We vote for a sustainable city that can show the way forward, We vote for cheaper cultural experiences, We vote for cleaner air in Copenhagen
We vote for a sustainable city that can show the way forward, We vote for cheaper cultural experiences, We vote for cleaner air in Copenhagen
You've probably seen great CO2 calculations for new, certified "sustainable" buildings. But it will take hundreds of years to catch up on the sustainability of existing buildings
You've probably seen great CO2 calculations for new, certified "sustainable" buildings. But it will take hundreds of years to catch up on the sustainability of existing buildings
Dear Frank Jensen, the letter below to you should be read as a defense of a culturally sustainable architecture in Copenhagen
Dear Frank Jensen, the letter below to you should be read as a defense of a culturally sustainable architecture in Copenhagen
CAFx asked Soft Agency three questions to learn more about their history and practice in relation to architecture and feminist thinking.
CAFx asked Soft Agency three questions to learn more about their history and practice in relation to architecture and feminist thinking.
The "shutdown" is a nightmare for any restaurant, biergarten, bar and comparable facilites that are depending on people meeting each other
The "shutdown" is a nightmare for any restaurant, biergarten, bar and comparable facilites that are depending on people meeting each other
Please ensure that the fine visions on your part and on the part of the architects have the opportunity to be implemented
Please ensure that the fine visions on your part and on the part of the architects have the opportunity to be implemented
Today, 1′4 of the city dwellers are under the age of 18. This can be accommodated
Today, 1′4 of the city dwellers are under the age of 18. This can be accommodated
The City of Copenhagen could be at the forefront of a paradigm shift in urban development, which insists on recognising nature's processes as dynamic and valuable
The City of Copenhagen could be at the forefront of a paradigm shift in urban development, which insists on recognising nature's processes as dynamic and valuable
Only through strong, committed communities can we solve the climate challenge
Only through strong, committed communities can we solve the climate challenge
The city is our chance to live sustainably. We intervene less in nature and use fewer resources, with the most people in the least place
The city is our chance to live sustainably. We intervene less in nature and use fewer resources, with the most people in the least place
In response to the theme of CAFx2021 'Landscapes of Care', Soft Agency has produced a Landscape of Terms to expand the terminology around the notion of care.
In response to the theme of CAFx2021 'Landscapes of Care', Soft Agency has produced a Landscape of Terms to expand the terminology around the notion of care.
At the time of writing, we have hit the fourth (or is it the fifth?) week of community shutdown. The sun is shining, because spring is not quarantined with all of us
At the time of writing, we have hit the fourth (or is it the fifth?) week of community shutdown. The sun is shining, because spring is not quarantined with all of us
Why is it that we are so still accepting the brutality that traffic brings with it today?
Why is it that we are so still accepting the brutality that traffic brings with it today?
Municipal planning should counteract the negative trends of the time, with the larger cities being enlarged with suburban settlements without contiguous urban spaces
Municipal planning should counteract the negative trends of the time, with the larger cities being enlarged with suburban settlements without contiguous urban spaces
We used to think we were invulnerable. That technology and science had supplanted superstition and prejudice, and that the future belonged to the wonders of technological innovation
We used to think we were invulnerable. That technology and science had supplanted superstition and prejudice, and that the future belonged to the wonders of technological innovation
We must dare to challenge those who cultivate conformity. We must constantly try to shape the architecture, and the way we live and live together, in a better direction
We must dare to challenge those who cultivate conformity. We must constantly try to shape the architecture, and the way we live and live together, in a better direction
If the narrative of architecture manages to recreate an engaging and thought-provoking relationship with the circuit on which we depend as a species, then a new stepping stone has been laid in the Anthropocene paradise we call the city
If the narrative of architecture manages to recreate an engaging and thought-provoking relationship with the circuit on which we depend as a species, then a new stepping stone has been laid in the Anthropocene paradise we call the city
It is to deflate the concept of architecture when it is reduced to what color bricks are chosen to beautify the underlying concrete elements, or what type of balcony protection one uses on yet another inconsequential speculative housing development
It is to deflate the concept of architecture when it is reduced to what color bricks are chosen to beautify the underlying concrete elements, or what type of balcony protection one uses on yet another inconsequential speculative housing development
Scientists have warned for a while that we overstep planetary boundaries, but our current economic system rests on and reproduces other boundaries
Scientists have warned for a while that we overstep planetary boundaries, but our current economic system rests on and reproduces other boundaries
Copenhagen could use an Experimentarium within climate, sustainability and circular economy, a science centre for the green transition
Copenhagen could use an Experimentarium within climate, sustainability and circular economy, a science centre for the green transition
Løgstrup believed that every time we meet another human being, we have a small part of his life in our hands - that all meetings contain the opportunity to do something good for someone else
Løgstrup believed that every time we meet another human being, we have a small part of his life in our hands - that all meetings contain the opportunity to do something good for someone else
Politically, a space must be created where there is room for idea generation, experimentation and creativity, aided by less regulation and legislation that can keep up with the rapid changes that characterize both industry and society.
