10 Dogmas: Beyond Urban Leftovers, Beyond Standardization
As part of CAFx’ ongoing project, the 10 Dogmas initiative, we invite you to partake in an evening dedicated to the discussion of new ideas for a sector in a moment of radical transformations.
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This event will host two lectures held by the newly appointed LINA Fellows, centering on two fundamental dogmas within mainstream architecture that impede the emergence of a genuine green transition: standardization and spatial excess.
We provide innovative ideas, wine and light refreshments.
PROGRAM
Beyond Standardization with Superposition
The need for certainty is part of an important effort to make buildings safer, however, it is also fundamentally linked to the economic models which shape the factory system. Contemporary building practice is a rigidly linear process where design must precede the act of building. A standardised approach, while simple to automate, makes the integration of locally available and natural materials difficult, and negates the improvisational quality of craft practices - reducing construction to the assembly of a kit of parts.
The award-winning studio Superposition believes that working with uncertainty does not mean accepting chaos and that the attempt to eliminate variability is inconsistent with material reality. Rebirth, change, and adaptation are fundamental to resilience. Superposition presents architecture not as an object but as a process: humane rather than technocratic, seen not as a single solution but as moments of reconciliation.
Beyond Urban Leftovers with Alberto Roncelli
Over the past 50 years in Copenhagen, as in many other European cities, the area between the old city centre and the suburban periphery has undergone significant development, resulting in a diverse range of urban typologies and mixed functions. This rich and ongoing transformation has created a considerable number of neglected and underutilised spaces. Often due to their unusual spatial conditions, limited dimensions or outdated building regulations, these spaces are today left untouched and unloved, seen as natural and inevitable by-products of urban development.
Considering contemporary challenges such as densification, Alberto Roncelli explores the potential of these spaces as key components of resilient development. Part of the Nordvest neighbourhood in Copenhagen has been selected as a pilot area and used as a case study for mapping and design exploration.
