The Domestic Fantastic Symposium

An international symposium addressing the role that prospective houses, homes and domestic habitats can have on driving beneficial spatial, social, and environmental outcomes at a societal level.

Houses, Homes & Domestic Habitats are fantastic-al! When viewed as a site of experimentation, these modestly scaled architectures can investigate conjectural, speculative, and prospective forms of living. The impact of these novel forms of dwelling can permeate well beyond the limits of their walls, having the potential to radically challenge and rethink how we inhabit the planet. What role can prospective domestic habitats have on the future of our built environment in response to urgent spatial, societal, and environmental challenges? 

Who can participate
There is limited seating, so it is on a first come, first served basis. Entrance is free, but registration is required. Please use the link below.

Presentated by the Royal Danish Academy - Institute of Architecture & Design, Center for Interior Studies, STAY HOME (University of Copenhagen). The symposium is kindly supported by the Carlsberg Foundation. 

Programme

08.30 Registration and coffee 

09.00 Welcome: Mathilde Serup, Head of Institute, Royal Danish Academy - Institute of Architecture and Design 

09.10 Welcome: Mette Birkedal Bruun, Professor, STAY HOME (PI), University of Copenhagen 

09.20 Introduction: Nicholas Thomas Lee, Assistant Professor, Royal Danish Academy 

Session 01: Domestic Morphologies 

09.30 Keynote Lecture: Sean Canty, Sean Canty Architects / Harvard GSD 

10.15 Lecture: Nicholas Thomas Lee, Assistant Professor, Royal Danish Academy 


10.45 Coffee Break

Session 02: Domestic Transformations 

11.00 Keynote Lecture: Cathelijne Nuijsink, ETH Zürich 

11.45 Lecture: Michael Asgaard Andersen, Associate Professor, Royal Danish Academy. 


12.15 Lunch (Lunch provided for speakers and panelists)
 

Session 03: Domestic Revolutions 

13.15 Keynote Lecture: Gry Worre Hallberg, Sisters Hope / Sisters Hope Home 

14.00 Lecture: Daniel Movilla Vega, Associate Professor, Umeå University 


14.30 Coffee Break 
 

14.45 Panel Discussion: The Domestic Fantastic

Moderator

• Nicholas Thomas Lee, Assistant Professor, Royal Danish Academy

Panelists

• Sean Canty, Sean Canty Architects / Harvard GSD
• Cathelijne Nuijsink, ETH Zürich
• Gry Worre Hallberg, Sisters Hope / Sisters Hope Home
• Anna Puigjaner, MAIO Architects 

Session 04: Domestic Societies

15.30 Lecture: Lin Kappel, Panum & Kappel 

16.00 Keynote Lecture: Anna Puigjaner, MAIO Architects 

17.15 Concluding Remarks 

17.30 End of programme, apéro