This summer pupils and staff visited the fascinating city of Copenhagen to enjoy a few days of culture and learn more about the finest in Danish design and architecture.
Miss Burt, Design Teacher reports:
'Copenhagen is understandably one of the greatest cities in the world. The Danes have a beautiful way of life; a healthy work-life balance, world-class cuisine, cutting edge design, exceptional architecture, engaging museums and elegant pedestrianised inner city streets.
In the early hours of Monday 24th August 2015, 31 students and 4 staff set off to experience the city first hand. On arrival, we swept through the impeccably designed Kastrup airport and headed to our inner city hotel. Despite living up to its name (Cabinn Hotel) complete with bunk beds, it was comfortable and well located.
Our first day was about acclimatising to the city. We walked to the popular area of Vesterbro for lunch, and then headed into the traditional district of Nyhavn for a canal tour, finally finishing our day with a delicious group meal at BioMio.
On our second day we headed out to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Here we enjoyed the Gallery of Giacometti sculptures, the atmospheric Yayoi Kusama ‘Gleaming Lights of the Souls’, the beautiful sculpture park with panoramic views of the Sound and the powerful messages translated through their major summer exhibition Africa; Architecture, Culture and Identity.
On Wednesday we headed across the water to Christianshavn to the Danish Architecture Centre for a talk about the Scandinavian architectural firm ‘Sønetta’. The afternoon led us to the Street Food Market, the Opera House and finally the lights, rides and excitement of Copenhagen’s treasured amusement park ‘Tivoli’.
On Thursday, despite the rain, we made it to the Design Museum for a talk covering Danish furniture design from the early 19th century to the 60’s and 70’s. We then headed to the centre of the city via the Amelienborg palace.
On our final day we made a short trip to the National Museum to gain a few last insights into Denmark’s history and culture before making our way back home.
The trip was a fantastic success and will feed into our AS and A-Level units for 2015-16.
Many thanks go to all the students involved and my accompanying staff: Mr Cann, Miss Williams and Dr Kirby.
