MIND YOUR BEHAVIOUR - How Architecture Shapes Behaviour

Talk and discussion:
Talk: Friday, 18 June 2010 17.00 Uhr
Venue: Aedes am Pfefferberg, 10119 Berlin, Germany

Participants:
Kim Herforth Nielsen, Principal 3XN architects
Henning Thomsen, Gehl Architects Urban Quality Consultants
Moderator: Christoph Stroschein, GESA

The question is how architecture shapes behavior. Can a building in itself aid the function, like a school the education process? Kim Herforth Nielsen means yes. Following two short presentations of projects from 3XN and Gehl Architects, Christoph Stoschein will challenge this concept of behavior together with Henning Thomsen and Kim Herforth Nielsen in a discursive talk. "Many of the challenges cities face all over the world today can be addressed simply by thinking about ‘people first’ when planning cities," says Henning Thomsen from Gehl Architects.

Kim Herforth Nielsen, Architect cand. arch. MAA, RIBA, Principal of Danish practice 3XN. Being the nerve and epicentre of 3XN, Kim Herforth Nielsen has led his firm to a series of competition wins establishing its international reputation. He is often called upon as a jury member in international architectural competitions, and as lecturer at art academies and universities around the world. Kim Herforth Nielsen is a Knight of Dannebrog and has received Denmark’s highest architectural honor, the C.F. Hansen Medaille.

Henning Thomsen is a trained architect, holds a degree in political science and is Executive Master of Management Development from Copenhagen Business School. At Gehl Architects he works as a senior consultant on urban projects all over the world, as well as being the Culture & Communications Manager in charge of strategy, internal and external brand and cultural integrity, and office policies on CSR, ethics and sustainability. He is also a prolific writer and blogger on architecture and planning.
Lecture and debate is in English language. Please confirm your attendance to mail address: ug@aedes-arc.de. We look forward to welcoming you!

Exhibition:
Opening: Friday, 18 June 2010 18.30 Uhr
Exhibition: 18 June - 29 July 2010
Opening hours: Di-Fr/Tue-Fri 11-18.30 Uhr, Sa-So/Sat-Sun 13-17 Uhr
Welcome:
Dr. h.c. Kristin Feireiss, Aedes Berlin
SE Carsten Søndergaard, Botschafter Dänische Botschaft, Berlin
Henning Thomsen, Gehl Architects Urban Quality Consultants

Architecture can get people talking together. Architecture can calm children in the classroom. Architecture can make passive people more active. Architecture can change corporate culture. Architecture can encourage people to find new paths, discover new aspects of their city and of themselves. Danish architecture studio 3XN demonstrates how architecture can shape behaviour by achieving a synthesis of design, function and context. “Mind Your Behaviour” challenges the concept of behaviour as expressed in seven themes and exemplified by projects such as the Museum of Liverpool, Saxo Bank, Ørestad College, The Blue Planet, Kubus in Berlin a.o. from 3XNs portfolio of projects.

Further Information:
Aedes am Pfefferberg, Halle
Christinenstraße 18-19
10119 Berlin, Germany
web: www.aedes-arc.de