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Adaptive Reuse in Europe: Cities and Buildings


  • Term: Semester
  • Type: Elective Course
  • Major discipline: Architecture, Interior Architecture, Urban Studies
  • Related discipline: Interior Design, Urban Design
  • Available: Fall, Spring
  • Location: Copenhagen
  • Credits: 3

About this course

Adaptive reuse is an integral component of contemporary design practice in Europe. Conversion of urban areas and old buildings into something better suited for contemporary purposes requires knowledge of our built heritage in the broadest sense. Cultural, site-specific, and material aspects play a key role, as do sustainable strategies for future-proofing our built environment. This course is about the design challenges and the wider economical, sustainable, and political issues at stake when dealing with adaptive reuse.

Syllabus

Fall 2025

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Faculty

Mia Behrens

Faculty

Masters in Architecture and Landscape (Special focus; UN sustainable development goals) from The Royal Danish Academy of Art – School of Architecture (2017-2020), Bachelors degree in Architecture (Complexity Handling in Practice) From The Royal Danish Academy of Art – School of Architecture (2013-2016). Own architectural practice since 2020 — Working with the tension between landscape and building. Project lead and Architects at IKEAs Innovation lab SPACE10 (2017-2018). Professional experience also includes research, lecturing and consultancy. With DIS since 2021