The exhibition is presented in the Danish Pavilion and is curated by Søren Pihlmann. Here, generative maintenance is presented as the architectural imperative of our time, imbued with rich artistic potential that shapes narratives of the present.

The point of departure is an analysis conducted in 2016 of the pavilion’s current condition, which made it clear that comprehensive maintenance has to be carried out in the Danish Pavilion. Work which up until today has been proven impossible to execute due to constraints of time and finances.

The pavilion itself is transformed into the framework for the process and content, offering a solution to the previous constraints by translating existing elements and embedding new functions, forms, and purposes.

Commissioned by the Danish Architecture Center, it is carried out in close collaboration with various experts, with support from, among others, Realdania, the Ministry of Culture, and the Danish Art Foundation’s Architecture Committee.