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KADK behind Scandinavian network for architecture and welfare

Date
27.05.2015
Category
Research and Innovation

Scandinavia is known for different versions of the same welfare model. But what is the state of welfare and welfare design in 2015? Researchers from KADK have taken the initiative of establishing a Scandinavian network for architecture and welfare. The network will put welfare design on the agenda and examine the impact welfare design has had in each of the Scandinavian countries, the similarities that exist across national borders and the role welfare design plays in the Nordic region today.

Architects and designers played an enormous role in building up the Nordic welfare States, and much of the last century’s best architecture and design relate to the welfare society. A new network has just set out to look at welfare design as a Nordic project, which is also relevant in 2015. The network collaboration consists of a group of researchers from Sweden, Norway and Denmark, who all conduct research into welfare policy and into how welfare is given physical form in design and architecture. For example, does it make any sense to say that the Nordic welfare model manifests itself as special qualities in the architecture, design and planning of societies? This is one of the issues the research network will cast light on. The network will also bring together institutions, which are already known for having a close link between research and practice.

The network will be realised with support from the likes of the Nordic Culture Fund.

Institutions collaborating with the The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, KADK 

  • Arkitektskolen Aarhus
  • Skov og Landskab, Det Biovidenskabelige Fakultet (Science), Københavns Universitet
  • Arkitektur- og Designhøgskolen i Oslo
  • Universitetet i Oslo
  • Norsk Instutt for Kulturminneforskning (NIKU)
  • Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Stockholm
  • Malmö Högskola
  • Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg