Starting from the urgency of the environmental crisis and the notion of "play" as a method to generate change, this project is a work of action that challenges our imagination of what the architectural practice is, and what it could, and should be.
Sustainable construction does not exist. If we erased building as a solution to spatial problems, we must rethink what “doing architecture” means going forward.
The building industry is responsible for almost 40% of carbon emissions worldwide. But critical questions towards the industry’s huge responsibility in the climate- and environmental crisis remains unaddressed.
Meanwhile, vacant buildings are facing demolition on questionable grounds, and many are being replaced by new construction projects. Peder Lykkes Tower on Amager, is one of them.
Copenhagen is the World Capital of Architecture this year, which means that there is a lot of eyes on the Danish architectural scene right now. This occasion makes for a situation where we can take radical actions to change current building practices. The question remains if an architectural conference is enough to do so, or if what we need is an activist anti-building movement…
Theories run wild, but none are able to explain the observed public disturbance. How were they spreading so fast?
With the "powers of play" of course...
