After watching the video about the architecture designed by Finn Juhl in the United Nations, I was really excited to see it for myself. The room is beautiful and you can see all the time that the new Danish designers put in. I remember in the video they mentioned how they had to carefully take down the ceiling, find the original paint colour, repaint and then reinstall. I couldn’t stop looking up to the ceiling as it was beautiful and detailed.
I loved hearing from Anne Dorte Riggelsen, the ambassador of the Consul General of Denmark in New York, in the room that had fostered years of Danish architecture and interior design. I also found it very interesting when she spoke about Copenhagen and the many mistakes the city has made to get to where it is today. I had never heard of the power plant ski slope and found that really fascinating. The power plant is called the ARC, the Amager Resource center. It will also have the world’s largest climbing wall. She mentioned how power plants are things that are typically hidden away but they have designed this one so that it is very out in the open. It is being made into an attraction rather than an eyesore. I thought this was a very interesting idea since I hadn’t really thought about it but it is true that we tend to try to hide power plants away.
It was also really interesting hearing from Ana Isabel Baptista, Angela Luna, and Executive Dean Joel Towers. I was very interested in hearing their points of view and about Angela Luna’s company, Adiff. I had heard of the jackets that double as tents and sleeping bags before but didn’t realize the creator of those pieces went to Parsons. It was really interesting hearing how she changed her focus through her years at Parsons to relate to her new interests. I also found it interesting to hear her say in the question period that if you want to be very sustainably focused you don’t necessarily only have to boycott working for companies that need work in that department. You can work at those companies and make changes for the better.
Walking into the room.
Sitting in the room.
The ceiling mentioned above.
Dean Joel Towers and Anne Dorte Riggelsen.
