Coastal Imaginaries: Reading the Landscape: The Atlas and the Models (The Watershed & the subsurface Biopsies)

Tekst, kortlægninger og eksperimenterende modelarbejde i relation til Coastal Imaginaries, Den Danske Pavillon, Venedig Arkitektur Bienalle 2023.


Atlas (mappings)
A Shared Topography/Terrain. The map connects the inland topography with the sea´s bathymetry as a shared terrain without marking what is sub-surface or terrestrial.
From Coastline to Coastzone. The coastline is a static administrative line. In reality, the coast is a dynamic zone with different levels of wetness and salination.
Coastal Cities of the Future. Rising sea levels represent a spatial uncertainty for coastal cities from now and in the coming centuries.
Connected Cities. Many coastal cities receive water from the sea, ground, sky and backwater. The water flow forms connections from coast to hinterlands.
Coastal Habitats. Both human and non-human species depend on the coast. As the sea rises, the coexistence between coastal species needs attention and new practices.
By Katrina Wiberg, Tom Nielsen, Sissel Sønderskov Rasmussen, Simone Stellô Stelsø Lauridsen.

The Watershed (models, wood model, laser engraved plexi model)
The models seek to render our surroundings on the premises of water and the terrains. By offering a voice to the landscape, the model forms new ways of seeing our everyday relations with water in coastal areas.

By Katrina Wiberg, Nikolaj Knudsen, Nikola Gjorgievski, and Boris Brorman Jensen.


Biopsies (model, 3d printed, translucent filament)

The Groundwater. Groundwater is vital. However, unless when running dry or flooding basements, it moves unseen below us. Under the pavement, buildings, sports fields, and roads.

The Source. The underground system of freshwater is invisible to the human eye until it reaches the surface as a source. Sources have provided foundations for settling and farming and natural habitats.

The Well. Living close to the sea means a risk of saltwater seeping into the drinking water. The Well shows a family farm on the Danish West Coast that, continuously has had to move the house.

Models by Katrina Wiberg, Nikolaj Knudsen and sparring Boris Brorman Jensen and Nikola Gjorgievski. Printing wizards: Studio XYZ