UiWE introduced grad students from the School of Architecture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong to planning and architecture in Copenhagen and Carlsberg. Applying temporary, social and cultural initiatives were on the agenda. It was a lively day at Carlsberg, and the students seemed to appreciate our cultural planning approach and our rope-work at Carlsberg.
We moved our office to new, spacious surroundings in the collaborative workspace Coplay at Frederiksberg. We enjoy the seven meters to the ceiling and an interesting mix of entrepreneurs, designers and communication-people. Come and visit us!
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.
Please bear with our website. We are finalizing a makeover and there might be some places that look a bit weird.
Høje Taastrup is hosting a conference on creative city making for the Creative City Challenge network May 5. Christian is giving a talk on the LIGHTSOUND (LYSLYD) project and on the perspectives and challenges for different city actors working together in public space.
Christian has been appointed assistant professor at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy at Copenhagen Business School (CBS). Christian is supervising student projects and developing a new curriculum for a course on applied philosophy.
UiWE is on the winning team in the Viby Syd competition in Aarhus with Viggo Madsen Ingeniører, Arkitema, Effekt and Center for Idræt & Arkitektur. Our project proposes a diverse master plan for the area, new skin for the worn seventies building blocks and a strategy to support identity, social interaction and sense of community. We look forward to see the plan come to life!