NEWS August 20, 2020

Con-nect-ed-ness: A new international anthology presents a unique collection of reflections on our present time.

At Lundgaard and Tranberg Architects we are proud to contribute to the new anthology Connectedness, a publication that explores the ways we as humans connect to the world.

It becomes more and more apparent that we as humans are connected, not only to each other, but also to nature, the planet and the climate. The planet has entered a new geological age – the human-influenced Anthropocene age. An overwhelming amount of evidence points to the fact that atmospheric, geologic, hydrologic, biospheric and other earth systems processes have been altered by humans and will be influenced by us in the future.

It is widely disputed how to respond to this new reality. An important step in the right direction could be to enhance the awareness of the fact that ideas and actions in one part of the world often affect people and places far away. Architecture plays a key role in raising this awareness.

Focusing on what makes us form attachments to each other and our surroundings Connectedness presents close to 100 perspectives, research results and statements from contributors with diverse backgrounds, among these: Alice Waters, Bruno Latour, Greta Thunberg, Connie Hedegaard, Minik Rosing, Josefine Klougart, Olga Tokarczuk og Tomás Saraceno.

The book is part of the Danish contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021 that we design in collaboration with curator and editor Marianne Krogh and Danish Architecture Center.

During late summer and fall a string of events will take place in Copenhagen based on the idea of con-nect-ed-ness, among these presentations and workshops in collaboration with Bloom Festival and Art Hub Copenhagen.

Con-nect-ed-ness An Incomplete Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene by Marianne Krogh (ed.) is published by Strandberg Publishing and can be ordered via strandbergpublishing.dk