On 10th December we're happy to invite you to a screening of The Great Arch - a fictionalized account about the building of one of the emblematic monuments of modern architecture - La Grande Arche de la Défense in Paris. The film will be introduced by architect Hans Peter Hagens.

Hans Peter Hagens (b. 1963) is an architect as well as the founder and owner of Arkitekturværkstedet. He is known as the designer behind the Torvehallerne market halls in Copenhagen.

Before the film, Hagens will place the new Arch de Triomphe in an architectural-historical context and explain how the building reflects the era in which it was constructed.

Here is a little more about the film: "In 1982, the President of France, François Mitterrand, announces an anonymous architectural competition to create a monument that will complete the historic axis between the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

To everyone’s surprise, the Danish architect Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (Claes Bang) wins—until then known only for four Danish churches and his own house. From his life in Denmark, Spreckelsen steps into the center of Paris’s political and cultural spotlight. He now finds himself at the head of a colossal project, but his idealistic vision is challenged by shifting political winds, power plays, and bureaucratic barriers."

CAFx Community Members get a 20 DKK discount

NB: The film is in French with Danish subtitles