Katalog New Garden City

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der i harmoni med landskabet og det grønne skulle

that the Garden City Movement could operate in a

bygge bro mellem tidens individfokuserede kapitalisti-

micro-economical scale by letting the local com-

ske system og de nye socialistiske idealer.

munity have full ownership of the land and its use. In addition, emphasized the importance of creating

Konceptet bag Ebenezer Howards teori blev anset

a strong sense of community which would establish

som et problematisk og konfliktfyldt relations- og

lasting social relations among the residents of the

afhængighedsforhold mellem individ, stat og fæl-

garden cities. Thus the vision behind The Garden

lesskab. Alligevel er tanken fortsat interessant

City Movement was a new type of „social town“,

som et alternativt bud på en bæredygtig fremtid i

which, in harmony with the landscape and nature,

forstaden.

sought to bridge the individual-oriented capitalist system with the new socialist ideals of its time.

I de større byer og forstæder i Danmark skyder stadig flere fælles byhaver med egen grønsags-

The concept of Ebenezer Howard‘s vision can be

dyrkning op, og der sker en opblomstring af øko-

seen, today as well as then, as a problematic and

logiske landsbyer, bofællesskaber, kolonihavefor-

conflicting set of relations and dependencies among

eninger og nyttehaver, som viderefører Howards

the individual, the state and the community. Still the

visioner om havebyen i en nutidig kontekst.

idea continues to be relevant today in the ways in

Også nyere fænomener som indendørs haver,

which we think about building a sustainable future.

de såkaldte hydrokulturer og aeroponics, vinder frem i private hjem, muliggjort af nye teknolo-

In the larger cities and suburbs in Denmark, a

gier indenfor dyrkning af planter og grøntsager.

growing number of shared city gardens with their

Med de seneste års intensiverede fokus på føde-

own vegetable production are proliferating, and

vareproduktion, økologi og bæredygtighed kan

there is a flourishing of ecological villages, com-

Howards visioner atter tages op til diskussion og

munities, allotment gardens and kitchen gardens,

tilbyde en perspektivering af vores aktuelle situa-

continuing Howard‘s visions of the garden city in a

tion og visioner for fremtiden.

contemporary context. More recent phenomenon such as interior gardens - so-called hydro cultures

NEW

Udstillingen og lokale samarbejder

and aeroponics - are also finding their way into

GARDEN

Det første af de tre formidlingsformater i New Gar-

private homes, facilitated by new technologies for

CITY

den City er en kunstudstilling på Traneudstillingen.

indoor cultivation of plants and vegetables. With

Udstillingen udfolder sig som en levende, skulptu-

recent year’s intensified focus on food production,

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rel og visuelt udfordrende enhed, der har udstik-

ecology and sustainability, Howard‘s visions can

kere i både Øregård park og i Bernstorffsparken.

once again be taken up for discussion, offering a


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