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World in Denmark 2014- Nordic Encounters: Travelling Ideas of Open Space Design and Planning
- Copenhagen 12 - 13 June: Conference - Keynotes and Parallel Sessions
- Copenhagen 14 June: Post Conference Trips
Call for abstracts
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Conference theme:
"Super Danish", "New Nordic", and "Scandinavian welfare design" are among numerous seductive names that coin planning and architecture practices from the north these years. Landscape architects and urban designers from Denmark and the other Nordic countries have increasingly become exporters of design solutions to places like Beijing, New York and Christchurch, while Copenhagen repeatedly receives awards for its liveability. However, looking beyond the immediate branding effect, what themes and values, methods and challenges are current in Nordic urban space design and planning in these years?
The issue goes beyond Denmark and the Nordic countries. It concerns what it means to intervene in cities and landscapes in a global era. How do general ideas about improving cities migrate and mutate, synergize and conflict in the encounter with specific contexts? What are the potentials and losses of producing traditions - such as the Danish or Nordic - in open space design and planning?
Track 1: Process, site, and nature
Track 2: Liveability, welfare, and democracy
Track 3: Traditions, narratives, and politics
Keynote speakers
.Jan Gehl, Gehl Architects, Denmark
.Jenny Osuldsen, Snøhetta, Norway
.Belinda Tato, Ecosistema Urbano, Spain
.Kongjian Yu, Turenscape and Harvard Graduate School of Design, China
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