Today is the start of CAFx 2021 ... the Copenhagen Architecture Festival.

There is an extensive programme of events in Copenhagen and Aarhus with films, discussions, performances, lectures, architects opening their studios and offices for events and a number of city walks.

The theme for the festival this year is Landscapes of Care and that is divided into four areas covering ….

Portraits, projects and practices
Diversity and community
Health and architecture
From climate sinner to climate agent

events include:

the premier of a film portrait of Dorte Mandrup from the Louisiana video series
a short festival of films by David Lynch including screenings of the films Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway
tour of Christianshavn to look at how culture, community and individualism have moulded the urban landscape with discussion on how the life of the street has been "sanitised and tamed".
Jan Gehl and Peter Thule Kristensen discuss how urban spaces develop
The Battle for the Square Meters - a discussion on the framework for community-orientated activities in Copenhagen’s urban spaces
a none-rave rave in the courtyard of Thorvaldsens Museum
Cities for Free - film and debate about the urban development of the city in the future with a focus on Lynetteholm
Diagnoses: The space of the psyche from the Victorian to the welfare society
Brumleby by Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll - housing built following the outbreak of cholera in 1853 - a tour including the co-operative association building museum
Aesthetics for care - a talk on how art has an impact on well being
Frederiksberg Hospital - a landscape of care - how to preserve the cultural history as the site is redeveloped
Bispebjerg Healing Garden - from 1913 by Martin Nyrop and the garden designer Edvard Glæsel
Landscape of care in the post pandemic city - an event organised by Emergency Architecture and Human Rights
Creating resilience - changing coastal landscapes - a discussion about current research on the impact of climate change on the coastline of Amager