Politically, a space must be created where there is room for idea generation, experimentation and creativity, aided by less regulation and legislation that can keep up with the rapid changes that characterize both industry and society.
The impacts of COVID-19 have only been felt for less than two months in North America yet the number of articles already declaring the end of the city as we know it is staggering
The impacts of COVID-19 have only been felt for less than two months in North America yet the number of articles already declaring the end of the city as we know it is staggering
With the Bauhaus manifesto, Walter Gropius wanted to recreate the trinity of architecture, sculpture and painting as a craft in order to create the breathed architecture of the future.
With the Bauhaus manifesto, Walter Gropius wanted to recreate the trinity of architecture, sculpture and painting as a craft in order to create the breathed architecture of the future.
How do you ensure economic growth without compromising the SDGs?
The digital network society is a reality. And it requires a mental shift in gear
The digital network society is a reality. And it requires a mental shift in gear
Let's identify a comprehensive means of gauging the social sustainability on the scale of the household, neighborhood and city
Let's identify a comprehensive means of gauging the social sustainability on the scale of the household, neighborhood and city
"The Welfare City in Transition - A Compilation of Texts and Images 1923 - 2020" The welfare city as we know it today is facing structural changes that are increasingly undermining postwar welfare ideology.
Is it too much to ask an architect to 'reduce class differences, gender inequalities and ethnic concentration?'
Is it too much to ask an architect to 'reduce class differences, gender inequalities and ethnic concentration?'
Sustainability is an art of the whole and the interaction. Climate adaptation of our cities is not a matter for architects, engineers or planners alone. It is also about the user, the citizen, the craftsman and the decision maker
Sustainability is an art of the whole and the interaction. Climate adaptation of our cities is not a matter for architects, engineers or planners alone. It is also about the user, the citizen, the craftsman and the decision maker
Through the theme, we examine historical, spatial and strategic aspects of health in relation to the built environment
I went on a wooden course in Jærna having read about water supply forests – it was amazing
I went on a wooden course in Jærna having read about water supply forests – it was amazing
While the corona crisis in spring 2020 took over more or less all agendas in the media, it is important to still remember the existence of another long-running and more profound crisis that is also pressing, namely the climate crisis
While the corona crisis in spring 2020 took over more or less all agendas in the media, it is important to still remember the existence of another long-running and more profound crisis that is also pressing, namely the climate crisis
The fact that the majority of danish architects currently name is more or less tediously mainstream could be linked to the fact that the demand has not been challenged
The fact that the majority of danish architects currently name is more or less tediously mainstream could be linked to the fact that the demand has not been challenged
"I want my own layer!" shouted the mayor of Ancona on Italy's Adriatic coast, banging his fist into the lectern at an urban planning conference
"I want my own layer!" shouted the mayor of Ancona on Italy's Adriatic coast, banging his fist into the lectern at an urban planning conference
Case Study #2: Zakole Wawerskie, Warsaw
As I cycle through the city for my work on Holmen, I welcome Copenhagen's beautiful buildings and social décor. I am particularly proud because architects have played a key role in the city's development
As I cycle through the city for my work on Holmen, I welcome Copenhagen's beautiful buildings and social décor. I am particularly proud because architects have played a key role in the city's development
Children grieving, house-going quiet, elderly without stigma, poor people with blood alcohol
Children grieving, house-going quiet, elderly without stigma, poor people with blood alcohol
The interdisciplinary cooperation between CAFx , EAHR and Think-Fast are published with an online publication on the city's post-pandemic challenges
The interdisciplinary cooperation between CAFx , EAHR and Think-Fast are published with an online publication on the city's post-pandemic challenges
CAFx invited the actors of architecture to contribute a max 2 A4-page manifesto on the social role of architecture anno 2019. They are collected in the book Manifest Stafet, published by the publisher B in collaboration with the Academic Association of Architects.
