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Scandinavian Design: Projects, Journals & Ideas

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Scandinavian design refers to the architecture and visual culture of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland, which share a preference for natural materials, clear form, and a close relationship to landscape and climate. Its principles are often traced to the mid-twentieth century, when public housing and civic buildings were used to test ideas about light, function, and accessibility.

Work collected here includes a cycling bridge in Copenhagen shaped after grassy longhouse hills, a sustainable timber community in Sweden drawing on local building tradition, a home in Veddige set into its natural surroundings, and a lakeside retreat in Finland. Together they show how the region's attention to materials, setting, and everyday comfort applies across scales.

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Viki link

A bridge with green hills representing Denmark in its historical and modern age inspired by the country's roots in Vikings

Hernan and 2 others

Genesis

Genesis, the modular, cost-effective and aesthetic hand cart for a post Covid-19 street vendor scenario. Genesis offers each vendor modular personalization, a cost effective design and a blank canvas for the vendor's product, brand and personality to take the spotlight.

Magdalena

THE HYGGE PATH

Set on the slope of the Nærøyfjord, this self-sufficient retreat harmoniously integrates with its surroundings, serving locals, visitors seeking emotional renewal, and active tourists. Architecture fosters regeneration, contemplation, and nature connection, while preserving the landscape and ecosystem.

Paweł

slóð

the main task of the designed architecture is to dialogue with the landscape

Lukas and 3 others

The modular cabin

Connection between architecture and nature. The five different A-Frame modules can be individually combined to form a matching unit that finds a suitable format for everyone. The building structure is made of natural materials and embeds itself appropriately in the natural context to relate the site-specific existing timber construction.

Ilona

drive branch

The main idea of this building can be described by the keywords of DRIVE and TREE. Drive as a meaning of “one that provides impulse or motivation”, and also it represents the intuitive dynamism children would find in this open environment. Tree is a metaphor of individual development: children start their individual growth at a very young age by growing diff

Misak and 2 others

At Home With Nature

This home is a place where you can stay in connection with the nature. The client wants to live nearby the city of Amsterdam but in a surrounding with trees and nature. The home of the future is the home where we can stay in close contact with nature, with healthy building materials for human and the environment.

Susan and Roman

THE SIX GUARDIANS

The project, an ensemble of small scale public spaces, is comprised of eight delicate elements; two floating platforms in the middle and six green inverted octagonal pyramids, three on each side of the river.

Ondřej

The HOME on Ryhavevej

The project questions traditional division between different groups of dwellers which are often found on different ends of the city and brings them together to create a vibrant community into complicated neighbourhood.

Simon

'Ti POD

A cosy refuge in the alps.

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UNI Editorial

publishedBlog1 hour ago

Note Design Studio Steps a Skåne Longhouse Down a Sloping Österlen Site and Lines It in Lye-Washed Pine

A plastered, zinc-roofed villa in Österlen, southern Sweden, where lye-washed pine and dark stone turn a farmhouse type into a room for gatherings.

Residential Building

Architecture

UNI Editorial

publishedResults3 weeks ago

Viki Link: A Copenhagen Cycling Bridge Shaped as Grassy Longhouse Hills

Majid Aghazadeh's bridge folds Viking longhouse forms into walkable green slopes, turning a cycling crossing into a riverside civic landscape.

Landscape Design

Concept Architecture

UNI Editorial

publishedStory11 months ago

Kivikhusen by STADSTUDIO: A Sustainable Wooden Community Rooted in Swedish Tradition

Kivikhusen by STADSTUDIO is a sustainable wooden housing community in Österlen, Sweden, blending village traditions with contemporary Scandinavian design.

Residential Building

Architecture

UNI Editorial

publishedStory1 year ago