Institute of

Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape

‘Spaces of Danish Welfare’ explores a series of urgent questions addressing architecture’s role in the welfare and everyday life of citizens, from the interdisciplinary perspectives of architecture, art history and anthropology. It is one of the results of a 5-year research grant from the Independent Research Fund.

Students pinning graduation projects

The institute garden - students taking a break

Daniel Rea Kragskov graduation project 2021: On Civic Grounds. The project proposes a method to consider social capital as a bearing parameter for urban development by mobilizing civil society actors in the creation of hybrid public spaces.

The designs aim to challenge past examples of post-war reconstruction processes and current neoliberal means of development in war-torn and emerging countries.

About Institute of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape

The Institute of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape views societal development as the fundamental premise of architecture.
Research and teaching focus on the spatial transformations of architecture, cities, and cultural landscapes, and how these are connected to and support positive societal development, both in contemporary and historical contexts.

The department’s academic areas include:

• urban development and spatial planning in Danish and European cities
• landscape architecture
• public urban spaces
• nature philosophy and urban nature
• the architecture of the welfare society; particularly housing, residential areas, and institutional architecture, as well as the theory, methods, and history of these areas
• urban development, housing, and health in the Global South