This book aims at contributing to contemporary investigations and discussions around Nordic Perspectives. It is a critical study concerning architectural history and theory and the significance of the legacy of Danish architectural master Jørn Utzon (1918-2008). Inside the book, the reader will find a selection of fourteen buildings and building complexes built in the second half of the 20th century critically re-addressed through drawings, physical models, and academic essays developed alongside a series of teaching and research activities. Seven of these projects were selected due to their relationship with an import of architectural production to Denmark, while the remaining seven are significant due to an export of architectural production from Denmark, relating to the fact that a large part of Utzon’s practice took place abroad.
This book aims at contributing to contemporary investigations and discussions around Nordic Perspectives. It is a critical study concerning architectural history and theory and the significance of the legacy of Danish architectural master Jørn Utzon (1918-2008). Inside the book, the reader will find a selection of fourteen buildings and building complexes built in the second half of the 20th century critically re-addressed through drawings, physical models, and academic essays developed alongside a series of teaching and research activities. Seven of these projects were selected due to their relationship with an import of architectural production to Denmark, while the remaining seven are significant due to an export of architectural production from Denmark, relating to the fact that a large part of Utzon’s practice took place abroad.
Angela Gigliotti is an architect, educator, and researcher. Her research focuses on the history of practices, labor, and welfare. She conducted her PhD at the Aarhus School of Architecture, DK (2016-2019), with a research titled "The Labourification of Work: the contemporary modes of architectural production under the Danish Welfare State." Along with that in Spring 2018, she was Visiting PhD Candidate at the Architectural Association - School of Architecture of London, UK, in the City/Architecture program. Beyond academia, she co-founded the research-based practice OFFICE U67 ApS (s. 2015), whose works have been awarded, published, and exhibited in international venues. She is currently External Lecturer and Research Faculty at DIS - Study Abroad in Scandinavia in Copenhagen (s. 2016). Troels Rugbjerg is a doctoral researcher at ASUTUT - the Sustainable Housing Design at Tampere University, Finland where he is studying: "100 years of historic ideals and realizations of sustainable architecture of the Nordic region." He is affiliated with Teaching Program 3: Emerging Sustainable Architecture at the Aarhus School of Architecture in Aarhus, Denmark (AAA) where he is collaborating with the research group: Nordic Sustainable Architecture. He is involved in the education of undergraduate students in architectural design at AAA where he is contributing with an expertise into architectural history and theory. As an experienced teacher his pedagogy revolves around the possibilities of involving and imagining with representational techniques in a process of designing. Troels Rugbjerg has also been teaching at the School of Architecture in Copenhagen, Denmark from where he earned his degree as an architect.
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