Kasper Albrektsen

Aarhus School of Archutecture

Participates in 2 items

Kasper Albrektsen is a Danish PhD student at the Aarhus School of Architecture (AAA) and the Municipality of Vejle, researching in the field between urban planning and heritage. From 2014-2018 he has been working as an adviser in urban planning advising municipalities, developers and other stakeholders in the search for sustainable urban transformation.

From 2018-2020 he worked as a research assistant at AAA in the field of cultural environments as part of the research lab Transformation, Architecture and Territories researching in urban planning, heritage and transformation. He has been a part of 25 rapports on cultural environments in 25 different municipalities in Denmark investigating the potential of cultural environments and heritage in the development of urban areas. At AAA he has also been part of different research projects related to urban heritage and teaching at the Studio for urban transformation and heritage.

2020 - now PhD Fellow, The Architecture School of Aarhus (AAA) and Vejle Municipality
2018 - 2020 Research assistent at AAA, Cultural Environments
2014 - 2018 CFBO and Bascon, Urban planing consultant
2008-2014, Master in Urban Planning, Aalborg University

Publications :

More than 2+publications on cultural environments in different danish municipalities - see link https://adk.elsevierpure.com/da/persons/kasper-albrektsen

Albrektsen, K. & Danielsen, M.H., 2014, The Atmosphere of industrial architecture, Conference paper; Le Vie Dei maercanti - Best Practice in Heritage management

Documents

Fixed typology, fluid functions & continious narratives_Kasper Albrektsen.pdf (894.65KB)

Sessions in which Kasper Albrektsen participates

Monday 29 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

2:30 PM

Narrating valuations – an urban strategy: Values of urban heritage as planning strategy in Vejle, a Danish working-class neighbourhood

20 minutes, 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM

Part of: Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Paper

Kasper Albrektsen, Aarhus School of Archutecture (Speaker)

In this paper, I will focus on the use of urban heritage as a planning tool in the transformation of an old working-class neighbourhood in the city...

Thursday 1 September, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

10:00 AM

Fixed typology, fluid functions, continuous narrative: Spacious and intangible narratives forming a new planning strategy in Vestbyen, a Danish working-class neighbourhood

20 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Part of: Is industrial heritage an agent of gentrification I?

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Kasper Albrektsen, Aarhus School of Archutecture (Speaker)

In addition to abandoned industrial complexes, deindustrialization left its working-class neighbourhoods in an identity vacuum. Since deindustriali...

Sessions in which Kasper Albrektsen attends

Sunday 28 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

5:00 PM

Opening ceremony

2 hours, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Signup required

UQAM, Cœur des sciences - Agora Hydro-Québec

Cocktail

Patrick Dieudonné, Université de Bretagne occidentale, Institut de Géoarchitecture, France (Other Participant)

Lucie K. Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)

Join the conference organisers and TICCIH board members for a welcome cocktail and some festive words of introduction, in the former forge of th...

Monday 29 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:30 AM

Word of Welcome

30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Event

Lucie K. Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)

Dr Miles Oglethorpe, TICCIH (Presenter)

Christian Agbobli, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) (Presenter)

10:00 AM

Experts roundtable: the future of industrial heritage

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Roundtable

Dr Miles Oglethorpe, TICCIH (Moderator)

11:00 AM

Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement I

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Regular session

Prof. Martin Drouin, UQAM (Moderator)

This session presents case studies and policy reviews that contribute to ongoing debate and international dialogue on the role of planning syste...

Preservation of industrial heritage and new approaches in urban planning. Examples of two projects of urban renewal in France : the sustainable neighborhoods Ile-de-Nantes and Docks-de-Seine

20 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Part of: Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement I

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Paper

Varvara Toura, EHESS/Géographie-Cités (Speaker)

André Corboz in his article «A good use of historical sites» develops a model of city planning based on the conservation of cultural goods. This ci...

12:00 PM

Uncomfortable past : Qullissat coal mine as colonial memory and built heritage

20 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Part of: Explorations in the Preservation of Coal Mining Heritage Areas I

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1420

Paper

Jeppe Lorenzen, National Museum of Greenland (Presenter)

This paper presents insights into how negotiations of colonial past influences present understandings of the value of preserving and presenting ...

