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
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
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
A New Interior for Sortedam School: Putting Identity + Learning up on the Walls
At Sortedam School, right by the Lakes of central Copenhagen, we designed a new interior for the stairs and hallways. Based on the students’ visions and spatial logistics, we were there to plaster the walls with identity and education. We … 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
Redesigning The Box: A toolbox for educating the cocreators.
As regular facilitators of collaborative design processes, we are always excited to work with creative young minds, especially those from Johannes Highschool in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. With the extensive experience we have with user-involvement, arki_lab has developed a set of tools … Read More
Want to be a part of Vesterbro Ungdomsgård makeover? Drop by and cast your vote!
arki_lab’s collaboration with Vesterbro Ungdomsgård started in 2014 when arki_lab conducted a series of architecture workshops with Vesterbro Ungdomsgård members to identify their needs and wishes for the front-yard while teaching them how to design and visualize their ideas. Based … Read More
Case Study – arki_lab as an entrepreneur
A group of talented students from the Royal Danish Academy of Architecture studied our work, as a part of their course “PRAKSISFORMER”. The study they made is now published together with other case studies. The students used our collaboration with … Read More
Guest blog by Elizabeth Vamos
Good urban design is all about context. Most designers understand that simple rule, but many of us have to face a major challenge: how to transfer strategies, tools, and processes from one context to another. And I’ll admit that when … Read More
A New Book by arki_lab Underway
After studying abroad here in Denmark until May, I was not quite ready to leave. For the past three months, I have interned at arki_lab to develop a book project on their design philosophy, which had long remained in a … Read More
arki_tools goes to Australia
Democratic Urban Design is the core of our philosophy. Everyone who lives in a city, regardless of her/his age, education level, ethnicity and social class must be involved in making even the most minor decisions for her/his living environment, namely … Read More
Urban Planner for a Week
Last week we were lucky to have the bright student Bjørn as our intern, who contacted us, because we did a one-year architecture project at Brønshøj School. Through the week he should work like a real urban planner working on … Read More
Exhibition at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
It has been an intense week at arki_lab, where we have been preparing for the final exhibition, which was successfully completed yesterday at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. We had 170 students from five schools from Fredensborg municipality at the … Read More
Park(ing) Day- Engaging in the City
The third Friday in September is the global Park(ing) Day, where parking spaces throughout the whole world are being transformed into livable green oasis. We are going to join the movement in cooperation with young students from Blågårds skole, who … Read More
Students Building and Learning Together
The days at arki_lab office are never the same, it is dynamic, lively and full of experiments, meetings and workshops. This tuesday was one of those days, where the office was extra dynamic. We started our morning on the rooftop … Read More
Lousiana Museum meets Nordvest
As you might know we are doing this great project in cooperation with Louisiana Museum and five schools from the local area, called ‘The Architecture Around You’. Through the fall the students will be working on a suggestion to an … Read More
Ethnography: meeting the real people
Last week we started the next stage of our research project on how you can create intergenerational urban space, by beginning our work in the two last case-areas Sydhavn and Albertslund. Both unique and intriguing in their own way: Sydhavn, … Read More
Himmelev Skole Wins Kgs Have Competition
This spring the Danish Architect’s Association arranged their very first architecture competition for children. The task was to design a mini-pavilion for Kongens Have in Copenhagen, and by doing so, the children should gain an understanding for architectural practice and … Read More
Design by and for Kids at Ordrup Skole
We recently finished a longer project at Ordrup Skole, where 3rd graders have been mapping, analyzing and designing new solutions for their in and outdoor school environment. What was particularly interesting with this project was that it gave us an … Read More
Mini-pavillion Competition with Himmelev Skole
This spring the Danish Architect’s Association arranged their very first architecture competition for children. The task was to design a mini-pavillion for Kongens Have in Copenhagen, and by doing so, the children should gain an understanding for architectural practice and … Read More
From France to Denmark for an Internship
Malou made an amazing documentation of her summer internship at arki_lab, which you can view in its totality in the end of this post. Below are a few excerpts translated from French, with the original text at the bottom. ENGLISH: … Read More
Workshop + Exhibition at Johannes Gymnasiet
Tags: arkilab,Design Thinking,Co-Creation,Process,Johannes Gymnasiet,huskunstnerordningen,Sustainable Classroom,Hands-On Learning,Ideate,Citizen Ownership Last Thursday our design project with Johannes Gymnasiet moved along toward a final exhibition of student solutions to better their academic and social spaces. With the students of classes 1.z and 2.z, we … Read More
Collaboration with Louisiana Museum
This week, we made a quick and dramatic announcement that we have been appointed ‘house artists’ at Louisiana Gallery! This is in fact a collaborative project between the gallery, arki_lab and four schools in the local area, called ‘The Architecture … Read More
Getting to know the Needs through 1:1 Prototyping
Last week, arki_lab got our hands dirty and built around 20 of the boxes that the children at Vesterbro Ungdomsgård have designed in the collaborative process we have been working on. The Easter Festival that they put on offered a … 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
US Study Tour
US Study Tour: Post #1 arki_lab meets rebel architect in a car-centric city US Study Tour: Post #2 US Study Tour: Post #3 How to design and build together with the youth? Visiting Project H and getting an opportunity to … Read More
Mini Workshop
This week arki_lab team has been visited by a group of young students from Odsherred Efterskole (an optional year of education after primary school). Clara, Karoline and Clara are working on an assignment with a special focus on professions, in … Read More
arki_lab Event at Brønshøj Skole
Last week we organized a successful event at Brønshøj Skole with students who participated in arki_lab urban design workshops. Our methodology in these workshops aims to educate young people about urban design and planning in an engaging way by applying … Read More
Urban Run with Blågård School
Last week, 80 young people, both 7th and 8th graders from Blågårdskolen, joined arki_lab for an urban run through Copenhagen. It was a successful session, the good weather was part of it, and students had fun while exercising both through … Read More