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Staging Democracy
Navn
Christoph James Ahlefeldt-Laurvig
Uddannelsesgrad
Kandidat
Fagfelt
Design
Institut
Arkitektur og Rum
Program
Spatial Design - Architecture, Design and Interiors
År
2026
The project reimagines the Chamber of the Danish Parliament as a democratic space by shaping the physical framework for a citizens’ council to collaborate with the assembly of representatives. Using spatial design as a tool, it explores how architectural hierarchy can reconfigure political authority and push toward collective responsibility.
Staging Democracy
The proposed intervention reimagines the Chamber of the Danish Parliament as a democratic space centred on collectivity rather than authority. A circular and sloping assembly integrates a citizens’ council among elected representatives and lowers the speaker to a shared position within the room. Through its spatial organisation, materiality, and construction, the intervention seeks to strengthen participation, visibility, and collective responsibility while remaining in dialogue with the historic chamber.
Set of developed surface drawings of The Chamber of the Danish Parliament with the proposed intervention.
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The intervention is conceived as a visible set construction, exposing its structure as a reflection of a transparent and continuously evolving democracy. Through natural and pigmented ash wood elements, it establishes a connection between the assembly and the public galleries above, while interpretations of the chamber’s existing mouldings create a contemporary dialogue with the historic architecture.
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Inhabited visualisations
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Det Kongelige Akademi understøtter FN’s verdensmål
Siden 2017 har Det Kongelige Akademi arbejdet med FN’s verdensmål. Det afspejler sig i forskning, undervisning og afgangsprojekter. Dette projekt har forholdt sig til følgende FN-mål
