NORDIC SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
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Nordic architecture has (re)gained interest globally, inspired by many Nordic architects' holistic approaches to current environmental, climatic and societal challenges, often innovating beyond energy and climatic issues; pushing new methods and innovations while maintaining or re-imagining architectural qualities from the humanist design tradition. It is this background that acts as a driver for our case-study based research of Nordic sustainable architecture.
We are interested in non-traditional design processes and methods, starting from the built cases, looking back to understand the approaches, design and building processes, while also looking ahead to the building in-use and how it may be adaptable over time. We undertake this research both through testing existing quantitative and qualitative research methods and developing new mapping, evaluation and analysis methods of different Nordic approaches to sustainable architecture and its regional design processes. We critically look at what works well and what could be improved, reflecting on what other regions can learn from, and be inspired by through these approaches and the developed methods. In time, this website will host our research highlighting exemplary Nordic case studies, drawing out approaches for sustainable building cultures beyond the Nordic region. JOIN the 2021 webinars!
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Nordic architects operate in a culture and tradition of carefully crafted architecture in response to the harshness of the local climatic conditions and diminished daylighting during the long Nordic winters. ” |
Who we are
We are a collective of international academics located in the Nordic region with expertise in sustainable architecture. We research sustainability approaches in contemporary architecture in the Nordic region. We are:
Elizabeth Donovan
Ula Kozminska
Sofie Pelsmakers
Elizabeth Donovan
Ula Kozminska
Sofie Pelsmakers
