Star Homes – Better Health Through Better Housing: Scaling up novel design solutions for improved housing.

Date
25.09.2026
Time
13.00 - 16.00
Address

Royal Danish Academy
Philip de Langes Allé 10
Auditorium 14, Entrance D // online via Zoom
1436 Copenhagen K
Denmark

Thomas Chevalier Bøjstrup defends his PhD dissertation entitled: Star Homes – Better Health Through Better Housing: Scaling up novel design solutions for improved housing. The defense is public - you can also join online.

Programme

13.00: Welcome and presentation of chair of the defence, assessment committee, supervisors and the PhD candidate.

13.05: Thomas Chevalier Bøjstrup presents his dissertation: Star Homes – Better Health Through Better Housing: Scaling up novel design solutions for improved housing

13.50: Short break

According to the Ministerial Order on the PhD Programme, the chair of the defense may allow the audience to make comments. Requests for this must be notified to the chair during the break.

14.00: Professor, Lotte Bjerregaard Jensen, Aarhus School of Architecture.

14.30: Professor, Hector Altamirano, University College London

15.00: Professor, Olga Popovic Larsen, Royal Danish Academy - Institute of Architecture and Technology (chair of committee).

15.30: Questions from the audience (if any).

The assessment committee deliberates and submits its recommendation. Closing.

16.00: Reception

Assessment Committee

  • Lotte Bjerregaard Jensen - Professor, Aarhus School of Architecture, Research Lab 2; Technology, Building Cultures and Habitation
  • Hector Altamirano - Professor, University College London, Bartlett School Env, Energy & Resources, Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
  • Olga Popovic Larsen - Professor, Royal Danish Academy - Institute of Architecture & Technology(Chair of the assessment committee)

Principal Supervisor

  • Daniel Sang-Hoon Lee - Associate Professor, Royal Danish Academy - Institute of Architecture and Technology (Chair of the defense)

Co-supervisor

  • Jakob Brandtberg Knudsen - Dean of Architecture, Royal Danish Academy

The dissertation is available for inspection by interested parties at the Library of Architecture, Design and Conservation, Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 50, 1434 Copenhagen K.

Modern two-story house surrounded by palms and trees, with children and an adult outside.