CAFx invited the actors of architecture to contribute a max 2 A4-page manifesto on the social role of architecture anno 2019. They are collected in the book Manifest Stafet, published by the publisher B in collaboration with the Academic Association of Architects.
Bear with me, because I really think that this little party game is rather superfluous and an expression of a dangerous return to the most distant idealism of the 1960s.
Bear with me, because I really think that this little party game is rather superfluous and an expression of a dangerous return to the most distant idealism of the 1960s.
It is without a doubt that we wake up to something new and shocking every day in 2020. Our project deals with the current pandemic that is taking the world by storm: the COVID-19 coronavirus
It is without a doubt that we wake up to something new and shocking every day in 2020. Our project deals with the current pandemic that is taking the world by storm: the COVID-19 coronavirus
I just finished walking my dogs in Central Park North where everyone keeps their distance. Occasionally, a bicyclist wearing a mask and gloves whizzes past on the road above
I just finished walking my dogs in Central Park North where everyone keeps their distance. Occasionally, a bicyclist wearing a mask and gloves whizzes past on the road above
Do politicians, administrators and managers still read in these days? Do those who sent out their visions and manifestos ever reflect and follow up what happens to them?
Do politicians, administrators and managers still read in these days? Do those who sent out their visions and manifestos ever reflect and follow up what happens to them?
The art of creating cities requires (urban planning)the architect's professionalism, which is the special span to have an understanding of everything from regional contexts to local conditions
The art of creating cities requires (urban planning)the architect's professionalism, which is the special span to have an understanding of everything from regional contexts to local conditions
Sustainability is an investment. Amsterdam is brave, they provide economy and areas for sustainable entrepreneurs
Sustainability is an investment. Amsterdam is brave, they provide economy and areas for sustainable entrepreneurs
A Copenhagen in the cities' yellow jersey leaves no one behind the field
A Copenhagen in the cities' yellow jersey leaves no one behind the field
The model for realizing this is called nature-based design solutions. And the practice of the model is a new nature; another nature; a city nature
The model for realizing this is called nature-based design solutions. And the practice of the model is a new nature; another nature; a city nature
Politicians' indifference to the built environment is perhaps the greatest challenge edgy in the architectural profession. Until they are awakened from their toast speeches, nothing happens
Politicians' indifference to the built environment is perhaps the greatest challenge edgy in the architectural profession. Until they are awakened from their toast speeches, nothing happens
If we give up the right to have a say in the mess of our environments, that's when they become clinical
If we give up the right to have a say in the mess of our environments, that's when they become clinical
The price of visions may be high, but it is higher without
The conch reminds us that the aesthetic of the shell or façade is only there to protect soft living matter
The conch reminds us that the aesthetic of the shell or façade is only there to protect soft living matter
Planetary Programmers was a software activist who experimented with planetary software in a showdown with the typical perception of technological disruption and the now infamous market individualism of the time.
Planetary Programmers was a software activist who experimented with planetary software in a showdown with the typical perception of technological disruption and the now infamous market individualism of the time.
The coronavirus emerged because a-human ecosystem was penetrated by humans and rejigged for exploitation. Maybe it was just two guys with a pickup truck – with the same mind that teases for oil in the Arctic and mines at the bottom of the ocean
The coronavirus emerged because a-human ecosystem was penetrated by humans and rejigged for exploitation. Maybe it was just two guys with a pickup truck – with the same mind that teases for oil in the Arctic and mines at the bottom of the ocean
There are three characteristics of Copenhagen on which we should build the city's development: community will, design capacity and cultural awareness
There are three characteristics of Copenhagen on which we should build the city's development: community will, design capacity and cultural awareness
I dream of smaller building fields and free zones so that self-builders and building societies can be allowed to show new ways to build and live
I dream of smaller building fields and free zones so that self-builders and building societies can be allowed to show new ways to build and live
The role of the architect has changed significantly in the last few years. So is the architect's toolbox. The responsibility is greater – as are the possibilities for creating a framework for the future of life
The role of the architect has changed significantly in the last few years. So is the architect's toolbox. The responsibility is greater – as are the possibilities for creating a framework for the future of life
The city's exemplary infrastructure is a perfect metaphor for what must necessarily happen
The city's exemplary infrastructure is a perfect metaphor for what must necessarily happen
Through this text, teachers and students of the Master Emergency + Resilience at the Università IUAV di Venezia search for a common understanding of the health crisis that is currently facing our planet
Through this text, teachers and students of the Master Emergency + Resilience at the Università IUAV di Venezia search for a common understanding of the health crisis that is currently facing our planet
Is the architecture criticism dead? Can it be revived? Is the disappearance of criticism due to touch anxiety with uncomfortable questions? Is this fear of touch justified by internal economic dependence or simply by fear of conflict?
