Vi er inviteret på scenen i efterårets UTZON (x) forelæsningsrække i Aalborg. Navne som Juhani Pallasmaa, Snøhetta og Atelier Bow Wow har tidligere bidraget, så det er med ærefrygt og begejstring vi deltager. TREDJE NATUR har flere ansatte fra den nordjyske uddannelse, og det er dermed en ekstra glædelig anledning til at besøge universitetet. Forelæsningen indgår som en del af udvekslingsprojekt ”Everyday living with water” med hollandske studerende fra Delft.
THIRD NATURE
Towards empathetic, transparent and engaging citiesUTZON (x) Lecture Series / fall 2014
13.00 / October 8th / City Campus / ground level Auditorium, AUD 3.107Flemming Rafn
Founding partner TREDJE NATURTREDJE NATUR simply means ’third nature’. It outlines a new pragmatic utopia, where nature and biology is fused into a hybrid and non-invasive city. We are a Copenhagen based practice that focuses on the natural potentials in architecture.
A third nature approach to architecture appreciates the fact that things we experience sensorial rather than intellectually we remember and reflect upon. We consider cities as pragmatic landscapes that create awareness on the city’s artificial ecology. Our vision is an abundant everyday life immersed in the immediacy of nature’s riches. Third nature cities are transparent cities that adapts to what is living – not the other way around.
With a three-year scholarship awarded by The Danish Arts Council in 2011 Ole Schrøder and Flemming Rafn Thomsen realized the vision of a new architectural practice where the distinction between nature and culture are revoked. The office was founded in 2012, and already 12 architects work specifically with sustainable building design, landscape optimization, urban planning, climate adaptation, water design, natural restoration and health orientated infrastructure.
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