New Urban Spaces

October 1, 2009 – January 29, 2010 Danish Architecture Centre Opening hours all week 10-17, Wednesday 10-21 (free entrance 17-21) Free guided tours Sundays at 12 (Danish) & 14 (English) The exhibition is financed by Realdania Danish Architecture Centre focuses on new urban space tendencies in Denmark together with young documentary film makers, photographers, the Danish artist HuskMitNavn and a number of distinct personalities within urban space research. 26 urban spaces, 200 photos and 5 films The exhibition “New Urban Spaces” shows a number of tendencies that characterise the development today. Through five short documentary films and more than 200 photos, we see a snapshot of the many urban spaces and the life unfolding in 2009. The audience can experience 26 chosen urban spaces seen through the lenses of photographers Jakob Galtt, Mads Emil Hilmer, Nicolai Perjesi and Lene Sørensen Rose. Moreover, five new documentary film directors from the National Film School of Denmark have each created a thematic film on one of the new five tendencies. The artist HuskMitNavn has developed five figures commenting on the meeting between the individual and the urban space, while Henrik Oxvig reflects on the relations between people, places and architecture. Knowledge and works In the exhibition, the audience can explore how Danish researchers work with urban development and which Danish and international tendencies that will influence the future. Among other things, you can see what consequences the rising water level due to climate changes will have to urban planning and public life, and the audience can se the results of a project where young people are provided with a GPS to follow their activities. You can also explore how planners work strategically with the development of urban spaces in large development projects. Danish Architecture Centre