Is the architecture criticism dead? Can it be revived? Is the disappearance of criticism due to touch anxiety with uncomfortable questions? Is this fear of touch justified by internal economic dependence or simply by fear of conflict?
With the manifesto, CINARK writes off the prevailing conformity and explores the radical tectonics inherent in Circular Architecture
With the manifesto, CINARK writes off the prevailing conformity and explores the radical tectonics inherent in Circular Architecture
Hannes Meyer to the Architects and Builders Anno 2019
"And the heart is completely in shadow and the heart is almost stopped. To someone starts building a city that is soft as a body."
"And the heart is completely in shadow and the heart is almost stopped. To someone starts building a city that is soft as a body."
Only one woman has received the Pritzker Prize as an independent architect. In 2004, Zara Hadid received the award for her impressive work. Since then, two women have received the award, but in the constellation of several
Only one woman has received the Pritzker Prize as an independent architect. In 2004, Zara Hadid received the award for her impressive work. Since then, two women have received the award, but in the constellation of several
We must always develop both the social and artistic dimensions in all the tasks that we as architects deal with
We must always develop both the social and artistic dimensions in all the tasks that we as architects deal with
The New Capital aims to preserve the essence of extinct Danish core values and the social security of the civilization
The New Capital aims to preserve the essence of extinct Danish core values and the social security of the civilization
Architecture is not just about creating physical durability and functional proficiency. Architecture is built on ideals that reflect cultural values and identify solutions to societal challenges
Architecture is not just about creating physical durability and functional proficiency. Architecture is built on ideals that reflect cultural values and identify solutions to societal challenges
In 2016, you made a decision at the Council House with far-reaching consequences for the city's architectural development. With a four-year strategic partnership, you handed over very large parts of the municipality's architectural tasks to only two advisory teams
In 2016, you made a decision at the Council House with far-reaching consequences for the city's architectural development. With a four-year strategic partnership, you handed over very large parts of the municipality's architectural tasks to only two advisory teams
As a part of my job and the activities inside Lima's municipality, I had the chance of circulating amongst streets and avenues of my native city, having complete freedom in times of curfew and social distancing
As a part of my job and the activities inside Lima's municipality, I had the chance of circulating amongst streets and avenues of my native city, having complete freedom in times of curfew and social distancing
Maintain the possibility of a housing function in connection with the individual company in the creative zones
Maintain the possibility of a housing function in connection with the individual company in the creative zones
THINK, to appreciate going for a walk. Now that most of the world is shut down, I feel grateful that it is possible – the sun is shining, the days are getting longer.
THINK, to appreciate going for a walk. Now that most of the world is shut down, I feel grateful that it is possible – the sun is shining, the days are getting longer.
Copenhagen lives and is nourished by diversity
'How the city is' is inspired by and constructed around the poem 'It' by Inger Christensen
'How the city is' is inspired by and constructed around the poem 'It' by Inger Christensen
The use-and-throw-away culture is costly and harmful to the climate. This is especially true when we build. Building sustainably therefore means thinking and acting long-term
The use-and-throw-away culture is costly and harmful to the climate. This is especially true when we build. Building sustainably therefore means thinking and acting long-term
1. Reuse and adaptive reuse 2. Construct in timber
Green cultural heritage tells us about our close relationship with nature and about historical anchoring
Green cultural heritage tells us about our close relationship with nature and about historical anchoring
The architecture of the future should meet people at eye level and offer them warmly inside. It must take their tracks and wear with a kiss and be able to accommodate their ugly curtains
The architecture of the future should meet people at eye level and offer them warmly inside. It must take their tracks and wear with a kiss and be able to accommodate their ugly curtains
Case Study #3: Lago Ex SNIA, Rome
