Museum Kleines Klingental
Until September 28, 2025

In the Great Refectory and the monastery kitchen, the Museum Kleines Klingental presents an exhibition by the Royal Danish Embassy in Berlin, conceived in collaboration with the Danish Urban Planning Laboratory (led by Tina Saaby, the former city architect of Copenhagen). It presents realized examples from Danish cities that demonstrate how a city can be developed to be livable today: more greenery and biodiversity; ecological building and living; attractive design of architecture, streets, and squares; waterfront living; and participation. In Basel, these examples meet the “Position 2024,” which was developed during the “Dialogue Days 2023” by the Basel 2050 Urban Development Forum. This enables a dialog about further development, recognition, and new impulses for the objectives of Basel’s future.

As part of the exhibition, the museum, together with Urban Development & Architecture and the architect and curator Chrissie Muhr, has conceived an attractive series of events called “A City Dialogue with Basel,” which brings together experts from Denmark and Basel in a diverse program of lectures, tours, and workshops. On Wednesday afternoons and evenings, these events will provide an opportunity to exchange views from Denmark and Switzerland, specifically in and from Basel, on the design and practice of a “livable city,” and to learn from one another. Invited speakers include Tina Saaby, Beat Aeberhard, Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Oliver Martin, and emerging practitioners from architecture, teaching, research, and politics. Complementing this program, a “Denmark” concert will take place on September 3 as part of “Blüthner on Tour,” and a weekend-long festival featuring the Danish lifestyle with Det Danske Club Basel.

https://www.mkk.ch/sonderausstellungen/vorschau/

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