Urban Design Foundations Studio

The course aims to develop basic spatial and material design skills relevant to the urban condition through the solving of real-life urban design problems that require solutions inspired by the Danish context. Issues of human scale and temporary use in the urban environment addressed. Students will work in physical and digital media to construct spatial models and further their graphic and verbal communication skills in conveying abstract spatial concepts.

Studio groups combine students of different standing and background. The course is taught vertically, and expectations relate to each individual student. Full-year students can progress to Urban Design Studio as a core course in the spring semester. Alternatively, they may switch to Architectural Foundations Studio or Interior Architecture Foundations Studio.

Semester students can indicate a preference for either the Sweden-Finland or Germany-Netherlands study tour. Final tour placement will depend on availability.

Fall

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Prerequisites

Documented background in fine arts or studio art, or completion of a course in drawing. Students are strongly recommended to enroll in the lecture course '20th and 21st Century Danish Architecture'.

Students should bring examples of their work in a portfolio to be shared with 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 any 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: European Urban Design Theories or Livability in the Modern City or Urban Design Journal

Field Studies

Field Visits: In-class site visits, and in some cases visits to design offices and notable architectural examples.

Instructors

Line Schultz

Architect, M.A.A. (School of Architecture, Aarhus, 2001). Master in Strategic Urban planning (MPlan, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 2010). Working at Juul & Frost Architects as Urban Planner 2001-2006 with Henning Larsen Architects 2006-2010. With DIS since 2010.
Sidsel Gelting Hodge

Architect, M.A.A. (Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 1998). Postgraduate studies at Archeworks, Chicago, 2001. Project Manager with Tigerman McCurry Architects, Chicago. With Nielsen & Rubow Architects, Copenhagen, and Schmidt Hammer & Lassen, Copenhagen. With DIS since 2005.
Rasmus Frisk

Architect, M.A.A. and Urban Design Master from Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen in 2003. Experience in a wide variety of global offices including White Architects, Arx Kobe Architects in Japan, VLA Architects, and Gehl Architects. Project Manager/Urban Designer at Gehl Architects. With DIS since 2011.
Bianca Hermansen

Architect, M.A.A., Cand.arch. (Landscape Urbanism, The School of Architecture Aarhus, 2007). Ph.D. candidate (Center for Sports and Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of FineArts). Project Manager and Urban Designer at Gehl Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007-2009. With DIS since 2010.