Royal Danish Academy graduates showcase social housing, wool pavilion, and gamified food waste app

Key facts

• Over 250 students graduated from the Royal Danish Academy in 2026.
• Projects were presented at the graduation exhibition New Design and Architecture.
• Tómas Viðar Árnason designed Parque Emancipación, a social housing centre with a shaded football pitch in Mérida, Mexico.
• Karoline Frederikke Hyveled-Nielsen created a knitted wool pavilion called Meet… A Hygromorph that uses wool's hygromorphic properties for passive climate control.
• Yuhan Xia developed Chill Kitty, a gamified mobile app to help young adults manage fridge ingredients and reduce food waste.
• Viktoria Kurstak and Anneke Gerdes proposed three interventions along a stream in Neustift im Stubaital, Austria, including a sauna and bath using mountain water.
• David Siersted Poulsen created a menswear collection called The Square based on zero-waste construction and Danish textile traditions.
• Klara Dalgaard Reetz and Sarah Kirke Strand Andersen developed a strategic framework for Siorarsiorfik in Nuuk, Greenland, integrating military and civilian functions.
• Emilie Kjærgaard Hauge and Jeppe Chorchendorff Vinholt Johansen designed a tactile masterplan for a public school in Copenhagen to be accessible for children with blindness.
• Bruno Sven Levin Oberdoerfer made furniture from reclaimed pine from demolished mink farms using Design for Disassembly principles.
• Clara Elvira Wanscher Böll proposed an asylum centre in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District to spark public debate.
• Louise Borch Struckmann created a visual system using abstract forms to help chronic pain patients communicate their experiences.