'Changing our Footprint' open in Copenhagen until May
We are rolling out the sketching paper once more. From Berlin to Hamburg to Copenhagen, our exhibition is opening at the Danish Architecture Center and this time we’re discussing scalable solutions that can lower the immense carbon footprint of the construction industry.
The built environment accounts for up to 40% of global carbon emissions. In the face of our current climate crisis, there is a pressing need for the entire building industry to shift its focus. It’s time to build on the planet's terms.
Changing our Footprint is designed to start a dialogue about the future of the building industry and its outsized environmental impact.
We address the challenges we face as a global architecture practice, embracing the responsibility of bettering ourselves and our work to meet the needs of people and planet. The projects, materials and exhibits represent our small but scalable steps as we progress towards a desirable future through research, testing and continuous learning.
The exhibition explores the possibilities of a resilient future: Will we have to get used to living in houses made of straw? Will there be new urban districts built of soil and grass instead of asphalt and cement? How do architects work with biodiversity at different scales? And are the building methods of the past the savior of the future?
"We're testing new materials and solutions at small scale, and we're working on adapting them to larger projects. Our main objective is to transfer our innovative methods from small buildings of 200 square meters to areas of up to 200,000 square meters. This scaling is our contribution to meeting the goal to reduce the carbon footprint of the building industry." Eva Ravnborg, Partner and Country Market Director, Henning Larsen.
Changing our Footprint will be open from November 16th 2023 until May 26th 2024.
The exhibition is being co-funded by Henning Larsen and Realdania.
