November Talks – Danish Stars – a series of lectures by Danish architects at FA CTU

Danish architecture means quality and innovation. The design chairs of architect Arne Jacobsen, the Sydney Opera House by Jørn Utzon, or the visionary buildings of the BIG studio come to mind. Today, a number of top architectural firms operate in Denmark, and the work of four selected ones will be presented in the November lecture series, November Talks - Danish Stars.
Organized by the Faculty of Architecture CTU in Prague and the Sto-Stiftung foundation under the patronage of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark in Prague. Lectures will take place every Monday at 18:30, on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th of November 2016 in the Gočár lecture hall, Faculty of Architecture CTU in Prague, Thákurova 9, Prague 6 – Dejvice.

The Faculty of Architecture CTU regularly hosts lectures by foreign architects. After Dutch architects (Dutch Footprint, 2013), the British (Best of British, 2014) and young French architects (French Future, 2014) were presented. Last year's November Talks featured figures from the contemporary Israeli scene.
The series is part of the "November Talks" series, which has been organized for the 11th year by the Sto-Stiftung foundation at six leading European architecture schools (Stuttgart, Graz, Milan, Paris, London, and Prague).

Information about the speakers
Søren Øllgaard (Henning Larsen Architects) – 7. 11. 2016
Søren Øllgaard is a partner at the architectural firm Henning Larsen architects. They are stalwarts of Danish architecture. Founded in 1959 by Henning Larsen, the firm has participated in a number of significant projects around the world: Copenhagen Opera, the Siemens headquarters in Munich, or the Harpa concert hall in Reykjavik (Mies van der Rohe Award, 2013). The office is known for its approach to sustainable design, placing great emphasis on designing ecological and energy-efficient solutions in its projects.
www.henninglarsen.com

New town centre in Middelfart

Flemming Rafn Thomsen (Tredje Natur) – 14. 11. 2016
Flemming Rafn Thomsen is a founding member of Tredje Natur (Third Nature). The firm focuses on new types of urban planning, which they call hybrid urban nature, where buildings and biology are in perfect balance. Recent projects include the new Vinge town, covering 150,000 m2, and the Enghave Climate Park in Copenhagen, which will serve as a park during dry periods and can hold up to 24,000 m3 of water in the case of flooding caused by heavy rains.
www.tredjenatur.dk



Jeppe Aagaard Andersen – 21. 11. 2016
Jeppe Aagaard Andersen works as a landscape architect focusing on waterfronts, urban spaces, and parks. He designs worldwide, and as a visiting professor has collaborated with the University of Western Australia, the University of Lund, and the University of Birmingham. He is known for the Bo01 waterfront project in Malmö, Sweden (1999-2001); more recently, his projects include the university campus, Central Park, and Hyde Park in Sydney (2010-2012) and the Royal Park Abdullah II in Amman, Jordan (2009-2013).
www.jaaa.dk

City Park, Lübeck

Mads Kaltoft (Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects) – 28. 11. 2016
Architect Mads Kaltoft will present the office Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, which won the "Breiavatnet Lanterna" competition in the city of Stavanger, Norway, in 2016. The design addresses a new city center with a 101-meter-high tower, a new symbol of the city. The studio is also responsible for the design of the Royal Danish Library, the Black Diamond (The Black Diamond) in Copenhagen, the library in Aberdeen, which won the RIBA award in 2013, or the recently completed building of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
www.shl.dk

Nanhai Cultural Center, Foshan/ Guangdong/ China

The curator of the November Talks - Danish Stars lecture series is Andrea Grunnet. She graduated from the Faculty of Architecture CTU in Prague (1998) and studied industrial design at the School of Architecture in Aarhus (Denmark). Since 1999, she has been alternating work between Prague and Copenhagen.