The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, north of Copenhagen, is launching a new exhibition series. Titled ‘Architecture Connecting’, it will focus on the development of architecture in times of climate crisis and the related social, cultural and political challenges from 2024 to 2029.

The first exhibition of the series, from 8 November 2024 to 23 April 2025, will showcase three architectural practices that use biology and biochemistry in different ways to inform their work. The exhibition explores how our built environment will evolve. One of the key questions raised is whether we will eventually have to move beyond classic categorical oppositions such as ‘urban/rural’ and ‘nature/culture’, and perhaps even abandon the idea that our planet is unique. The exhibition shows how research is influencing the methods and processes of architects, and how interdisciplinary approaches are transforming buildings and landscapes.

The featured studios are ecoLogicStudio, Atelier LUMA and Jenny Sabin Studio. These three studios are contributing to the exhibition with site-specific installations and projects that will be presented in dedicated spaces within the museum.

EcoLogicStudio, based in London, was founded by architects Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto. Through bio-digital design, they integrate photosynthesis into buildings that can produce both oxygen and nutrients. Challenging the relationship between cities and nature, they have developed urban planning tools that mimic the behaviour of fungi, moulds, algae and other intelligent organisms.

The Arles-based design research lab Atelier LUMA asks how we can use regional resources to create new materials and design processes that can replace traditional industries. Their practice draws on regional biospheres to identify resources in the form of traditional crafts, existing local production processes and natural materials, where collaboration between different professions leads to new building materials and designs.

Jenny Sabin Studio from Ithaca, NY uses mathematics and biology to integrate natural processes into building materials and architecture. They develop materials that respond to people and structures that behave like plants, bones or even DNA. Their collaboration with biologists to develop micro-scale digital tools is laying the groundwork for the smart buildings of the future.

The new series builds on the previous one, ‘The Architect’s Studio’, in which the museum explored the working processes of studios around the world from 2017 to 2023, providing insights into how ideas are realised.