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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: HDCB01121U
Credits: 15 ECTS
Duration: 1 semester
Available: Spring semester (next availability: spring 2025)
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 |