What’s on the horizon for Copenhagen?
As a newcomer to Copenhagen, I thought I’d visit the DAC (Danish Architecture Centre) to see the Copenhagen Changing exhibition. The bookshop there alone is worth a visit, with its comfy seating and skyscraper-high shelves stuffed with every conceivable book on art and design.
The exhibition is excellent. It shows how the city is developing – now and in the future. Each of the six featured areas (Valby, Frederiksberg, Nørrebro Station, The Harbour, North East Amager, and Ørestad) is represented in large wall panels full of colorful maps and images. The architecture and planning for these areas is refreshingly edgy (I guess I’m still a Milton Keynes girl at heart!), and I came away from the DAC with a good insight into how Copenhagen is being transformed from an industrial city to a thriving cultural metropolis.
What really impressed me was how well the exhibition encouraged interaction with its visitors. Copenhagen X has done a great job of presenting the information in different formats (video, podwalks, maps for cyclists, slide show, posters, catalogue/city guide, online tour, guided tours through the city, workshops and activity packs for kids). I really like their website (sticky notes on a Copenhagen landscape), and the Gallery section is particularly good because it features a summary of all the projects. The exhibition is on until 21 October 2007 and really worth a visit!
