CAFx - Copenhagen Architecture Forum

SEVEN (7) TICKETS LEFT FOR ASSEMBLE! Do you want to be one of the last seven to get your hands on a ticket for Assemble! Now is the time to act. We can't wait to see you all tomorrow! Get ticket here: https://lnkd.in/d_KjPVSV Opening speech by Katherine Richardson. New visionary law proposals by: Kate Orff, Indy Johar, and Anders Lendager Debates and presentations by: Michael Ghyoot (Rotor vzw-asbl), Inge Røpke (Professor of Ecological Economics), Mikkel Krause Frantzen (Critic and Associate Professor), Dan Stubbergaard (Founder of Cobe and professor at Harvard University), HouseEurope! (Citizens initiative), Nicholas Duxbury Ransome (Managing director at Lendager), DI Byggeri (DI - Dansk Industri ), Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen (Law professor at Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen of Copenhagen), Lars Jensen (Chief City Architect of Copenhagen), Kasper Guldager Jensen (Co-Founder of Home.Earth & Transformer.Build), A/Prof HY William Chan (Former Councillor, City of Sydney), Thomas Brenøe (Insurance and Pension Denmark), Rikke Juul Gram (schønherr), Jacob Rask (Regenerative Built Environment Network, BLOXHUB), Karl-Martin Buch Frederiksen (Sweco), Søren Pihlmann (pihlmann architects), Christele Harrouk (Editor-in-Chief of ArchDaily), Frederik J. Preisler (Strategic and creative communication, Mensch), Esther Michelsen Kjeldahl (Author & Climate Activist), Liv Sejrbo Lidegaard (Author), Christian Poll (Consultant, Danish Consumer Ombudsman), Curated in collaboration with Den Den Grønne Ungdomsbevægelse. Moderators: Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss (Director, The Danish Architectural Press) and Christine Roj (Climate journalist) The conference is organised with Den Grønne Ungdomsbevægelse as part of Copenhagen Architecture Biennial.

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We're overjoyed to have Creative Denmark on board for this years Biennial!

Join us for two events by Bevica Fonden at the Biennial 🌻 Real sustainability requires cross-sector collaboration, new knowledge, and a willingness to challenge the status quo. But what does it truly take to ensure a sustainable future for us all? This very question lies at the heart of the Bevica Scholarship Programme, which is why Bevica have invited Camilla Ryhl, Director of Research and Head of the Universal Design Hub - Bevica Fonden, for a conversation with Daura van Vuuren, a former recipient of the scholarship. Moderator: Moussa Mchangama How do we take the right steps towards a sustainable future – without leaving anyone behind? Is the central question guiding the conversation, Sustainability Doesn’t Happen by Itself. Learn more about Sustainability Doesn't Happen by Itself here: https://lnkd.in/dYh6k-Md And join us when the Bevica Foundation hosts this years Bevica Scholarship Programme Award Show 2025 at Industriens Hus. Meet the finalists as they take the stage to pitch their projects live to the audience before the international jury selects the winners. We guarantee you will leave with new knowledge and inspiration on how universal design can help ensure inclusion and diversity in a sustainable future. Read more about the Bevica Scholarship Programme Award Show 2025: https://lnkd.in/dNm6RTks

Get a sneak peek of our Slow Pavilions 🌾✨ On Thursday from 16:00, you can join us for the opening of our two beautiful and forward-thinking Slow Pavilions. The guided tour begins at Inside Out, Downside Up by Slaatto Morsbøl at Søren Kierkegaards Plads before continuing to Gammel Strand to explore Barn Again by Tom Svilans x THISS Studio. You will get a closer look at Tom Svilans x THISS Studio pavilion Barn Again, learning about its design approach and the ideas behind it, trough an interview with the creators. Read more below! We can’t wait to show you the two Slow Pavilions, built with recycled, regenerative, and reusable materials. The pavilions will be built using recycled, regenerative, and reusable materials in a partnership with revalu, Dreyers Fond, and Buro Happold , reflecting the biennial’s commitment to zero waste and long-term ecological impact. The pavilions will be erected in Københavns Kulturkvarter.

