Diplomas and scholarships for KADK’s new architects and designers

On Friday 29 January 98 new architecture and design graduates received their diplomas at the winter diploma ceremony. In keeping with tradition, scholarships from the likes of Duravit and Vola were awarded to some of the talented graduates.

KADK’s Heads of Subject, Tine Kjølsen (Design School) and Peter Thule Kristensen (School of Architecture handed out the diplomas, while KADK’s Rector, Lene Dammand Lund spoke to the graduates about the working life that lies ahead:

“I hope you have the courage to do things your own way, and that towing the line is a waste of time. I hope many of you choose a more intricate path: a job in a municipality on Falster, where you can experience what it is like to be alone with your professionalism, being in demand for your expertise… A job in a manufacturing company, which has never employed an artistic scholar before, where you can show them how your design skills, your empathy for users and your capacity to tackle complex issues can be used at the highest strategic level in the company,” said Lene Dammand Lund.

“Remember that you are artistic, reflective practitioners. That is your strength, and it can be applied in many other ways than just the mainstream.  And to put your skills to the test, it isn’t enough just to go off and show what you did here. You must translate what you learned here so it responds to the societal challenges that everyone is aware we have, making sure that the solution you offer is the best one.”

Talented scholarship recipients

This winter’s graduates included five who received scholarships or special commendation for their degree projects.

Two DURAVIT scholarships were awarded. One went to the architect, Rena Gonatos, a graduate of the Master’s programme, Type and Wayfinding.  She received a scholarship for her degree project, ‘A Vegetable Garden Kit for a Refugee Camp’. The other went to the architect, Erik Järinge, a graduate of the Master’s programme, Cultural Heritage, Transformation and Restoration for his degree project, ‘The City in the House’.

The VOLA scholarships were awarded to: Emilie Thaulund (graduate of the Art and Architecture Master’s programme) for her degree project, ‘The People’s Island’ and Aviaja Torbensdatter Hermann and Stefan Jesper Gründl (graduates of the Settlements, Ecology & Tectonics Master’s programme) for their joint degree project, ‘Shipyard, Housing and Swimming Pool in Sydhavnen’.

For the first time, the Dansk Center for Lys awarded a special commendation to a graduate. This commendation went to Sarah Fredelund for her degree project, ‘Museum of Light and Dark’. The architect, Sarah Lund is a graduate of the Architectural Lighting Design Master’s programme.

See the exhibition Graduation: Winter 2016

Currently you can see the degree projects of the 69 new architects and 29 designers in the exhibition, Graduation: Winter 2016, which opened last Friday after the diploma ceremony.

Some graduates have already uploaded their projects to kadk.dk’s graduate talent bank. Here you can see the new architects’ and designers’ own digital presentations of their graduation projects.