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Our Vision
At the Institute of Architecture and Design, we investigate the intersection of design and architecture — as well as the relationships between human beings, spatiality and materiality. We believe in the transformative potential of design and architecture in a world that faces highly complex challenges. This complexity requires new solutions developed across disciplines and calls for expanding roles within the field. Designers and architects will undoubtedly play a key role in consciously changing the way we create, shape and transform our future.
Our focus on developing design and architecture, not just within the specific fields, but with an in-depth understanding of interdisciplinary collaboration, is the unique profile of the institute. The interdisciplinary approach offers new ways of addressing projects, and seeks to bridge the traditional gaps between academia and the professional world.
Our research and education programmes are distinctly driven by the desire to create meaningful change. We cultivate the potential of architecture and design to drive solutions by integrating sustainability, strategy, technology, and anthropology into our work. Our students develop a strong sense of environmental responsibility, materiality, tactility and spatial relations as well as a focus on the user, the individual and the context we relate to.
With this publication, we wish to share our perspectives on design and architecture and our ambition to educate future designers and architects who appreciate the value of diversity and collaboration and consciously employ their methods, knowledge and skills to meet the real challenges of tomorrow.
Mathilde Gry Serup Head of Institute of Architecture and Design Royal Danish Academy
Create. Collaborate. Change.
towards a balanced world
