Ellen van Loon in lecture
0047 in collaboration with Europan Norway, Oslo Architects Association and Kinnarps presents Ellen van Loon in lecture and conversation with Knut Eirik Dahl
Friday October 2, 5pm.
Van Loons lecture will focus on the recent OMA project for a new centre for Danish Centre of Architecture (DAC) in Copenhagen, a centre for exhibiting and communicating new architectural ideas. The aims of DAC seem to correspond largely to current debate of a new “house of Architecture” centered in Oslo. The assumption seems to be that new ideas and public debate are dependent on a new frame, in form of a specific building, to flourish.
Europan represents another alternative arena for new visions in the field of architecture and urbanism. As Europan now is included as a strategic part of the national policy on stimulating new architecture, it is interesting to discuss in what way Europan can develop as an important test ground for innovation. Given the current Europan 10 as backdrop, is it possible to discover new tendencies and innovative attitudes emerging among young professionals in architecture and urbanism? Are there new paradigms and challenges young professionals are faced with dealing with urban projects?
