On 8th November at the award show in Venice, Danish Architecture Centre received the Golden Lion Award for national pavilions for the exhibition CO-EVOLUTION.
Among the 49 participating countries, Danish Architecture Centre receives the prize for having initiated the exhibition CO-EVOLUTION - an innovative, astounding, and ambitious exhibition about sustainable urban development in China. An exhibition that bears the fruit of an international and multidisciplinary collaboration between young Danish architects from the offices CEBRA, COBE, EFFEKT, and TRANSFORM and four Chinese universities respectively.
The exhibition is curated by the Danish architect Henrik Valeur and the office UiD, who have created the frame story for CO-EVOLUTION by asking: How can we improve people’s living conditions without exhausting the very resources needed to sustain a better life?
The international jury, comprised of Zaha Hadid among others, has argued for the motivation for the distinguished prize: This pavilion shows us a country looking outward rather than inward, and proposes concrete solutions to water and energy management through visual forms of aesthetic merit. We salute the creativity, intelligence, and generosity of the Danish pavilion.
The Danish audience has a unique opportunity to see ‘the world’s finest architecture exhibition’ in Danish Architecture Centre, where an identical copy of the exhibition of the architecture biennale is to be found until 21 January 2007.
Facts
CO-EVOLUTION is sponsored by the Danish Ministry of Culture, The Danish Arts Foundation and Realdania. Engineering consultancy provided by Carl Bro Group.
CO-EVOLUTION is initiated by Danish Architecture Centre by CEO Kent Martinussen. The exhibition is curated by Henrik Valeur and UiD.
The overall theme of this year’s architecture biennale is mega cities with the title ‘Cities: People, Society, Architecture’. The international jury is comprised of Richard Sennett, Amyn Aga Khan, Anthony Gormley, and Zaha Hadid. See other prizes of the architecture biennale at www.labiennale.org
For further information contact Danish Architecture Centre:
CEO Kent Martinussen +45 26 37 19 30. For press Line Juul Greisen +45 26232470 or Head of Communications Søs Hansen +45 26676767.
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