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1965-2015
50th
ANNIVERSARY
EXHIBITION
Photo: Karen Kjaergaard
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ENGAGING
THROUGH
ACHITECTURE
The Anniversary
In October 1965 Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark
opened the doors for the first time. In the beginning the school
was seen as an alternative place for architectural education,
and its existence had a short-term horizon.
50 years later we are still here, and we take pride in the way
the school has developed into being a recognised part of the
international architectural environment.
We appreciate our history and heritage and continue to insist
on architecture that promotes great Scandinavian design. And
we are proud to see that our modest-sized school, from a provincial city in a small country, has positively affected the progress of highly qualified design and architecture in the world.
On the occasion of our 50th anniversary, we present an exhibition that involves significant architects who, over the past 50
years, have visited, lectured, worked or in other ways contributed to our development from an alternative school of architecture to an internationally renowned academic institution.
We wish to thank all contributors and participants and look
forward to celebrate our anniversary with YOU.
Torben Nielsen
Rector
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Thank you
A white room, a giant red carpet and 50 white cubes - one
for each year the Aarhus School of Architecture has existed.
The Anniversary Exhibition presents a selection of films by
prominent figures in architecture and design who have, over
the years inspired and shared their visions with the school.
The films discuss what it means to be an architect, to relate
to human conceptions and challenges and to work artistically
within a given art form.
The exhibition raises issues such as how does architecture
affect us, why do we need architecture and why are we
celebrating the event? The answer is that architecture
manages to connect society, not just when we physically feel
its presence, but in particular when we, through the artistic
aspect, are involved, affected and engaged.
The Anniversary Exhibition is an exhibition in which the
content only becomes visible once you engage, direct your
gaze towards the cubes and listen to the contributions from
architects and practices from around the world. The outside
perspectives demonstrate the importance of engaging with
the world outside, with international partners as well as
locally-anchored pioneers who work together with the school
on rethinking architecture and design with the aim of creating
a better society.
The films are shown in 50 white cubes; together they present
a multi-faceted mosaic of a school which, from the very
beginning, was open to all that was new and different insisting on an international perspective, professional insight
and local belonging.
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1965—2015
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Udstillingsbygningen
1:100
21-09-2015
KK, ASN
A white room, a giant red carpet and 50 white cubes - one
for each year the Aarhus School of Architecture has existed.
The Anniversary Exhibition presents a selection of films by
prominent figures in architecture and design who have, over
the years, inspired and shared their visions with the school.
The films discuss what it means to be an architect, to relate
to human conceptions and challenges and to work artistically
within a given art form.
The exhibition raises issues such as how does architecture
affect us, why do we need architecture and why are we celebrating the event? The answer is that architecture manages to
connect society, not just when we physically feel its presence,
but in particular when we, through the artistic aspect, are
involved, affected and engaged.
The Anniversary Exhibition is an exhibition in which the content
only becomes visible once you engage, direct your gaze
towards the cubes and listen to the contributions from architects and practices from around the world. The outside perspectives demonstrate the importance of engaging with the world
outside, with international partners as well as locally-anchored
pioneers who work together with the school on rethinking architecture and design with the aim of creating a better society.
The films are shown in 50 white cubes; together they present
a multi-faceted mosaic of a school which, from the very
beginning, was open to all new and different - insisting on an
international perspective, professional insight and local
belonging.
