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In March 2015, I participated in the Scan Design study abroad program in Copenhagen with COBE Architects. The program was based on the commonality between Seattle and Copenhagen where although the summer is great, the winter season is wet and dark. The Winter City theme runs through the project where students were asked to think critically about what the built environment can contribute to ease the harsh winter weather, shelter, protect and invite people to activate the landscape and cityscape through the intervention of architecture. Students hopped on bicycles and trains to tour through Copenhagen and neighboring cities to explore the winter public spaces that are active and attractive. This experience has been critical in the way I now look at public spaces and whether an architecture has the capacity to engage with its audiences throughout the year in all conditions.

Kejia Zhang AIA

M.Arch 2017 Architect, The Miller Hull Partnership

 

One of my favorite benefits of these programs are the opportunities for students to learn about successes in Denmark – within its design culture, and egalitarian context – to consider what we can learn from a culture where people are notably happy, and appreciate innovative design aspects of the built environment. The Study Tour + Studio is an introduction to Danish culture and an opportunity to apply what students have learned to the Seattle context. When students are able to stay for an extended time through the Fellowships and Internships, their experience of Danish culture, governance and design processes becomes part of their practice, their friendships, a touchstone. It’s enriching, life-framing.

Nancy Rottle

Professor of Landscape Architecture

 

At EFFEKT, my skills as a designer improved by leaps and bounds. I had the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects across the world and work closely with architects helping to shape contemporary architecture as we know it.

I made some close friends that I actively keep in touch with while working at the office. The design community is so strong in Denmark that architects across the globe move there for work. This meant I was working closely with designers from Italy, Spain, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. It’s no wonder the design work coming out of Denmark is so strong, when it is a melting pot of design thinking.

Andrew Gustin M.Arch 2018

LMN Architects

 

SDF’s mission to create holistic, deep, and sustainable ties between Denmark and the US has inspired the creation of many opportunities for students and faculty to teach and learn from each other. CBE faculty leadership is a strong core that ensures academic excellence in all these programs and we look forward to future collaborations.

Renée Cheng

Dean, UW College of Built Environments