We are thrilled to announce that our proposal has been chosen to develop a pilot project concept strategy for central Melbourne. We are looking forward to this opportunity to expand our activities in Australia and to deliver high-level strategic advice … Read More
NEWS: arki_lab wins the project to develop a new park in Høje-Taastrup
From citizen involvement to design We, at arki_lab, are thrilled to be a part of the new park development with the multidisciplinary team, BOGL Landscape Architects and Atkins Engineers. Our role in the project will be to facilitate the citizen … Read More
Indvielse af byværksted designet i børnehøjde
Fredag den 16. juni 2017 kl. 12.30-14.30 indvies det nye byværksted på Gadehaveskolens udearealer. Byværkstedet er designet med elever fra 4.-5. klasse i faget håndværk og design, i et læringsforløb faciliteret af tegnestuen arki_lab og lærerne på Gadehaveskolen. “Jeg er … Read More
New Collaboration Down Under
We’re excited to share the news about our new collaboration with Edmiston Jones GBB from Australia. The collaboration will join perspectives from two different parts of the world. Danish democratic design tradition mixed with the Australian approach that is about … Read More
Citylab for Co-Designing the Future of Asnæs
We can finally reveal the good news about our new project that we’ll be carried on over the next 1,5 years in a small city called Asnæs! We’ll be transforming an empty property into a co-creative Citylab, where the local … Read More
Action-Based Research Project: A Lively Outdoor Classroom
Today, as urban living becomes ever more the norm and digital interactions replaces face-to-face, personal interactions, children are becoming distanced from nature as well as their immediate social surroundings. Outdoor school, an increasingly widespread trend, is a response to such … Read More
Co-Designing an outdoor workshop space
These days we, at arki_lab, are busy developing teaching materials for our new project at Gadehaveskolen in Høje-Taastrup. Throughout the spring we’ll work in close collaboration with teachers and pupils at Gadehaveskolen in designing and constructing a new outdoor classroom … Read More
A Short Guide to How to Design Intergenerational Urban Spaces
Today Western societies in particular-and the rest of the world generally- is divided by age. From our birth to our death, society keeps us well within spaces occupied by peers to the degree that other age groups seem alien and … Read More
arki_lab goes to Spain
In the beginning of November 2016, arki_lab, invited by the Danish Embassy in Spain, Foro de la Culture and City of Madrid, travelled to Spain to be a part of several events around citizen involvement and empowerment. Below is a … Read More
How to Turn 104 Dreams into a Design
This autumn, arki_lab put the future of Kulbanekvarteret in Copenhagen on the agenda, in collaboration with 104 students from Lykkebo School and the Kulbane Urban Renewal group. The purpose of the project is to create awareness about the soon-to-be-constructed Kulbanepark, … Read More
From Engagement to Final Design
We started working with Vesterbro Ungdomsgård last Spring, where we facilitated workshops about architecture and urban design. After the workshops, we built movable wooden boxes that they could experiment and play around with. The members and staff could arrange the … Read More
Learning About Innovative Sustainable Design by Building
In 4 collaborative building days we went from idea to reality together with engaged students from 2.z. Jointly we transformed a small, forgotten, dirty site on the edge of the Johannes Highschool property into a new social outdoor space and … Read More
User Involvement at its Best
We are moving full speed ahead with our Vesterbro Ungdomsgård project. Yesterday we conducted the final hearing for the three architectural elements that we are going to build in the garden together with Repos and Studio Debris from Guldminen – … Read More
Skole+ Design
arki_lab is pleased to report that the Skole+ project has continued to progress successfully, moving on from the initial interactive workshops dedicated to the generation of ideas from the school community and other local users (see this session in an earlier … Read More
Seminar at Johannes Gymnasiet
Today arki_lab has conducted an introduction seminar for high school students at Johannes Gymnasiet in Frederiksberg, who will participate in our design project over the course of their spring semester. Our teaching method will enable the students at Johannes Gymnasiet … Read More
Community Involvement
Last weekend, arki_lab initiated community involvement process for Skole+, a collaborative design project which will redevelop the local school environment at Haarby into a space with enhanced capacity for physical activities, benefiting the entire community. In the first phase of … Read More
Prototyping with arki_lab
Prototyping is an important tool in arki_lab’s teaching method. In our prototyping workshops we use soda boxes as a building material. Creating prototypes in this way is a great way to learn about physical features of space (such as the … Read More