Grafik - The Researchers

The Researchers - Breaking New Ground in Design, Architecture and Conservation

Large timber structure with stairs and stretched fabric in an exhibition hall with visitors.

Assorted jackets, shirts and trousers arranged in an overlapping composition.

Long timber pavilion with varied facade cladding beneath large trees in a courtyard.

Indvendig trækonstruktion med skrå stolper og plankegulv foran en gammel murstensbygning.

Detail of a cracked painting showing two blue-grey eyes and a ruler along the right edge.

Facadedetalje med tætte stråbundter fastgjort mellem mørke lodrette plader under metalbeklædning.

29.10.2026 - 16.4.2027

The Researchers

How can we build more sustainably, create inclusive cities and preserve our cultural heritage?

The exhibition 'The Researchers – Breaking New Ground in Design, Architecture and Conservation' invites visitors to explore research results from the Royal Danish Academy and meet the people behind them.

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Meet the Researchers

Explore the projects featured in the exhibition

A crane lifts a long timber lattice structure above a red container next to an industrial building.

Wood (Un) waste(d)

Researcher: Olga Popovic Larsen
Research Unit: Institute of Architecture and Technology

Assorted jackets, shirts and trousers arranged in an overlapping composition.

Weaving Futures

Researcher: Else Skjold
Research Unit: Klothing - Centre for Apparel, Textiles and Ecology Research

Infographic comparing six circular design strategies for the chairs CH24, PK22 and Series 7. PK22 meets all six.

Circularity in Danish Modern Chair Design

Researcher: Aroop Ratan Guha
Research Unit: Institute of Design, Product and Material

blurred letterforms showing differences in the visibility of thick and thin strokes.

Introduction to Centre for Visibility Design

Researcher: Sofie Beier
Research Unit: Centre for Visibility Design

Person wearing a green jumper and a white hat stands outside a building with large mesh-covered windows.

Star Homes / MBD-Free hospital project

Researcher: Jakob Brandtberg Knudsen
Research Unit: Cluster for Architecture and Health

People are sitting and lying on a circular bench surrounded by herringbone-patterned wooden flooring.

Small Pleasures of the Everyday

Researcher: Masashi Kajita
Research Unit: Centre for Spatial Inclusion

Woman walking past a wooden structure with smooth and woven panels beneath green trees.

Matters – Grandis Pavillon and Grandis Acoustics

Researcher: Isak Worre Foged
Research Unit: Center for Material Studies - CEMAS

Tall, angular timber building with a grey façade, an open door, and tall grass around it.

Ingenious Houses

Researcher: Nicolai Bo Andersen
Research Unit: Centre for Sustainable Building Culture

Detail of the eyes and forehead in an old painted portrait, showing pronounced craquelure and a measurement scale.

To Conserve or not to Conserve

Researcher: Cecil Krarup Andersen
Research Unit: Resilient Heritage Conservation

Visitors explore a large timber installation with stairs and stretched fabric at an exhibition.

TræStrik

Researcher: Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
Research Unit: Centre for IT and Architecture - CITA

Façade detail with tightly packed bundles of thatching straw secured between dark vertical panels beneath metal cladding.

Absolute CINARK: Tectonic Ecologies in Architecture

Researcher: Anne Beim
Research Unit: Centre for Industrial Architecture - CINARK

Two hands holding a basket woven from wooden strips against a blue sky.

Kagome Architectures

Researcher: Phil Ayres
Research Unit: Centre for Biohybrid Architecture

Two people walk along the pavement past an open square with an electric vehicle charging point and red-brick buildings.

Architecture in ageing societies

Researcher: Michael Asgaard Andersen
Research Unit: Cluster for Architecture and Ageing

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