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I am the author of a book on European Painting, which I am currently <strong>rev</strong>ising. Therefore, I know the importance of being both theoretically sound and inventive in designing innovation and contributing to cultural development. Updating my artwork has also led me to the EU's cultural policy, whose strategic framework is currently being <strong>rev</strong>iewed. I want to contribute to the reflection on how the EU should relate to cultural policy given the treaty framework. Art is part of the political, spiritual, and economic development of cities, three purposes that are probably the basis for why we have the cities in which most humanity lives today. Many of us in Europe believe that something new needs to happen and that Europe needs an initiative, but how do we move from Ahnung to thought, from theory to action? I visited China in 2019 and was quite shocked by how the cityscape, with its many generic buildings and the lack of cultural facilities, felt. In China's Inner Mongolia, Ai Wei Wei and Herzog Meuron have been working on the construction project Ordos100, where architects have put a lot of knowledge, time, and energy into designing the type of houses. The project's failure is an important lesson for the outside world, if not for the Chinese, who may well perceive life in high-rise buildings as desert migration from and to a life with a villa, Volvo, and dog. This movement was effectively ended for political, economic, and commercial reasons. I also experienced a case of agoraphobia in a square in Minsk, built in a Stalinist monumentalism style, where it felt like I was disappearing as a human being - it was an eerie experience. It a world apart from the golden harmony and decorative elegance characterizing Lithuanian Baroque. This reminds us that we are servants and that man come first. There is the human situation and human character. Then, there is - to quote Joel Kotkin - the Human City. By that, I do not mean that we should let the nation-states of Europe use themselves until they fall over exhausted and Asians take over. On the contrary, I think we should take a self-conscious approach, declare ourselves European, and build Europe politically, economically, and culturally before the suburbs of the world retaliate. Andres Duaney published The Smart Growth Manual over a decade ago. Perhaps we should define the elements and put together an integrated urban theory with the working title, The European Urban Manual. What is the conceptual infrastructure of this study? My career goal is to develop my leadership as a European public policy representative. Right now, I live in Kolding, Denmark's 8th largest municipality, which is stagnant and has several suppressed social conflicts and a well-grown, self-absorbed, and power-hungry bureaucracy, as well as full-time politicians in the city council who are too busy to think. However, it is also a region with a wide expanse of nature where people get along as human beings. There is certainly a vibrant church in Kolding, but this may not be a busy town. Alternatively, as they say, out in West Jutland: “If the mission does not get you, the fox will”. Of course, I am interested in getting my foot into the door and contributing to the city's development as one of several possible routes to the job market. I'm sure I deserve it. In Copenhagen, Europe meets Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea meets the Arctic. In winter, cold Siberian winds occasionally blow across harbors. In Southern Jutland, the Wadden Sea provides P a g e 2 | 5
esidents with a sense of horizon and opportunities to relax, while Kolding contains Koldinghus, Galleri Trapholdt, and Christiansfeld, as well as a river that flows slowly through the town with cryptic messages. Like my ancestors, who fled the duchies, Kolding became a city where people stayed briefly to move on, the city was a êntre-pot. The only square is the railway station square with a view of Koldinghus that masks the absence of true democracy in the city. On the other hand, the Crown Prince opened an exhibition that included the bow of Dannebrog. I have interpreted this as an invitation to the people of Kolding to create something new and to honor the city with the need for an architectural masterpiece that is steeped in renewal in harmony with the ancestors. I am just an ambitious voice, wearing the velvet gloves of Central Europe - without which, according to Milan Kundera, Europe is not possible. Family-wise, I have a distant cousin in Venezuela, a former city architect in Caracas. My father's uncle, Uncle Serban, is the former mayor of a Transylvanian mountain municipality, after which my father is named. He was baptized by Serban Dan. Today, he is named Dan Serban. I have been encouraged to apply for the program. I do not know who is paying for it. It goes without saying that, without love and spring water, the hero is no good, no matter how selfdependent and self-aware he is. Like humans, we rely on interactions with others to nourish ourselves. At the same time, life in institutions provides people the opportunity for an exchange between bodies, impressions, thoughts, ideas, and considerations – to exercise power. However, as students, you are at least ganz frei. This must be set against the fact that urban planners' perceptions of their roles have changed over time. They make decisions, filter issues, seek to influence others, and put pressure on themselves. Architecture, on the other hand, helps to tell a story and changes people's self-perception. This has become more subtle and agile. However, what does the transformation of governance structures mean for what we think about urbanism in Europe? We used to be post-modern. If we are to be modern again in Europe, theoretically sound approaches will be required. Therefore, I would like to get out of the program the ability to contribute to the construction of Europe and the quality of urban development in Denmark regarding the tasks I may have in the future. As you can see, I believe that we should not only take a more strategic approach to urban planning in Europe, but also create new, wellstructured bodies that are both European-oriented, nationally anchored, and sufficiently lubricated. This is provided by theoretically sound approaches that link good urban management with strategic urban design and architecture beyond Seaside, Florida. In other words, there are three projects in play: (1) A document entitled "Towards a European Architecture" (2) The New Kastrup project (3) An Urban Theory Manual that interacts with and engages architecture as a natural part of the city, an architecture that is both a symbol and an everyday thing, and a human experience that connects the built environment, sensory experience and influences how citizens stroll along streets and squares. This trinity requires solid grounding and integration between related disciplines such as architectural theory, urban theory, and practice, as conceived by the Copenhagen School. In other words, this is an urban design rather than urban planning, although it is hardly an ideal city. P a g e 3 | 5
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