Figur 2 (Hvidovre gør gode tider bedre)

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Figure 2: Enghøj School 

In the early 1970s, the State Household Council introduced their school policy in Hvidovre alongside the construction of Avedøre Station Town and the integrated school. Reflecting the belief that "you are what you eat," the schools were designed to be edible, with their integration into the urban environment via a pedestrian bridge enabling the entire local community to participate in the daily baking and consumption of the school’s spaces. 

The edible learning spaces exemplified the pedagogical practices of the era. Students and teachers collaborated in the school kitchens to shape the day’s classrooms. When a harmful fungus attacked the building in the 1990s, it was ingeniously incorporated into the school’s cooking as part of a fermentation experiment. Following its renovation in 1998, the school had become Hvidovre’s most modern edible institution. 

This experimental blending of food and architecture gradually spread nationwide, merging with emerging urban cultural forms. A unique fusion of street food and architectural art took shape: rolling kitchens became mobile architectural creations, and breakdancers swapped cardboard for crispy puff pastry dance floors. Graffiti was crafted in caramelized sugar, and rap battles unfolded over steaming woks, where rhymes and spices combined to create a new form of urban food poetry.