Danish Architecture and Urban Design

The course gives an overview of Danish architecture and urban planning over the last 100 years.

Danish Architecture and Urban Design is a course in English for international students.

The course gives an overview of Danish architecture and urban planning over the last 100 years with an emphasis on the human perspective of architecture. Architecture is seen as a much wider practice in Denmark than merely the art of making buildings.

Examples of architecture with a Nordic approach to the planning and design of the physical environment will be demonstrated. The culture, climate and scale are important elements in the way the profession and the Nordic welfare states have been dealing with the international trends and styles as they have been translated into the local settings.

Field trips where we explore examples of architecture and planning are important elements of this course.

Course code: HDCB01122U
Credits: 15 ECTS
Duration: 1 semester
Available: Spring and autumn semester

Note: Example – subject to change

Lecture Theme
Lecture 1 The Human Ways in Danish Architecture
Lecture 2 Experiencing Architecture
Lecture 3 Housing for People
Lecture 4 Regional Architecture
Lecture 5 Public Life and Public Spaces
Lecture 6 Considering Collective Architecture
Lecture 7 Making Other Plans
Lecture 8 Landscape Architecture and Recreation
Excursion 1 The influence of landscape - incorporating nature
in our daily life
Lecture 9 Function Follows Form
Lecture 10 Export of the Danish or Nordic Ways?
Excursion 2 Housing and Planning, Copenhagen Harbour and Malmoe

 

See introduction video