Four Course – Discourse

'Four Course – Discourse' is an event organized by the University of Liechtenstein, the Bergen School of Architecture, the Hasselt University and the Royal Danish Academy. It provides insight to the Erasmus+ Project “Social and Environmental Impact Academy for Architects” which was planned and implemented by the four architecture schools between 2020 and 2023.

Visitors are invited to the campus of the Royal Danish Academy to join four culinary highlights, each organized by one of the architecture schools. Every “course” is accompanied by a “discourse” held in English, which consists of short inputs, interventions, and discussions, that allow a critical retrospective on this inter- and transdisciplinary project, wherein the social and environmental impact of the design as well as the use of our built environment was approached in different contexts and from various perspectives.

Program
17.30 – 18.15 Less is enough
Course 1: Cheese platter: Assortment of cheeses from Liechtenstein, Austria, and Switzerland.

Discourse 1: Panel discussion with invited architects on the potentials and limitations of sufficiency as a principle of design and use of the built environment.

18.15 – 19.00 Conversations with a rabbit
Course 3: Limburg high tea: Local products from the region of Limburg such as ‘speculoos’, ‘stroop’, ‘knapkoek’, served with apple juice and ‘jenever’.

Discourse 3: Silent voices in architecture: Conversations with a wild rabbit. Debating game with the audience.

19.00 – 19.45 How to build circular buildings?
Course 2: Danish Smørrebrød: Traditional layered Danish dish. Build and enjoy your Danish Smørrebrød.

Discourse 2: Debate with invited experts on the potentials and limitations of a circular economy.

19.45 – 20.30 Ears of the sea
Course 4: Sea themed ice cream and bloody mary

Discourse 4: An exhibition and a sound installation on the quayside outside of the architecture school facing the opera house.