URBANISTS: LOCALISING AND CONCEPTUALISING ACTIVISM CONCEPTUALLY INFORMED PRACTICE AND PRACTICALLY INFORMED THEORETICAL DISCOURSE COLLABORATION WITH URBAN DEVELOPERS, PLANNERS, POLITICIANS, GRASSROOTS, RESEARCHERS, ARTISTS ETC
URBANITY: THE POTENTIAL OF THE ‘URBAN’ A FUNDAMENTAL CURIOSITY IN THE POTENTIALS OF A DYNAMIC URBANITY ARTICULATING AN EVERYDAY URBANITY WITH CONCRETE BODIES, ‘LIVED’ CULTURES AND STRUCTURES OF THE CITY
POROUS SPACE: MAKING THE RULES MORE POROUS & URBAN
POROSITY: NAPLES AT THE BASE OF THE CLIFF ITSELF, CAVES HAVE BEEN HEWN [...] AS POROUS AS THIS STONE IS THE ARCHITECTURE. BUILDING AND ACTION INTERPENETRATE IN THE COURTYARDS, ARCADES, AND STAIRWAYS. IN EVERYTHING THEY PRESERVE THE SCOPE TO BECOME A THEATRE OF NEW, UNFORESEEN. THE STAMP OF DEFINITIVE IS AVOIDED. NO SITUATION APPEARS INTENDED FOREVER, NO FIGURE ASSERTS ITS “THUS AND NOT OTHERWISE”. THIS IS HOW ARCHITECTURE, THE MOST BINDING PART OF THE COMMUNAL RHYTHM, COMES INTO BEING HERE WALTHER BENJAMIN
SUPERTANKER & KRﾃ郎ERS PLADS
POROSITY & OFF SHOOTS
SUPERTANKER CITYBEE
BEFORE SUPERTANKER
SUPERTANKER & KRﾃ郎ERS PLADS
KRØYERS PLADS: FROM A VAGUE TO A POLARISED SPACE IMPOSSIBLE FOR DREAMS, INTERESTS AND NEEDS TO UNFOLD BLACK AND WHITE (LACK OF) DIALOGUE
POROSITY & OFF SHOOTS
SUPERTANKER CITYBEE
CITYBEE
CITYBEE: STORES IN AND ABOUT THE CITY SPATIALIZING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT SPACE DISCOVERING PATTERNS OF POSSIBILITIES MAKING SPACE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AND OFF SHOOTS
POROUS SPACE: MAKING THE RULES MORE POROUS & URBAN
DANISH LAW ON PLANNING: ยง 1 THE LAW SHALL ENSURE THAT THE PLANNING UNITES THE PUBLIC INTERESTS IN LAND USE AND CONTRIBUTES TO PROTECTING THE COUNTRY'S NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT, SO THAT SOCIETY CAN DEVELOP ON A SUSTAINABLE BASIS IN RESPECT FOR HUMAN CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND THE PRESERVATION OF ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE
DANISH LAW ON PLANNING: 5)THAT THE PUBLIC TO THE WIDEST POSSIBLE EXTENT IS INCLUDED IN THE WORK ON PLANNING
THE CHALLENGE: URBANITY IS LOST IN ABSTRACTION
ARCHITECTURE CAN ‘SPATIALISE’ THE DREAMS, DRIFTS, NEEDS AND INTERESTS THAT FLOWS THROUGH THE CITY. ARCHITECTURE CAN ACT AS A SPATIALISING MOMENT IN THE COLLECTIVE AND CONTINUOUSLY CHANGING OEUVRE, THE CITY