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9th international architecture exhibition in venice, italy, 2004 / danish pavilion too perfect: seven new denmarks canadian bruce mau re-thinks ‘danish design’ with young danish architects. re-think! the exhibition ’too perfect: seven new denmarks presented shows how now danish architecture is re-thinking “danish design, and in doing so the role of the architect in society, with seven radical proposals for a new global future for danish architecture. too perfect: seven new denmarks contains seven pragmatic utopias, each one meant to make the world a better place to live for the majority: rules for pragmatic utopias - solve a global problem - be economically profitable - show social responsibility - be a sustainable solution what if denmark was the port to the new europe? superharbour/ PLOT do five million people need more than one port? a new superharbour on an artificial island by the future Fehmarn bridge between denmark and germany will make available city and housing areas worth a total of 20 billion euros. what if denmark farmed pharmaceuticals? pharmland/ NORD a widespread agriculture subsidized by the EU occupies 62% of denmark’s land area. if denmark is to be competitive in a free global market, EU-subsidized farming has to be replaced by biotechnology combined with agricultural production – also called pharmland. what if denmark made parenting effortless? child inc. / kontrapunkt low birth rates are threatening the welfare of the future in the industrialized countries. if the trend continues, in the year 2500 babies will no longer be born in denmark. kontrapunkt has designed a number of solutions that will reverse this trend. what if denmark was the world’s housing factory? house express/ arkitema housing is too expensive in the western world, and the developing countrieswill soon be short of housing for more than 1 million inhabitants a week. house express is a global network of housing factories that mass produce cheap high-quality houses and supply them by means of airships. what if denmark doubled its coastline? endless coastline/ SRL arkitekter from a global point of view tourism is one of the most important growth sectors of the future. denmark’s main attraction is its 7,314 km of coastline. the architecture office SRL arkitekter further develops denmark’s most important potential by establishing completely new coastlines. what if denmark had an energy bill of zero? hysociety/ PLOT hysociety is a global vision for a new district with an electricity, water and heating bill of zero euros. an urban superblock where the more energy is consumed, the more energy is created, among other things by means of hydrogen cars and our waste. what if greenland was africa’s water fountain? new greenland/ bruce mau design clean drinking water is pouring out into the oceans as melt water because of global warming. bruce mau design has created a model for collecting melt water from the ice cap and transporting it to the thirsty parts of the world. --- back to the biennale participating countries index page --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------	bruce mau and the verner panton chair