Architectural Design Studio

Late Summer | 6 credits | Study Tour: A week-long study tour to Sweden and Norway, A week-long study tour to Sweden and Finland, A three-day study tour to Western Denmark

Studio instruction focuses on the design process, enabling each student to perform studies in accordance with Danish design practice. Design problems are approached from a conceptual, sustainable, contextual and user-focused point of view. Design solutions are based on critical analyses of high-quality examples of Scandinavian and North European architecture.

Studio groups combine students of different standing and background. The course is taught vertically, and expectations relate to each individual student.

Please Note: The syllabus is accurate in terms of course content and objectives, however the daily schedule is not up to date as it is from the previous summer.Please do not make any travel plans or other arrangements around it.

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Prerequisites

Enrollment at a professional school or department of architecture or design at the junior, senior or graduate level, and completion of a minimum of two spatial design studios prior to arrival at DIS.

Students should bring examples of their work in a portfolio to be submitted to their studio instructors at the beginning of Assignment 2. This will allow the professors to become acquainted with the design skills of each student.  The portfolio should contain:

• A one-page resume (short and precise) listing all studios, courses, assignments, and other relevant material, beginning with the most recent information.  Clearly state current year/position in school. Briefly state expectations of study at DIS.
• Approximately 3 pages of project illustrations from one or several projects done in studio (or independently if relevant), accompanied by a short description.

The portfolio must be submitted as a digital PDF or hard copy.  The pages should be formatted to A4 size (210mmx297mm) or US-Letter size (8.5"x11").

Co-requisite: Scandinavian Design and Architecture: History, Theory and Practice

Instructors

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  Bo Christiansen

  Architect, M.A.A. (Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 1993). M.Arch (University of Washington, 1995). Practicing architect. Own office since 2004. With DIS since 1999.

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  Courtney D. Coyne Jensen

  Architect, M.A.A./ Ph.D. (Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 2000). M.Phil. (Cambridge Univ., 1999). B.Arch. (DAAP, 1995). Sr. Lecturer, Victoria Univ., NZ, 2005-6. Lecturer, Witwatersrand Univ., ZA, 2002-3. Young Artist Grant from Danish National Arts Foundation, 2001-2. Practicing with architectural offices in DK, ZA, DE, UK & US. With DIS since 2000.

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  Cecilia Nilsson

  Architect, M.A.A. (Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 1985). Practicing architect since 1985. Own office since 2003. Lecturer at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture. With DIS since 2003.

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  Mark Werdelin

  Architect, M.A.A. (Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 2001) Bachelor of Architectural Faculty (University of Westminster, London 1996). Own office since 2002. With DIS since 2007.