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For the first time, the photographer went to the eastern coast of the islands of Seeland and Amager, more precisely to Copenhagen. He photographed the city, which climatologists believe will be submerged by 2080, exclusively in monochrome. But this is without counting on the determination and innovation of the Danish people who have been rethinking their urban planning for several years. Its environmental appetite has been known for a long time: recycling, renewable energy, carbon neutrality, bicycle paths, etc. But another major challenge has arisen. But another major challenge has imposed itself on the Danes: saving their capital from rising water levels! Some neighbourhoods have expanded by creating surfaces on the sea by accumulating building fill or by drilling into submerged land, while guaranteeing a safety margin of a few metres above sea level. The most important work was to redesign the existing spaces and buildings in the city centre to facilitate the drainage of water.
The most important work was to redesign the existing spaces and buildings in the city centre in order to facilitate the drainage of rainfall, which is becoming increasingly important and recurrent. By adopting an optimised absorption in the ground, with new paving, rainwater is now directed towards the natural environment in parallel with already approved solutions such as retention and storage basins, green roofs, gardens and urban green spaces. In this series, his photographs bring together a succession of very diverse documentary images from Copenhagen where, as we can see, climate issues are at the heart of Danish concerns. The will to put in place solutions and intelligent works have emerged over the last few years, so Copenhageners can look to the future with a certain optimism.
Copenhagen, Denmark. 2021.