Copenhagen Explores the City as a Green Ecosystem
The exhibition explores urban nature from three perspectives, all of which emphasize the value nature adds to city life in different ways. The first section of the exhibition focuses on allotments and urban gardens in Copenhagen, and the supply of fresh produce to the city. Culture, recreation and an active outdoor life form the core of the second perspective, which also explores the influence of nature on health and quality of city life. The last part of the exhibition zooms in on the social and environmental challenges city development has faced, and how nature can be used as a solution and source of inspiration.
The exhibition has been developed in dialogue with Kasper Guldager (GXN), Jonas Maria Schul (Schul Landscape Architects) and the urban farmer Signe Voltelen. The exhibition is designed by GXN and produced by Kuubo.
The Dream of a City The Dream of a City is an exhibition created by the Danish TV presenter Shane Brox, who invites children and adults to shape the city of the future using their dreams and imagination. In the exhibition, visitors can build the houses of the future, environmentally friendly skyscrapers, city kitchen gardens, and much more using thousands of pieces of Lego. Buildings from the museum’s model city, archaeological finds and toys from the museum’s collections connect the past and the present in Shane Brox’s unique universe.
Two New Museum Gardens New gardens are now growing in front of and behind the museum. The garden in the museum forecourt is made up of classical elements of Copenhagen, with pedestrian crossings and granite paving combined with trees, lawns and raised garden beds. The garden is being planted and grown by pupils from several local schools, and has been designed by Schul Landscape Architects.