Udstillingsbygningen
1:100
21-09-2015
KK, ASN
The Exhibition
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Arkitekt Kristine Jensens Tegnestue (DK)
MEGA (4:09)
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Michael Sorkin, Michael Sorkin Studio (US)
Talk/Speech by Michael Sorkin (5:06)
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Neil M. Denari, Neil M. Denari Architects (US)
180 Seconds Over Los Angeles (3:00)
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Byoung Soo Cho, BCHO Architects (KO)
bcho architects (7:00)
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Carme Pinós, Estudio Carme Pinós (ES)
Centro Cultural Caixaforum Zaragoza (6:16)
Elias Torres, Martinez Lapeña – Torres Arquitectos (ES)
What do Architects do? (3:08)
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Ifigeneia Liangi, Teaching Fellow at the Bartlett School of Architecture (UK)
A Primary School for a Future Nation, Athens, 2013 (4:12)
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Benedetta Tagliabue, Miralles Tagliabue EMBT (IT)
Miralles Tagliabue EMBT 2015 (3:37)
Renata Sentkiewicz, Abalos+Sentkiewicz (ES)
Dear Monsters (12:56)
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David Grahame Shane (US)
Reflections on Aarhus (6:35)
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3XN (DK)
3XN Wishes Happy 50th Anniversary (2:52)
Arkitema Architects (DK)
The Aarhus School of Architecture (5:51)
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Carsten Thau, Professor (DK)
Reflections on the Cabin (4:06)
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Maria Langarita and Victor Navarro, Langarita-Navarro Arquitectos (ES)
MediaLab Prado (2:39)
Diane Lewis (US)
Lured By Plan (8:21)
kollision (DK)
We think...We do...Design... (1:24)
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Toyo Ito, Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects (JP)
Toyo Ito, The Pritzker Architecture Prize Awarding Ceremony (14:18)
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Reiulf Ramstad, Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter (NO)
Flying over Norway (Troll Ladder) (3:01)
AART architects (DK)
The Waterfront by AART architects (1:14)
Jenny B. Osuldsen, Snøhetta (NO)
What is architecture? (9:24)
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Glenn Murcutt (AU)
Architecture For Place (11:18)
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Michael Jemtrud, Professor (US)
Summer on the FARMM (4:23)
Christophe Cornubert, PUSH Architecture (US)
Road Trip (8:00)
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Schmidt Hammer Lassen architects (DK)
The Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark (2:05)
ARoS – Aarhus Museum of Art, Aarhus, Denmark (2:47)
Cultural Centre of Greenland in Nuuk, Nuuk, Greenland (3:24)
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Andrés Mignucci, Andrés Mignucci Arquitectos (US)
The window to the sea (2:02)
Adriaan Gueze, West 8 urban design & landscape architecture (NL)
Dutch Profiles: West 8 (8:00)
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Friis & Moltke Architects (DK)
Friis & Moltke (5:00)
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Kjaer & Richter (DK)
Kjaer & Richter - Works and culture (4:00)
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Regin Schwaen (US)
Cloudhouse (10:00)
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All films, low format (5:33)
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TRANSFORM (DK)
Xian City Wall (7:07)
Matti and Pirjo Sanaksenaho, Sanaksenaho Architects (FI)
Sanaksenaho Architects, The vision (5:15)
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Zaha Hadid,
Zaha Hadid Architects (UK)
Zaha Hadid Architects (10:16)
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Michael Webb,
Professor Adjunct, Cooper Union (UK)
The Drive-in House (2:00)
C.F. Møller Architects (DK)
C.F. Møller – Creating Homes (3:37)
Nat Chard,
Professor, The Bartlett (UK)
Untitled (00:49)
Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler,
Gramazio Kohler Architects (CH)
Flight Assembled Architecture (7:12)
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Andrés Jaque,
Office for Political Innovation (ES)
Escaravox (2:16)
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Raoul Bunschoten, CHORA (NL)
The BrainBox (4:36)
Eduardo Arroy, NO.MAD (ES)
Yellow Fever (5:11)
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Daniel Libeskind,
Studio Libeskind (PL)
Project Rebirth (17:30)
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Césare Peeren,
Superuse Studios (NL)
What Design Can Do
2015 Lecture (13:37)
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro (US)
The Blur Building
Inside (4:56)
Outside (4:25)
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Anna Maria Indrio, Norrøn (DK)
Darwin in Architecture (13:00)
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Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter (DK)
