When in 2013 I decided to move to Denmark, I was a fresh architect. I won a scholarship to start an internship and the only thing I wanted to do was working, create beautiful projects and do great things. Change the world. Wouuu !
Exactly, great expectations, for me and for Denmark. But I was not aware I was doing a real leap into the dark.
Why?
Because I had a lot of expectations, working and personally speaking.
I was a newly graduate and architecture university had taught me (or was it just me?) to idealize architect work rather than see it for what it really is.
Help to solve a problem, a desire, someone's need.
And I banged my face, of course, I was angry and I wanted to let go architecture and do another job. Any one. Real, practical, made of small satisfactions, without frustrations.
And I did it. I delivered flyers for few months.🤘
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A few working years later as an architect in Denmark, I realise I had to stop thinking I want to save the world with my work.
My work is no longer real if I solve big issues or work just with prestigious architects.
I chose this job because, even small projects, can have a positive impact on the city, on people and on everyone's daily life, trough the beauty.
Boring? Small? Ordinary?
No. Simply work and real needs, for real people.
Like this family, who wanted to bring a piece of Italy in Denmark, bring together two cultures in front of a cup of coffe and enrich the city that hosts them with their work. Concrete, daily and real.
Am I alone in this? How do you deal with expectations? . . . . #architecture #danmark#renovationproject #slowarchitecture#ibyendk #rødovre #ombygning#arkitekttegnet
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