Master programme

Architecture and Extreme Environments

Salt cristal pollution cleaning shelter, Lanzhou, China
Water treatment center, Manaus, Brazil
Dealing with habitation and Malaria mosquitoes in the Amazon
Frozen textile structures in the Arctic, Svalbard
Subterranean research laboratories, Svalbard
Biological wall for temperature control, Manaus, Brazil
Bus terminal and biological symbiosis in Manaus, Brazil
Flood proof ferry terminal, Manaus - Brazil
Testing recycled plastic insulation system, Iceland
Technological critial pier, Manaus, Brazil

About Architecture and Extreme Environments

Welcome to a programme which aims to make a positive impact on our challenged world, through experimentation, artistic exploration and with consideration to site and local culture. Through a site-specific approach, this Master aims to respond to present and future global challenges through research by design, fine-tuned site-specific strategies and active fieldwork to remote world locations where 1:1 architectural prototypes are put to the test to inform and innovate building design at home and abroad. The course engages with the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and was awarded by the UIA the international prize for the most Innovative Architecture Master Programme in 2022.

It is our intention in to investigate the artistic potential of working with technology not only as a pragmatic orientated design parameter, but also as a process charged with proactive possibilities, aesthetic potential and cultural sensibility, from building to detail. 

Institute
Architecture and Technology
Subject area
Architecture
Head of Programme
David Garcia
Study level
Master programme
Location
Copenhagen
Semester start
September
Language
In English
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On our YouTube channel you can see a selection of videos from our different projects in Amazonas, the Gobi desert, Tanzania and Alaska. 

The Arctic
The Amazon