressure to reduce the impact on the environment of all building work, we have to consider if we can use ancient construction techniques so, for instance, use earth and mud, dried in the sun, to build up walls as an alternative to energy-intensive construction materials like fired bricks or concrete.

Copenhagen Contemporary

DANSK ARKITEKTUR CENTER /
Danish Architecture Center
Bryghuspladsen 10
1473 København K

"Annually, over 1.1 million tons of waste are generated from industrial and manufacturing companies in Denmark. The portion of the waste consisting of uniform and reliable materials is referred to as New Waste"

Much ends up in landfill but UPCYCL is a community where industrial companies with waste can be matched with companies that can use these materials.

Sikke et spild / What a Waste
Dansk Arkitektur Center / Danish Architecture Center

UPCYCL

Behind the façade - Discover the Architecture of the Glyptotek

Dansk Arkitektur Center / Danish Architecture Center
Bryghuspladsen 10, 1473 København K

The exhibition looks at community thinking and the involvement of citizens in the architecture and planning of Copenhagen.

Dansk Arkitektur Center - Copenhagen in common /
Danish Architecture Center - Copenhagen in common

Bygning A, Kløvermarksvej 70, 2300 København S

Niels Gammelgaard has designed furniture for IKEA since 1975.

After finding one of his own designs in a Swedish flea market, he began a collection that now forms the basis of this exhibition with many well-known designs with chairs, sofas, tables and shelving systems.

Labels are from the original IKEA catalogues so this is a social history of accessible Scandinavian design but, for many, it will also be a nostalgic reminder of furniture they remember having in their own homes.

LOPPIS / FLEA MARKET
Bygning A

Niels Gammelgaard

Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Nyhavn 2, 1051 København K

Bygning A, Kløvermarksvej 70, 2300 København S

An exhibition on the work of the Danish textile artist and textile printer Louise Sass.

In many of the works shown, blocks of colour are overlaid to build up rich colours and bold patterns with amazing depth. In others, repeat patterns, overlaid and with shifts and changes again gain life and movement.

Films and an amazing over-head projection down directly onto a printing table explore the theories and the techniques used to create the prints.

Farven kommer indefra / colour comes from inside
Bygning A

Louise Sass

Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademis Skoler
for Arkitektur, Design og Konservering
Danneskiold-Samsøe Allé, 1435 Copenhagen K

Research projects on data visualisation in architecture and design that focus on green transformation and sustainability.

Visualizing Sustainability

Officinet, Danske Kunsthåndværkere & Designere, Bredgade 66, 1260 Copenhagen K

Københavns museum / Museum of Copenhagen,
Stormgade 18, Copenhagen

There are more than 700 time capsules in the exhibition … compact perspex boxes just 16 x 16 x 26 centimetres that were produced in 1996 … in the year that Copenhagen was the European City of Culture. Individuals, clubs and organisations in the city filled them with items and photos and postcards that they thought represented their lives in the city. Then, the time capsules were stored away with a promise that all would be revealed after 25 years. Now, you can look back 25 years to everyday but often extraordinary life in Copenhagen in 1996.

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Bygning A, Klovermarksvej 70, 2300 København S

Maker’s Dimensions shows final projects by fifteen students who graduated this summer from the Royal Academy Crafts schools for glass and ceramics on the island of Bornholm.

Maker's Dimension
Bygning A,

Det Kongelige Akademi på Bornholm
– Crafts in Glass and Ceramics

Dansk Arkitektur Center /
Danish Architecture Center,
Bryghuspladsen 10, 1473 Copenhagen

An exhibition that in part marks the 50th anniversary of the architectural studio Vandkunsten but also poses important questions about sustainability in building new homes and about the size and plans of homes where. in the future, we may share more with our neighbours and use common spaces that could mean more compact personal space.

note:
The Architecture Center had to close to comply with Coronavirus legislation but will reopen on Monday 17 January 2022

Bo bedre bæredygtigt / Living Better Lives
Dansk Arkitektur Center / Danish Architecture Center

Det Kongelige Akademi,
Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 51
1434 København K

An important exhibition at the Royal Academy schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation.

Students and teaching departments were asked to submit their projects for inclusion and 31 were chosen for the exhibition to illustrate how new ideas, new materials and new methods of construction or manufacturing will help to reduce global emissions of CO2 by at least 70%.

Det Kongelige Akademi
70% Less CO2

Det Kongelige Akademi,
Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 51
1434 København K

❝ No one knows the future. But it is important to try to imagine it anyway. The Royal Academy opens its doors for the exhibition 'The Future is Now', where visitors can see, listen to and immerse themselves in four different versions of the academy in 2050. ❞

The exhibition explores possible outcomes for the way in which the Academy could develop between now and 2050.

The Future is Now

Bryghuspladsen, 1473 Copenhagen

Posters Against Food waste

A temporary exhibition on the square in front of BLOX.

These are posters that were launched on World Environment Day to draw attention to the problem with food waste.

Limited-edition copies of the posters can be purchased on line with the price covering the cost of printing, handling, packaging and postage with the remainder going to the UN World Food Programme.

WWW..POSTERS.TOOGOODTOGO.COM

Rigsdagsgården, Christiansborg, København

An exhibition in the courtyard of the parliament building with photographs of some of the people who work for parliament from the window washer to secretarial staff and archivists as they go about their day-to-day work.

Dansk Arkitektur Center /
Danish Architecture Center,
Bryghuspladsen 10, 1473 Copenhagen

An exhibition in the entrance area to BLOX with models, drawings and examples of the furniture and tableware designed by Arne Jacobsen for the iconic hotel.

SAS Royal Hotel

SAS Royal Hotel - A love story
Dansk Arkitektur Center / Danish Architecture Center

Københavns Museum / Museum of Copenhagen
Stormgade 18, 1555 København V

From 1886 until it’s closure in 1998, Københavns Kommune - Copenhagen City Council - had it’s own drawing office that employed some of the best architects in the city .

There are 180.000 drawings from the office in the archive. Many shown here for the first time were clearly working drawings so are much thumbed and others are amazing presentation drawings for projects that did not get beyond the drawing board.

The English title of the exhibition is a little ambiguous - in that it might suggest these are sketches or scenes in the city - whereas the Danish, if translated directly, is more specific so this is The City on the Drawing Board.

These are superb drawings, often described in English as technical drawings - so plans, elevations and details of construction drawn to a specific scale - and they include designs for major projects like the White Meat Market in the Meat Packing District, apartment buildings around the city, new schools, engineering infrastructure including water towers and even designs for details of street furniture like city benches. street lighting and advertising stands

Byen på Tegnebordet / Drawing a City
Københavns Museum / Museum of Copenhagen

Officinet, Bredgade 66, 1260 København 66

The work of the textile designer Drua Simone Albrechtsen

Danske Kunsthåndvækere & Designere

Officinet, Bredgade 66, 1260 København 66