Arkitektskolen forfølger verdensmålene

A building with a façade cladding that can improve the air quality in one of the most polluted regions in China. 

A collection of bags that largely reduces waste of leather. A specially designed treasure hunt concept that guides consumers to make purchases that protect not only their health, but also the environment. 

And an idea for flexible dykes that can ensure urban development and recreational experiences of nature in coastal areas that are threatened by a rise in sea level.  

These are just a few of the projects being presented at this summer’s degree show at KADK – The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (Kunstakademiets arkitektskole, red.), according to a press release from the school. 

For the first time in the history of KADK, this year’s graduates were asked to join forces as part of one common, overall ambition: to relate their work to the UN’s 17 Global Goals for a better and more sustainable world. The students have really taken the task to heart.

Rector Lene Dammand Lund says:

“We are very proud to present a professionally strong and highly ambitious team of newly-trained architects and designers, who with a great sense of responsibility reveal how architecture and design can contribute to realising and articulating the UN’s 17 goals for sustainable development".

"They have shown us that their artistic and innovative approach has huge potential to shift the way we consume and live, and to create new, specific ideas for improving health, environment – on both the local and global levels.”

The exhibition presents degree projects from a total of 242 newly qualified graduates: 77 designers and 165 architects.

It opens on Friday 30 June 2017 and runs until 13 August 2017 in the exhibition hall, the Ceremonial Hall and Auditorium 2 at KADK, Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 51, 1434 Copenhagen K.

Five KADK projects that relate to the UN’s Global Goals

Zero Boundary Lines 

The graduate, Anders Cochet Svinkløv has designed a building for one of the most polluted regions in China. By virtue of its architectural form and façade cladding, it can spin and collect heavy dust particles, thereby improving air quality.

The building also challenges conventional Chinese high-rise building and investigates how neighbourliness, trade and social interaction can be raised from street level to a higher altitude. The project was designed – and put to the test – in China’s Gobi Desert.

Seablings

The graduate Sofie Lind Mesterton has designed a series concept for children of 4-7 years about a sensitive shark and a pushy jellyfish, growing up like sisters with their adoptive father, an electric eel. With warm humor, rainbow colors and starry stars the story is about their differences and fellowship.

The main characters are girls and designed without gender-specific markers to go against the underrepresentation and stereotypes of girls in today´s animation industry. The aim is to produce a series of 5 minutes long animation films for children’s television. Storyboard animation: https://vimeo.com/223014548

Daily Dosage 

The graduates, Melanie Povlittzki and Sofia Germani have designed a treasure hunt concept for the SuperBrugsen supermarket chain. In a playful and engaging way, it helps consumers and their children to make informed choices and avoid harmful chemicals when buying groceries.   The treasure hunt concept, which was based on observation studies and interviews with consumers, was designed in close collaboration with COOP. 

City and Sea 

The graduate, Sam Coolidge has designed a proposal for how to deploy flexible dykes, which expand and develop as the sea level rises, to guard vulnerable coastal areas. The plan aims to establish a new inner water space with green parks directly on the water, which will make it possible to protect the biodiversity and the opportunity for recreational experiences by the water. 

Disconnected 

The graduate, Lea Helene Adelsten Olsen has designed a collection of leather bags, which more than halves waste of leather. By using the individual hide as a basis and exploiting its entire surface, she has reduced waste (which ranges from 30 to 50% in typical bag manufacturing) to less than 10%. The remnants of the leather are used for accessories such as jewellery and key rings. The bag collection, which was created on the basis of zero-waste principles, was designed in close collaboration with ECCO.

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