Christine Bjerke

Bodies in Spaces: Inclusion in Danish Architecture and Design Education

In the PhD project with the working title ‘Bodies in Spaces: Inclusion in Danish Architecture and Design Education’, architect and PhD fellow Christine Bjerke examines how architecture and design programmes in Denmark incorporate inclusive understandings of people.

By mapping historical and contemporary pedagogical approaches focusing on perceptions of people and the human body, the project aims to contribute new knowledge to the field. It will also explore Danish and international best practices for integrating inclusive understandings of people into architecture and design education.

Based on this research, the project will develop prototypes for new pedagogical approaches and teaching methods and test them in a Danish context. The project is supported by the Bevica Foundation and Realdania and draws, among other things, on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The project is being conducted at the Cluster for Spatial Inclusion at the Institute of Architecture and Spatial Design at the Royal Danish Academy of Architecture, Design and Conservation.