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| CO-EVOLUTION Danish / Chinese Collaboration on sustainable urban development in China A CALL FOR CO-EVOLUTION The Danish Pavilion this year is featuring a unique joint venture between China and Denmark. The CO-EVOLUTION exhibition shows how architects - cooperating with researchers and planners - are helping to meet the global challenges following in the wake of China s massive economic growth and the intended welfare boost . The exhibition is the result of a project involving some of the most talented young Danish architects collaborating with students and professors from four top universities in China. The Challenge Within the next 20 years, some 400 million Chinese citizens are expected to join the global urbanization race and the Chinese government has set itself the goal of creating appreciably better living conditions for its 1.3 billion-strong population. The rapid and extensive urbanization processes currently underway in China are vastly increasing consumption of natural resources, putting tremendous pressure on local and global environments. However, while on one hand - living conditions have already greatly improved, on the other there are serious challenges. How can China proceed with its ambitious project to improve living conditions for its population without exhausting the very resources needed to sustain a better life? This is the question that the Danish curator and architect Henrik Valeur asks with the exhibition entitled CO-EVOLUTION. The Collaboration Over the past six months four Danish architects offices - representing some of the most promising young Danish talent - have been working with professors, PhD and post graduate students from four of the most prestigious Chinese Universities. The project teams, each representing a Danish architects office and a Chinese university, have developed visionary proposals for sustainable urban development in the four Chinese cities of Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai and Xi an. Location Venue Pavilion at Giardini Credits CO-EVOLUTION was initiated by commissioner Kent Martinussen, Danish Architecture Centre and curated by the Danish architect Henrik Valeur, Director of UiD, who has been located in Shanghai throughout the process. CO-EVOLUTION is sponsored by The Danish Ministry of Culture; The Danish Arts Foundation, The Committee for Architecture; Realdania, a strategic Danish foundation for the build environment; engineer consultancy serviced by Carl Bro Group. Danish Architecture Centre (DAC) has been appointed commissioner of the Danish pavilion by The Danish Ministry of Culture. DAC is a VISIONARIUM dedicated to innovation, communication and promoting architecture. DAC is core-funded by a partnership consisting of Realdania - a strategic Danish foundation for the build environment, The Danish Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs. Teams Title: Performative Urbanism CEBRA / Tsinghua University, Bejing (CEBRA (Mikkel Frost, Kolja Nielsen, Carsten Primdahl, Anders Lonka, Jacob Ulvsrod Sørensen, Kim Bangsgaard Olesen, Nikolaj Harving, Peter Jørgensen, Peter Neckelmann, Rasmus Andersen) Tsinghua University team (Liang Wei, Liu Wan, Yang Jun, Meng Yu,Feng Jie, Gao Wei, Sun Shimeng, Li Ting) Title: Citywall TRANSFORM /Xi an University of Architecture and Technology TRANSFORM (Lars Bendrup, Søren Leth, Maria Thye-Petersen, Marie Ørsted Larsen, Rikke Jeppesen) Xi an University of Architecture and Technology (XIAUT) (Liu Linan, Hao Li, Junhuan Li, Jingheng Chen, Zonggang Liu, Qian Wang, Jing Chen, Liyan Qi, Ke Ma, Hui Cheng) Title: Magic Mountains COBE / Chongqing University COBE (Dan Stubbergaard, Vanessa Miriam Carlow, Caroline Nagel, Kristian Elleby Sundquist, Mads Rudi Lassen, Jakob Nørbjerg Madsen, Mikkel Olsen, Kristine Annabell Torp, Rong Bin, Manon Fantini) Chongqing University (Zhao Wanmin, Wang Jiwu, Zhou Xuehong, Huang Ling, Liu Jianmin, Dai Yan, Li Jin, Huang Yong, Yangqinchuan, Wangjian, Menjiaorong, Fangyu, Zuoxiaojian, Pengweiyin). Title: Shanghai SubCity EFFEKT / Tongji University, Shanghai EFFEKT (Kristoffer Lindhart Weiss, Sinus Lynge, Partner, Tue Foged, Partner, Kevin Hviid, Nielsen, Maria Ahn Walther, Anders Bergmann, Ditte Bendix Lanng) Tongji University, Shanghai (Pan Haixiao, Liu Bing, Yu Yifang, Zhang Qi, Sun Jie, Ye Keyang, Liu Zhao, Hou Mingming, Na Taesoo, Chui Yongjoon, Noritaka Maeshiro, Fu Qing, Qi Jun, Yang An, Lian Xing) MORE INFO www.dac.dk   |
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