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A Cultural Mission: Japanese sensitivities through a Scandinavian Landscape, at Emdrup Sø & Langelinie Park
Navn
Colin Jeffrey
Uddannelsesgrad
Kandidat
Fagfelt
Arkitektur
Institut
Bygningskunst og Design
Program
Spatial Design
År
2015
An Embassy aspires to promote its own country’s unique, cultural heritage and aspirations abroad; presenting themselves to the wider world.
Architecturally, these are symbolically charged buildings, uniquely defined by domestic politics, foreign affairs, and a complex set of representational requirements. By definition, an “Embassy” is the diplomatic representation of one country’s government within another… Technically, this does not have to be in a “fixed” location, but could be mobile and represent Japan across Denmark, not just in the city of Copenhagen, but beyond.
The project imagined a spatial atmosphere that could be attributed between two departments of the Japanese Embassy: Its department of Diplomatic discourse (through conversation and negotiation), and the other being its awareness of promoting their own Culture abroad.
Could Japanese ideals be communicated within a contemporary, Scandinavian context, through the medium of a travelling, “Architectural” experience?
