Press release
March 2009

Architecture in a sustainable world at Louisiana

At present, epoch-making changes are taking place in architecture. Louisiana's exhibition, The Future Has Arrived - Architecture in a Sustainable World, takes the pulse of the process of transformation that is in full swing.

New visions, the use of new, different construction materials, alternative structures and revolutionary proposals for the solutions to challenges when it comes to the development of sustainable cities, landscapes and environments, are on the agenda. 

A new world-picture is emerging, starting in the 21st century. In this world-picture sustainability is a key concept. Louisiana's exhibition will show some of the complex initiatives and future scenarios that are already being drawn up on the global scale.

Thematic exhibition 

The thematic exhibition is divided into three sections. These are also reflected in Louisiana's Sculpture Park with installations that physically and tangibly underscore the individual themes. In addition each theme is clarified by four experimental laboratories of the future, which point up the concept of sustainability in discursive and thought-provoking ways.

A number of architects have been invited to exemplify the themes of the exhibition. The exhibition's four laboratories have been developed by Ecosistema Urbano (social sustainability), Foster+Partners (the new Co₂-waste-free city), Philippe Rahm (physiological and meteorological architecture) and R&Sie(N) (the lifetime of the building and the perishability of materials).

The exhibition series Frontiers of Architecture I-IV

Louisiana's exhibition series Frontiers of Architecture I-IV, to be shown in the years up to 2011, sheds light on new, alternative architectural movements today, the paths that point towards what we see as the frontiers of architecture. The first exhibition in the series was in 2007 called Cecil Balmond - Unfolding New Dimensions. The exhibition The Future Has Arrived - Architecture in a Sustainable World is the second in the series.

For further information:
Susanne Hartz
Head of Press, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Tel.: +45 88 43 50 52
E-Mail: press@louisiana.dk

High res. photos:
Press photos can be downloaded from the Louisiana press website. A password can be ordered from above contact.