Liveable city

In the Great Refectory and the monastery kitchen, the Kleines Klingental Museum 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. These include more greenery, biodiversity, ecological building and living, attractive design of architecture, streets, and squares, waterfront living, and participation. These examples meet in Basel with the "Position 2024," which was developed at the "Dialogue Days 2023" by the "Basel 2050" Urban Development Forum. This enables a dialogue about further development, recognition, and new impulses for the objectives of Basel's future.

As part of the exhibition, the MKK, together with Urban Development & Architecture and architect and curator Chrissie Muhr, has conceived an attractive series of events: "A City Dialogue with Basel," actively bringing together experts from Denmark and Basel in a diverse program of lectures, tours, and workshops. The series of events will provide an opportunity to exchange views and learn from each other on the design and practice of a "livable city" from Denmark and Switzerland, specifically in and from Basel, on Wednesday afternoons and evenings. 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."

Vernissage: August 13, 2025