At Lundgaard and Tranberg Architects we are proud to contribute to the new anthology Connectedness, a publication that explores the ways we as humans connect to the world.
It becomes more and more apparent that we as humans are connected, not only to each other, but also to nature, the planet and the climate. The planet has entered a new geological age – the human-influenced Anthropocene age. An overwhelming amount of evidence points to the fact that atmospheric, geologic, hydrologic, biospheric and other earth systems processes have been altered by humans and will be influenced by us in the future.
It is widely disputed how to respond to this new reality. An important step in the right direction could be to enhance the awareness of the fact that ideas and actions in one part of the world often affect people and places far away. Architecture plays a key role in raising this awareness.
Focusing on what makes us form attachments to each other and our surroundings Connectedness presents close to 100 perspectives, research results and statements from contributors with diverse backgrounds, among these: Alice Waters, Bruno Latour, Greta Thunberg, Connie Hedegaard, Minik Rosing, Josefine Klougart, Olga Tokarczuk og Tomás Saraceno.
The book is part of the Danish contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021 that we design in collaboration with curator and editor Marianne Krogh and Danish Architecture Center.
During late summer and fall a string of events will take place in Copenhagen based on the idea of con-nect-ed-ness, among these presentations and workshops in collaboration with Bloom Festival and Art Hub Copenhagen.
Con-nect-ed-ness An Incomplete Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene by Marianne Krogh (ed.) is published by Strandberg Publishing and can be ordered via strandbergpublishing.dk
Photo: Hampus Berndtson
Credits
Committee for Architecture Grants and Project Funding: Ellen Braae, Mads Bjørn Hansen, Boris Brorman Jensen, Kathrin Susanna Gimmel and Jens Thomas Arnfred / Realdania: Nina Kovsted Helk, Simon Harboe and Jesper Nygård / The Board of the Beckett Foundation / The Board of the Dreyers Foundation / The Board of the Knud Højgaard Foundation / Kvadrat / Mads Nørgaard / Junckers / HAY / STARK / Blue Cross Denmark / Red Cross Denmark / Livia Urban Swart Haaland, ØsterGRO / Curator’s assistants: Jakob Rabe, Claudia Juul, Olivia Toftum, Catherine Langer and Clara Petersen / M+B Studio staff: Troels Bruun, Franceso Toaldo, Svetislava Isakov, Roberta Facchettin, Lucia Montan, Pier Luigi Claudino, Luca Delise and Eva Mengetti / Thomas Friis, Claus Bachmann and Hans Henrik Øhlers, Fokdal Fountain / Rasmus Koch and Till Rickert, Rasmus Koch Studio / Artistic consultant: Finn Reinbothe / Concept inspiration: Emmy Laura Perez Fjalland, Liv Sejrbo Lidegaard, Niels Albertsen, Helge Kragh, Lars Rasborg, Kjeld Kjeldsen and Emil Blauert
