2026 — Paraply

2026

Soil

As designers, we think of the everyday in humble ordinary objects. As architects, we think of the everyday as the daily rituals of a place. Many of us in urban settings have lost the sense for the seasons and the lands that sustain us. We think of time in linear schedules with clear beginnings and endings. Soil health is one of the most important yet invisible factors in the wellbeing and sustenance of society – the foundation for all terrestrial ecosystems. And in gardening of all scales, time has a rhythm of its own. Growth is gradual, cyclical, and continuous. This workshop invites us to turn to the spaces between buildings: to the weed that grows in a crack in the pavement, to the square meter around the base of a tree, to city parks, to the agricultural fields around our towns, to coastal ecosystems, and to wild habitat pockets.

As an industry, we are generally methodically linear. The material is assembled in its complete form, and handed over. The work is visible and illusorily complete. Paraphrasing artist-architect Fritz Haeg, when a garden or piece of land is well maintained, the work is invisible – you only notice it when it isn’t done.

Workshop leaders, guest lectures, and location will be announced soon.

Program

Thu 20/8
Introductions

Fri 21/8
Workshop Day 1

Sat 22/8
Copenhagen Tour

Sun 23/8
Rest

Mon 24/8
Workshop Day 2

Tue 25/8
Workshop Day 3

Wed 26/8
Workshop Day 4

Thu 27/8
Workshop Day 5

Fri 28/8
Reviews

Andrew Tuck in conversation with Jeremy Till and Tatjana Schneider, Architecture Is Climate, 2025
Mould, Architecture Is Climate, 2025
Ahali Conversations with Can Altay, Episode 8: Fritz Haeg, 2020
Rebecca Harrell Tickell and Josh Tickell, Common Ground, 2023
Alex Pritz, The Territory, 2022
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 2013
David R. Montgomery, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, 2007
Richard Powers, The Overstory, 2018

Bibliography

Image 1: Ana Mendieta, Imagen de Yagul, 1973
Image 2: Institut for Visuelt Design