Show me your model (3:25)
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CEBRA (DK)
A crash course in
CEBRA architecture (9:28)
Brandon Clifford, Matter Design (US)
McKnelly Megalith (2:34)
Petra Blaisse,
Inside Outside (NL)
Aarhus 2015 (9:00)
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MVRDV (NL)
Markthal Rotterdam
Documentary (3:39)
Mark Dorrian, Metis (UK)
On The Surface (9:54)
Peter Zumthor (CH)
Notes from a Day in the
Life of an Architect (10:00)
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Gerard Reinmuth,
Terroir (AU)
Untitled (16:00)
David Pigram,
supermanoeuvre (AU)
Supermanoeuvre:
Negotiated Formation (4:45)
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Cubo Arkitekter (DK)
Creating Cubo (12:26)
Stephen Willacy,
City Architect of Aarhus (DK)
Architect Community (5:00)
Jacob Bundsgaard,
Mayor of Aarhus (DK)
Aarhus is the City
of Architecture (1:09)
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A1. Aarhus School of Architecture (DK)
WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE? (15:57)
A2. Aarhus School of Architecture (DK)
SHAPING ARCHITECTS - ARCHITECTS IN THE SHAPING (19:34)
A3. Aarhus School of Architecture (DK)
AFGANG III (10:14)
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BIG (DK)
Worldcraft (6:05)
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Peter L. Wilson, Bolles + Wilson (AU)
Architect portrait of Peter L. Wilson, Münster (1:15)
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Schønherr (DK)
Meet Torben Schønherr (7:00)
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Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano, LOT-EK (IT)
Lot-ek, 1993-2015 (5:00)
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Lundgaard & Tranberg (DK)
SEB (3:27)
Tietgen (3:17)
Skuespil (3:21)
Fyrtårn (4:09)
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CJ Lim, Studio 8 Architects (MY)
Food to Celebrate (1:00)
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Emilio Tuñón, Mansilla+Tuñón Architects (ES)
Atrio Relais Châteaux, 2015 (2:47)
Wim van den Bergh and Jo Janssen (NL)
Architecture that goes without saying (10:00)
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Thank you
A white room, a giant red carpet and 50 white cubes - one
for each year the Aarhus School of Architecture has existed.
The Anniversary Exhibition presents a selection of films by
prominent figures in architecture and design who have, over
the years inspired and shared their visions with the school.
The films discuss what it means to be an architect, to relate
to human conceptions and challenges and to work artistically
within a given art form.
The exhibition raises issues such as how does architecture
affect us, why do we need architecture and why are we
celebrating the event? The answer is that architecture
manages to connect society, not just when we physically feel
its presence, but in particular when we, through the artistic
aspect, are involved, affected and engaged.
The Anniversary Exhibition is an exhibition in which the
content only becomes visible once you engage, direct your
gaze towards the cubes and listen to the contributions from
architects and practices from around the world. The outside
perspectives demonstrate the importance of engaging with
the world outside, with international partners as well as
locally-anchored pioneers who work together with the school
on rethinking architecture and design with the aim of creating
a better society.
The films are shown in 50 white cubes; together they present
a multi-faceted mosaic of a school which, from the very
beginning, was open to all that was new and different insisting on an international perspective, professional insight
and local belonging.
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46 Arne Karlsen, Rector 1968 – 72 (DK)
Arne Karlsen, men jeg er sgu også fræk (13:00)
47 Nils-Ole Lund, Rector 1972 – 85 (DK)
The Aarhus School of Architecture and the Ideological Aspects (8:50)
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Mogens Brandt Poulsen, Rector 1985 - 91 (DK)
The Aarhus School of Architecture and the Architectural Cluster (5:30)
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Gøsta Knudsen, Rector 1991 – 97 (DK)
The Aarhus School of Architecture and Politics (5:29)
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Torben Nielsen, Rector 2010 - (DK)
The Aarhus School of Architecture and the Future (5:12)
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Photo: Karen Kjaergaard
1965 - 2015
50th Anniversary Exhibition
Aarhus School of Architecture
Curator, Editor & Exhibition Architect: Karen Kjaergaard
Graphic Concept: Karen Kjaergaard
Graphic Design: Oddfischlein
Font: Univers
Paper: Scandia 2000 Ivory 115 g
Oplag: 500
We would like to thank the following:
Aarhus School of Architecture
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p: 45 8936 0000
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