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October 26, Christian tells the story of Pollee the female urinal at Pecha Kucha night at Copenhagen Central Library.

Pollee was presented at Roskilde 2011 together with the platform Peebetter to adress the challenges girls face peing in public space. Pollee is designed in collaboration with designers Sara Nanna Jørgensen and Nuala Collins.

November 20 – December 4, UiWE directs a culture design workshop about the urban development of the Kai Tak River in Hong Kong. The aim is to create projects together with local actors along the Kai Tak River that supports a creative and sustainable development in this complex urban river area. Our host is The School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Together with Imagination, Effekt, Loop and Niras UiWE have been prequalified for the international competition to create a Carlsberg Brand and Experience Centre. The aim is to create a world-class attraction with a broad appeal to visitors who wish to be challenged, engaged and entertained. We are proud to be in good company with a great challenge: to create a place that is both truly global and locally rooted in Copenhagen.

UiWE is co-organizing a course in user-oriented innovation for libraries in Region Sjælland along with Changedesign, Gesamtkunstwerk and Agnethe Kirstine Green. On the agenda is guiding library managers and workers to involve users in efficient and productive ways. The ambition is to create truly inspiring libraries through understanding and collaborating with the library users.

UiWE puts the challenge of peeing in public spaces on the agenda with the platform PeeBetter – human solutions in public space. We present thoughts, solutions and ideas on how to adress this banal problem that causes so much trouble – not least for girls. Check out our website www.peebetter.dk – and have a glimpse of our new female urinal Pollee that premieres at Roskilde Festival 2011.

Køge Kyst and Køge Municipality has assigned UiWE to work with architecture office Vandkunsten and LeanDesign on a feasibility study for a new culture house in Køge. Our role is to consider the cultural aspects of location, program and development process in the light of best practice in Denmark and abroad – and pave the wave for a truly great culture house in Køge!

May 23 at Danish Architecture Centre (DAC), Christian is giving a talk on the design of architecture competitions together with Thomas Koch from Polyform at a workshop organized by The Danish Association of Construction Clients (DACC). On the agenda is how to make architectural design competitions more inspiring, efficient and productive. The outset is the UiWE/Polyform manifesto on architecture competitions published in Arkitekten this spring.