Accelerated Innovation, Technology, and Biomaterials

• Understand the possibilities of biomaterials in the design of built environments.
• Understand commercial logics and innovation practices that allow radical sustainable solution to reach the market.
• Understand how local biological resources have a positive impact towards more sustainable construction and design chains.
• Understand methods of considerate innovation and accelerated design to bring ideas to fruition.

• Danish biomaterials, past present and future.
• Introduction to accelerated design and considerate design approaches
• Introduction to the multidisciplinary roles and capabilities of taking sustainable ideas to mainstream market in a multistakeholder environment
• Introduction to carbon footprint assessment software and the Carbon Pyramid
• Wicked problems methodology and the management of systemic innovation dynamics

Week 1:

• Visits to key sites and industry/studios dealing with sustainable material development.
• Excursion to historical uses natural material in construction, from hay to seaweed.
• Visit and lectures at Centre for Information technology and Architecture “CITA” at the Royal Danish Academy.

Week 2:

• Lecture and presentation of design methodologies from Master course Architecture and Extreme Environments.
• 2 day workshop in problem solving oriented design, group work: from challenge to hypothesis.

For UW Students, enrollment in a University of Washington Global Innovation Exchange graduate course is required for participation. UW Alumni can contact us for other arrangements.

Included in the course fees:

• Instruction Costs
• Accommodation (all participants must stay in designated housing in Copenhagen)
• Some meals (TBD)
• Administrative Fees
• UW Study Tour enrollment fees

Not included in the above fees (participant responsibility):

1. Travel to Copenhagen (flights)
2. UW mandatory travel insurance (approximately $2/day)
3. Other meals and incidentals not covered above