12:30 PM

Lunch

1 hour, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Repas

1:30 PM

Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement II

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Regular session

Prof. Martin Drouin, UQAM (Moderator)

This session presents case studies and policy reviews that contribute to ongoing debate and international dialogue on the role of planning syste...

2:00 PM

Intangible industrial heritage – narrated knowledge, skills, and expertise among employees working in metal industry in Finland

20 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Part of: Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Paper

Anne Hakkinen, University of Jyväskylä, Department of History and Ethnology (Speaker)

Pasi Saarimäki, University of Jyväskylä (Speaker)

Pasi Saarimäki & Anne Häkkinen The recognition of industrial heritage has typically been focused on its more material and tangible sides such as m...

5:00 PM

Break : Sugar Shack Event

30 minutes, 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Pause

5:30 PM

Public lecture: Le Grand Montréal industriel d’hier à demain

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Tickets required

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Gérard Beaudet (Keynote speaker)

Si la vallée du canal de Lachine a été le berceau de l’industrialisation canadienne, la géographie industrielle métropolitaine ne s’y est pas co...

Tuesday 30 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

Critical approaches: social power, sustainability, decolonization and industrial heritage I

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520

Regular session

Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Moderator)

Drawing on case studies from diverse social, cultural, and political contexts the papers in this session discuss...

20th century company towns and urban planning, from creation to preservation I

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580

Regular session

Lucie K. Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)

Bode Morin, Anthracite Heritage Museum (Moderator)

This session focuses on company towns from the perspective of urban planning. “Company towns” are here defined as single-enterprise planned comm...

11:00 AM

20th century company towns and urban planning, from creation to preservation II

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580

Regular session

Lucie K. Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)

Bode Morin, Anthracite Heritage Museum (Moderator)

This session focuses on company towns from the perspective of urban planning. “Company towns” are here defined as single-enterprise planned comm...

Critical approaches: social power, sustainability, decolonization and industrial heritage II

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520

Regular session

Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Moderator)

Drawing on case studies from diverse social, cultural, and political contexts the papers in this session discuss...

1:30 PM

Talk: overview of industrial heritage in Canada

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Alain Gelly, Parks Canada (Keynote speaker)

As a "continent” country, in which industrialization began as early as the 19th century, Canada has seen through deindustrialization ...

3:00 PM

Break

30 minutes, 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Pause

3:30 PM

Critical approaches: social power, sustainability and decolonizing industrial heritage III

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520

Regular session

Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Moderator)

Drawing on case studies from diverse social, cultural, and political contexts the papers in this session discuss...

5:30 PM

Public lecture: Industrial heritage as agent of gentrification?

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Tickets required

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Steven High, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (Speaker)

Efforts to preserve industrial heritage occurs in a socio-economic and political context. But what is being pres...

Wednesday 31 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

Industrial landscape: a resilient palimpsest of memory I

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570

Regular session

Mário Bruno Pastor, APPI / TICCIH - UCP - CITAR - FCT (Moderator)

This session brings together a set of studies focused on the uses adaptative reuses (and even replications) of industrial heritage in the larger...

5:30 PM

Public lecture: Fear, loss and the potential for progressive nostalgia: challenging right-wing populism

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Tickets required

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Speaker)

In this lecture, I would like to talk about deindustrialised communities, heritage and memory in the context of right-w...

Thursday 1 September, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

1:30 PM

Public lecture: Trajectories of deindustrialization and the memoryscapes of industrial pasts – Towards global perspectives

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tickets required

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Stefan Berger (Speaker)

This lecture will argue that the landscapes of industrial heritage that can be found in different parts of the world ar...

Friday 2 September, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

3:30 PM

Public lecture: Heritage from the outside in: Cultural practice in an already changed climate

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tickets required

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Cathy Stanton, Tufts University (Speaker)

In the refusal of people in communities abandoned by industrial capital to abandon their own places, we can read an implicit critique of the mob...