Parallel Exhibitions: Meeting at the Building and Ingredients & Cakes

RESEARCH BACKGROUND: Flores & Prats (the architecture practice of Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores), were invited to create the complementary exhibitions: 'Meeting at the Building'- Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK), Copenhagen, and 'Ingredients and Cakes' - Leth & Gori. Interdependent works at the two sites presented an extensive body of research material produced during the 6 years of designing Building 111. RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION: The two exhibitions shared the same interest: The Social Dimension of Housing. 'Meeting at the Building' documented the collective housing project Building 111, including original drawings, models and photos, and 1:1 scale mock-ups. 'Ingredients and Cakes', in collaboration with British artist Soraya Smithson and local bakery Escriba, exhibited four projects: Museum of the Mills (2002), House in a Suitcase (1994), Plaza Pio XII (2005) and Casa Providencia (2008) - as 'Ingredients' of Building 111, whereby investigations into domesticity, public space and natural light subsequently appeared in the latter project. The work demonstrates the reflective nature and collaborative dimensions of Prats' practice-based research investigations. RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE: KADK's exhibition building is a vibrant, experimental exhibition venue for new architecture and design, hosting 5-6 exhibitions annually involving recent research. The gallery space of Danish architecture firm Leth & Gori is a converted bakery in the eclectic Vesterbro district in central Copenhagen. The exhibitions attracted an audience of approximately 2000 and were accompanied by a catalogue including critical essays by KADK academics and Karsten Gori - principal of Leth and Gori. The exhibitions were critically reviewed in Arkitekten, Denmark's most significant architecture journal.