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

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

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

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

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

Bygning A, Klovermarksvej 70, 2300 København S

An exhibition by the designer and maker Sara Martinsen about plant fibres for use in the design industry and the construction industry.

PHYTOPHILIA, at the Anders Petersen Gallery

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 12.00 - 18.00
Saturday, Sunday 10.00 - 16.00

Dansk Arkitektur Center, Bryghuspladsen 10, 1473 Copenhagen

Dreyers Arkitektur Galleri exhibits the work of young Danish architects and provides an opportunity for them to show recent work or to explore new directions and new trends in Danish architecture

New waves in Danish architecture at the Danish Architecture Center

KADK, Danneskiold-Samsøe Allé, 1435 Copenhagen K 

The graduation show for students from the Royal Academy in architecture, conservation, design, graphics and fashion. This is always a major opportunity for the public as well as for people working in the design industries to see the work of the most recent graduates; to see developments and priorities at the academy as their teaching programme evolves and develops and to see not just new talent and new design solutions but to see how those designs are presented.

Dansk Arkitektur Center, Bryghuspladsen 10, 1473 Copenhagen

Dansk Arkitektur Center, Bryghuspladsen 10, 1473 Copenhagen

Dansk Arkitektur Center, Bryghuspladsen 10, 1473 Copenhagen

Dreyers Arkitektur Galleri, Dansk Arkitektur Center, Bryghuspladsen 10, 1473 Copenhagen

Dreyers Arkitektur Galleri
POINT

Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Nyhavn 2, 1051 København K

An impressive exhibition of large-scale works created by artists with the architectural studio of BIG and primarily for major new buildings or for public spaces. Each work has a video presentation by Bjarke Ingels and this confirms that he is one of the most articulate proponents of modern architecture and planning.

Kunsthal Charlottenborg

Dansk Arkitektur Center, Bryghuspladsen 10, 1473 Copenhagen

KADK, Danneskiold-Samsøe Alle, Copenhagen

Danish Architecture Centre, Strandgade 27B, Copenhagen

Danish Architecture Centre, Strandgade 27B, Copenhagen

Cisterne, Søndermarken, Roskildevej, Frederiksberg

The installation, designed by the Japanese architect Hiroshi Sambuichi, brings water back into the subterranean space of The Cistern and uses natural light from above, controlled and directed by giant mirrors, to create a wonderful and disorientating experience with the space explored in deep gloom on broad walkways that have been constructed just above the water by Japanese craftsmen using timber from Japan. 

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