The City and Us
In the learning programme The City and Us, primary, lower secondary and upper secondary students explore how architecture, public spaces and urban development influence wellbeing, community and the feeling of belonging.
How does the city shape the way we live together?
In the exhibition The City, we explore the city at a human scale. Students investigate how streets, squares and meeting places influence our everyday lives. What makes a place somewhere you want to stay? When do we feel safe, welcome and part of a community?
Through sensory experiences and examples from cities around the world, students gain insight into how public spaces can support wellbeing, encounters between people and shared urban life. Along the way, they reflect on their own experiences of the city and explore how urban spaces shape the way we move, meet and live together.
This programme is particularly relevant for those working with architecture, urban development, society, community, health and sustainable cities.
FOR SCHOOL CLASSES: PRACTICAL DETAILS
Location: Danish Architecture Center
Duration: 1.5 hours
Target group: Primary school, lower secondary school, upper secondary education and youth education programmes
Price: DKK 775
Language: Danish and English
Booking: The programme can be booked from 21 October 2026.Photo: Kontraframe
During the programme, students work with
- Sensory exploration and experience: We explore the city through the body and the senses and experience how different urban spaces affect us.
- Dialogue and reflection: We investigate how architecture and public spaces shape our everyday lives, wellbeing and communities.
- The city at a human scale: We explore what makes people feel safe, welcome and at home in the city.
- Personal experiences and perspectives: We take students’ own experiences of the city as a starting point and relate them to examples from cities around the world.
- Community and co-creation: We reflect on how urban spaces influence the way we meet and live together – and how we ourselves help shape the city.
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