HUMLEBÆK.- Two architects and their studios reach back in time to design architecture for the future. Memoryscapes is the second exhibition in the Louisiana’s Architecture Connecting series on architects inspired by and incorporating other sciences. Highlighting links to cultural geography, the exhibition opens a window into the wide and varied field work of architects today.

Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects is founded by the Japanese architect Tsuyoshi Tane. DnA_Design and Architecture is a Chinese studio founded by Xu Tiantian. The two studios take different approaches to cultural geography and have different ways of doing field work. What unites them is their deep exploration of human, cultural and site-specific histories.

Archaeology of the Future

Practicing what he calls Archaeology of the Future, a unique method of site mapping, Tane “excavates” historical material and narratives about a site. All the projects of the studio are based on in-depth studies of diverse historical aspects, including traditional ways of building, geological changes, urban planning and cultural customs and rituals. This becomes the foundation for developing and shaping the projects. As Tane writes in his architectural manifesto, archaeology of the future is practiced by investigating time, memory, space and place.

Two architects and their studios reach back in time to design architecture for the future. Memoryscapes is the second exhibition in the Louisiana’s Architecture Connecting series on architects inspired by and incorporating other sciences. Highlighting links to cultural geography, the exhibition opens a window into the wide and varied field work of architects today.

Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects is founded by the Japanese architect Tsuyoshi Tane. DnA_Design and Architecture is a Chinese studio founded by Xu Tiantian. The two studios take different approaches to cultural geography and have different ways of doing field work. What unites them is their deep exploration of human, cultural and site-specific histories.

Archaeology of the Future

Practicing what he calls Archaeology of the Future, a unique method of site mapping, Tane “excavates” historical material and narratives about a site. All the projects of the studio are based on in-depth studies of diverse historical aspects, including traditional ways of building, geological changes, urban planning and cultural customs and rituals. This becomes the foundation for developing and shaping the projects. As Tane writes in his architectural manifesto, archaeology of the future is practiced by investigating time, memory, space and place.

The exhibition presents three of Xu Tiantian's projects. The Meizhou Island project tells the story of Xu's so-called architectural acupuncture and includes a large 1:1 bamboo installation. The work of revitalizing ruins without radical renovation is conveyed through models of the traditional Chinese ‘Tulou building’. The third project in the exhibition is a section of a productionscape, a mushroom centre in Zhejiang province, which also functions as both a factory and a living museum at Louisiana.