Nordic-inspired sustainable living

How do we create housing that addresses some of the greatest challenges of our time? 

Climate change, resource scarcity, new family patterns, loneliness on the rise, shrinking rural communities, big cities that can’t keep up with the influx of newcomers—these are housing challenges of our time. The industry needs to rethink our models of residential architecture. 

BOLIGLABORATORIUM: A DANISH HOUSING LAB is a joint initiative of the Danish Arts Foundation and Realdania. The U.S. premier of the exhibition is presented by Scan Design Foundation, whose mission is to support the cross-cultural exchange between Denmark and the U.S. The exhibition kicks off in Seattle, featuring architectural models of six real-life housing projects across urban and rural Denmark that experiment with new blueprints of building for modern life. The exhibition was first showcased at the 2023 Architectural Congress in Copenhagen and is now joining institutions in Seattle and Portland to spur cross-cultural dialogue about how we can build for the needs of today’s communities. 

Please join us for our opening reception to welcome the exhibit on November 19th. Enjoy Danish-inspired refreshments provided by Café Hagen and remarks by:

Frederikke Møller Kristiansen

Cultural Attaché, Royal Danish Embassy

Fidelma McGinn

President, Scan Design Foundation

This exhibition runs from November 7th through December 14th at the Center for Architecture & Design, hosted by the Seattle Architecture Foundation.

Boliglaboratorium: A Danish Housing Lab is presented by Scan Design Foundation, in partnership with the Embassy of Denmark in Washington D.C.

Photos by Adam Mørk, Stine Bundgaard