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Kirsten Birk Hansen (DK) graduated from the Royal Danish Academy\u2019s School of Architecture in 1970. Between 1967 and 1973, she worked at several architectural practices, including those of Karen and Ebbe Clemmensen and Henning Larsen. In 1973, she joined Aarhus School of Architecture, where she taught Building Art and Architecture as Associate Professor until 2005, continuing as an External Lecturer until 2008. From 1976 to 1979, she held a postgraduate research scholarship.<\/span>
\nThroughout her career, Hansen has combined architectural practice, teaching, writing, and cultural leadership.

She was co-editor of Bl\u00f8d By and Skala and has published numerous articles and reviews on architecture. She has served on the Danish Arts Foundation and the Board of Charlottenborg, acted as co-director of Aarhus Festival, and worked as an external examiner at Aarhus and Aalborg Universities. She also co-organised the exhibition and catalogue P\u00e5 Vej, focusing on women in architecture, planning, and art, presented in Aarhus and Copenhagen in connection with the UN Mid-Decade Conference for Women in 1980. From 2021 to 2025, she was part of the Danish Association of Architects\u2019 planning group for the international competition Fingerplanen 2.0.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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KIRSTEN BIRK HANSEN, KJELD VINDUM & HELLE JUUL<\/strong> | DET MODERNE<\/h6>\n

Modernitetens erkendelser var et fremskridt, som blev v\u00e6rdil\u00f8st, da det reduceredes til processtyring og midlertidighed. For da tid blev vigtigere end rum, og forandring et m\u00e5l i sig selv, mistede byerne dybde og mening. En filosofisk samtale om, hvordan vi skal forst\u00e5 det moderne som en \u00e6ndret m\u00e5de at opfatte rum og tid p\u00e5, som noget relationelt, bev\u00e6geligt og ustabilt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kirsten Birk Hansen<\/strong><\/a> (DK): Arkitekt, fhv. medredakt\u00f8r af SKALA<\/span><\/p>\n

Kjeld Vindum<\/strong><\/a> (DK): Professor emiritus, Det Kongelige Akademi, fhv. medredak\u00f8r af SKALA<\/span><\/p>\n

Helle Juul<\/strong><\/a> (DK): Stiftende partner, Juul | Frost Arkitekter, Ph.d., fhv. leder af SKALA Arkitekturgalleri<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Moderator: Niels Albertsen<\/strong><\/a> (DK): Professor emeritus, Arkitektskolen Aarhus<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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