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Architects Without Borders is a humanitarian organization that uses architecture and planning as tools for enabling development.
What’s On
Follow our work. We bring news about ongoing projects, hosting debates that emphasize the role of the architectural profession in development work, and lastly, keeping you up to date with new initiatives and opportunities within the organization.
Welcome to our new website!
We are so happy to finally show off our new website – and to be able to present ourselves with a site that reflects the professionalism and dedication that characterises our organisation. We owe a great debt of thanks to Dreyers Fond, whose donation have made the new website possible – and to Monsun, who…
Follow our team in Sierra Leone
Throughout the week you can follow one of our project teams, who have travelled to Freetown in Sierra Leone, where we are collaborating with FANT – Football for a new tomorrow to design a new football clubhouse. The project is now at a stage where the project team have been able to travel to Freetown…
Aarhus Architecture Festival 2021 x Architects Without Borders Denmark
Join us for a guided tour and showcase of our latest project, Byg Udenfor – temporary housing for the homeless Saturday 9 October 2021 on the occasion of this year's Aarhus Architecture Festival.
Looking for volunteer event planners
We're creating a new event planning group and are looking for volunteers to join.
New publication about Byg UDENFOR
We are proud to present a new publication about our latest project Byg UDENFOR, which consists of temporary, mobile housing for the homeless in Aarhus with the target group involved in user design and co-construction.
Pillars of work
Our work is based on three complementary pillars: advising and building for external NGOs; initiating development projects focusing on planning and land rights; facilitating discussions focusing on the role of architecture within development work.
Building
We design and construct buildings of high architectural quality that contribute to local development. We offer a three-step process that allows us to support construction projects within NGOs. This entails clarification of needs, sketch proposals, and/or construction management. Do not hesitate to contact us to know more about our collaboration model.
Planning
Cities in the Global South are currently experiencing profound growth, meanwhile penury increases, leaving large groups of its population in deep deprivation. Our work centers land rights upgrading of poor housing conditions, in which we unpack and continuously acquire knowledge about planning practices, political conditions, housing financing models, social structures, and local decision-making processes.
Debate
A crucial part of our development work is discussions and debates through our social events ‘Evening Without Borders’, media appearances, and participation in fairs and festivals that altogether allow us to draw attention to issues related to development in which architecture and planning can contribute to making a difference. We strive to support the profession as a socially conscious and responsible profession.
Ongoing projects
Architects Without Borders Denmark aims at contributing with architectural and developmental expertise. We are currently engaged in a variety of projects including a new clubhouse that centers football for the vulnerable youth in Sierra Leone, the finalization of a new dairy cooperative for poor dairy farmers in Mongolia, and the construction of new housing typologies as well as securing land rights for residents living in Mozambique’s informal settlements, to name but a few.
FANT – Football Clubhouse
In Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, we're assisting the organisation FANT in designing a hybrid clubhouse and social meeting space that prevents young people from street life and into a committed and enriching community.
Land rights in Maputo
Through local planning and ongoing dialogues with local municipal bodies in Maputo, we are currently involved in a larger project that aims at providing formal land rights to the land occupied by thousands of residents in Maputo’s informal settlements.
From slum to a sustainable settlement
Can slums, financed by increasing land value, be transformed into sustainable settlements? The question is investigated further in this project, inspired by a method developed by UN-Habitat.
Cooperative Dairy in Khovsgol
We are working on the final touches on a new cooperative dairy for dairy farmers in Khovsgol, Mongolia. The dairy increases the farmers’ ability to produce and sell their high-quality dairy products at a more reasonable price as an engine to prevent poverty in the region. The dairy is jointly owned by the farmers in…
Casas Melhoradas
Casas Melhoradas (improving housing) is a housing project born out of the ambition to improve the housing conditions of low-income groups in Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique. The project introduces a series of new housing typologies and techniques in Maputo’s informal settlements.