We have asked a group of architecture experts and enthusiasts to recommend their must-see events during the Biennial ❤️ Next up is Moussa Mchangama – senior advisor, co-founder of the change agency In futurum, and author of Texts on Home (Politikens Forlag, 2024). Moussa is a key voice in the public conversation about inclusion, diversity, and accessibility, advising cultural institutions, foundations, and civil society on their role in shaping the future. Here are Moussa’s recommendations: Panel Dialogue: From building for to building with: “I am always interested in which people, privileges, and norms are being centered – whether in culture, architecture, society, you name it. Building Diversity is doing such exciting work and pushing for a much-needed change.” https://lnkd.in/d5Qj-7eT The Great Diamond Hunt: “Architecture shapes us all – and that’s why, for me, it’s important that it doesn’t become too intellectual. I want to experience architecture from my child’s perspective and look forward to sharing that experience together.” https://lnkd.in/dj9iqUWv Co-creating mosquito safe environments: “I’ve just spent a couple of months in my second home country, the Comoros, where mosquitoes don’t just bite but can also kill. That’s why I’m curious about this lecture – and especially about the kind of knowledge, lived experience, and approach it brings.” https://lnkd.in/dvJVNbuy Explore Moussa’s recommendations and get inspired to plan your own Biennial journey!

ALMOST SOLD OUT. GET YOUR TICKET BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE Assemble! Is Europe’s new conference on architectural politics: How can we create a building sector that operates within planetary boundaries and ensures a thriving future for both people and planet? 🌍 It brings together architects, poets, engineers, activists, economists, advertising advisors, developers, legal experts and many more. It takes you from drafting up inspiring new legislation, to testing its implications, and to creating sustainable, engaging narratives that capture the public imagination—while inspiring change across the sector. The conference is organised with Den Grønne Ungdomsbevægelse. 🎫 Get your ticket at CAFx.dk: https://lnkd.in/dtdGRp52 Ticket includes: Program, lunch, fruit, coffee/tea on both days plus a complimentary drink at the Biennial Opening Party at Thorvaldsens Museum and access to a special tour of the Biennial pavilions.

Vi er utroligt glade for at have Københavns Museum / Museum of Copenhagen, og resten af Københavns Kulturkvarter, med i Biennalens program!

We have asked a group of architecture experts and enthusiasts to recommend their must-see events during the Biennial ❤️ First up is Kent Martinussen. He is a Danish architect and CEO of the Danish Architecture Center (Dansk Arkitektur Center). In 2005, he was appointed as a member of the canon committee for architecture. He recommends to join us at Assemble!: “Here you’ll get the best insights from some of the most inspiring voices on which agendas must be set now for the future of architecture – a unique opportunity to seize, be enlightened, align with the spirit of the times, and broaden your horizon.” Get your ticket here: https://lnkd.in/dXBHxyaR Slow Pavilion opening: “Experience the new generation’s prototypes for architecture, showcasing fresh design and aesthetics – right at the heart of the Biennial!” https://lnkd.in/dBBNcbFA Open House - Thoravej 29: A Radical Transformation “Experience what 21st-century program- or manifesto-driven architecture looks like. Architect Søren Pihlmann’s radical renovation demonstrates how architecture can quite literally be reimagined within the sustainability paradigm." https://lnkd.in/dd2z6Wgy Gong bath in Cisternerne “Seize this one chance to experience a powerful phenomenological fusion cocktail of Copenhagen’s unique infrastructure architecture and an artistic soundscape – a sensory-saturated spatial encounter where East meets West and heaven meets hell!” https://lnkd.in/dx_6QGK8

Come along for the opening of our Slow Down: Group Exhibition, made in collaboration with Form/Design Center in Malmö, get a first look, and enjoy a cold Biennial Beer made in collaboration with To Øl. Observation, silence, restraint, humility, and hesitancy are often cast as weaknesses in an action-oriented society—seen as shortcomings rather than strengths. In the group exhibition Slow Down, we offer an architectural defense of these unappreciated dispositions, tracing the new rhythms, frictions, and imaginaries of the great, dizzying deceleration that lies ahead. The opening in Copenhagen takes place on 17. September at 16:30. The opening in Malmö takes place on 24. September at 10:00 Among the exhibitors are: · Rosy Wing Nga Tam / Zhuo Chen, "Community Maintenance Club" · CENTRALA · Dark Matter Labs · E. B Itso · Elin Brissman · Iwar Agger · KOGL · Polymorf · The Yalla Project (AbdalRahman Kittana and Alessandra Gola) in collaboration with Runa Johannessen and tomà berlanda · Stefan Uhlinder · Tonia Carless · The Architect has left the building, (TAHLTB) · Kristiane Fenger and Panuela Aasted (@Stadia) · DAVID A. GARCIA · Pablo Castillo Luna · Jana Pressler · Tonda Budszus · Studio Tideland + Emma Helene Rishøj · Lauge Floris Larsen