Lecture from Ellen van Loon, OMA

She talked about the latest project in Copenhagen, the DSA institute.

The strategy they used is always described as experimental and new, but it may just because they are the celebrity... who is trusted entirely by the client. Form which should stay calm and take a backward... architecture about sustainability... interweaving... reuse of space... These are all the slogans we championed during our school days and why would that be so special as a real project?..... it maybe somehow because they still possess the purity and enthusiasm towards architecture.....

but to a certain extent I couldn't agree all the statements and perspectives by her, which are sometimes contradictory with her own words... and sometimes it's just contradictory with their own work.

0047 in collaboration with Europan Norway, Oslo Architects Association and Kinnarps presents Ellen van Loon in lecture and conversation with Knut Eirik Dahl

Friday October 2, 5pm.

Van Loons lecture will focus on the recent OMA project for a new centre for Danish Centre of Architecture (DAC) in Copenhagen, a centre for exhibiting and communicating new architectural ideas. The aims of DAC seem to correspond largely to current debate of a new “house of Architecture” centered in Oslo. The assumption seems to be that new ideas and public debate are dependent on a new frame, in form of a specific building, to flourish.

Europan represents another alternative arena for new visions in the field of Architecture and Urbanism. As Europan now is included as a strategic part of the national policy on stimulating new architecture, it is interesting to discuss in what way Europan can develop as an important test ground for innovation. Given the current Europan 10 as backdrop, is it possible to discover new tendencies and innovative attitudes emerging among young professionals in architecture and urbanism? Are there new paradigms and challenges young professionals are faced with dealing with urban projects?

Ellen van Loon joined the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 1998 and became Partner of OMA in 2002. She is currently leading a variety of projects, among them a new Danish Architecture Centre (DAC) in Copenhagen, new Rothschild Headquarters in London and the 'De Rotterdam' mix-use Building in Rotterdam. Furthermore, she has overseen the construction of the Casa da Musica, a concert hall in Porto (completed in 2005) and the Dutch Embassy in Berlin (completed 2003) and was a Project Manager for the development of the Universal Headquarters Building in Los Angeles. Ellen Van Loon is part of the jury of the Norwegian Europan 10.
www.oma.eu

Knut Eirik Dahl is the president of Europan Norway, professor at AHO and a leading figure in recent Scandinavian urbanism. As a partner in Dahl+Uhre architects (in cooperation with 70°N arkitektur) he recently won the competition Øresund Visions 2040 with the concept Mosaïc::Region, an extensive plan overlapping different professions and expertise such as landscape, infrastructure and long-term planning. The same team won the first prize in the Nordhavnen Competition, an ambitiuos extension of Copenhagen, with their concept Excentral Park – Edge Dynamics. In the same region Dahl+Uhre+ blue line architects won a second prize in the Ørestad Competition in 1994, with the concept The Magic Carpet.

www.dahluhre.no