The Heart of the Stone – Close up III: Lundgaard & Tranberg
Exhibition
Jun 26 - Sep 21, 2014
The Heart of the Stone – Close Up III was DAC’s major summer exhibition in 2014. Created by author Tor Nørretranders, the exhibition offered a sensory exploration of Lundgaard & Tranberg’s architecture as a framework for the flows of light, energy and people.
Architecture is not merely about beautiful buildings and eye-catching structures. Architecture is about creating settings for people’s lives and experiences: settings for the current of light, energy, substance and people, who are the very pulse of life.
This was the fundamental contention made by the writer, Tor Nørretranders, who has curated The Heart of the Stone, which looked at the work of the internationally renowned Danish architecture practice, Lundgaard & Tranberg.
The Heart of the Stone was not a classic architectural exhibition with a display of models of architects’ works. It was a diverse presentation, involving brickwork, images, texts, running water, mirrors, optical effects, computer models and poems, which would stimulate visitors’ sense of touch, spatial awareness, sense of depth, perception of time and scientific curiosity.
While the exhibition was of course about the work of Lundgaard & Tranberg, it also investigated the essence of the endeavours made by architects to create settings for the progress of life.
But the most fundamental aspect of this exhibition was, that it was not located in the exhibition space. The experience provided by the galleries of the Danish Architecture Center was intended to be an eye-opener, an introduction to an excursion around the city, and an opportunity to look at the buildings from the perspective engendered by the exhibition.
The exhibition was the third in Danish Architecture Center’s exhibition series, Close Up.
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What was The Heart of the Stone – Close up III?
The Heart of the Stone – Close up III: Lundgaard & Tranberg was the Danish Architecture Center’s major summer exhibition, created by author Tor Nørretranders, focusing on the architecture practice Lundgaard & Tranberg.
When did the exhibition take place at DAC?
The exhibition ran from 26 Jun to 21 Sep 2014.
What was the exhibition’s core idea about architecture?
It was based on the idea that architecture is about creating frameworks for people’s lives and experiences—and for flows of light, energy, matter and people.
How did it differ from a classic architecture exhibition?
Instead of sculptural models, it used brickwork, images, texts, running water, mirrors, optical effects, computer models and poems to activate senses and curiosity.
What did it mean that the exhibition pointed beyond the gallery?
The DAC experience was intended as an eye-opener and introduction to going out into the city to view the buildings through the perspective the exhibition offered.
What should I know if I only read one thing?
The Heart of the Stone (26 Jun–21 Sep 2014) was a sensory Close up III exhibition that used Lundgaard & Tranberg to frame architecture as a setting for life—and encouraged visitors to continue the experience in the city.