We see architecture as a living process, which can adapt and grow with people. Our work fosters experience over possession.
Studio
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Who
Archival Studies was established in 2018 and is a Copenhagen-based design studio focused on adaptive architecture and the spaces it shapes.
We operate from a hybrid studio and workshop, allowing us to prototype and fabricate in-house, with the ambition of pushing the boundaries of conventional building standards.
At Archival, we design not only spaces but also furniture, lighting solutions, and structural systems, all with a strong focus on modularity and adaptability.
Our commercial projects range from large-scale consultancy to smaller-scale design-build work. Regardless of scale, every project is approached holistically, from detail to social context, with long-term care, reuse, and repurposing at the forefront of our practice.
Workshop
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How
We work across scales and disciplines to realize adaptive, meaningful and responsible solutions.
Our approach begins with a contextual analysis and unfolds through prototyping, co-creation, and real-world testing.
By combining traditional craft with digital fabrication, we enable systems that support disassembly and long-term adaptation.
Each project is approached holistically, from detail to social context, always with long-term care, reuse, and repurposing in mind.
We engage clients as active partners, ensuring every solution is tailored, inclusive, and alive.
Exhibition, Archival Studies x Gammel Strand, 3 Days of Design, 2024
Publication, book, Reset Materials, exhibition design, 2023
Exhibition, Parts of a Whole, with Artikel København, 3 Days of Design, 2023
Exhibition, Mindcraft Project, Online exhibition, 2021
Publication, magazine, Kōnā Restaurant, Monocle, 2021
Publication, magazine, Archival Studies, Euroman, 2020
Exhibition, Studio X , 3 Days of Design, 2020
Publication, book, 11 rum: Nyindretning at Marienborg, 2019
Exhibition, Give Tradition a New Meaning, Living Is Giving, Beijing Design Week 2018
Grants and Residencies
Dreyers Legatforløb 2025
Business Grant, The Young Artistic Elite Grant, Statens Kunstfond Danish Arts Foundation, 2019
Travel Grant Japan, Danish Arts Foundation, 2019
Travel Grant Japan, Dreyers Fond, 2018
Residency, Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen, 2018
Project grant, Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond, Denmark, 2017
Lectures
The Royal Danish Academy of Art, School of Architecture, ‘Archival Praxis’, Copenhagen, 2025
Singularch Lecture Series, ‘Transforming the Already Excisting’, Bratislava, 2024
Latvian Design Award, ‘Transforming the Already Excisting’, Riga, 2023
The Royal Danish Academy of Art, School of Architecture, ‘Understanding the Already Excisting’, Copenhagen, 2022
The Royal Danish Academy of Art, School of Architecture, ‘Lecture 01’ Copenhagen, 2018
