Architects Without Borders is a humanitarian organization that creates development through architecture and planning
What’s on at Architects Without Borders
Here we bring you news about the work of Architects Without Borders. Stay updated on upcoming projects, new initiatives and opportunities in the organization as well as invitations to inspiring debate evenings and member events.
Build Back Green in Politiken newspaper
Can volunteer architects contribute to a greener reconstruction in Ukraine? We believe we can. Read the interview with team leader Olena Ruban from our Build Back Green Ukraine project.
Volunteers wanted for Tanzania project
Do you want to help create a better framework for civil society organizations in Africa? Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke’s Training Center for Development Cooperation (MS TCDC) is a Danish designed and beautifully located high school in Tanzania, which for over 50 years has provided a framework for teaching development work and social transformation. Now the school is…
Interview about school project in Tanzania
Read The Architectural Association's great interview with Brian and Diego who have spearheaded our Tanzanian school project
Our three programs
All projects are distributed within three thematic and mutually supportive programs: Construction & Development, City & Life and Knowledge & Communication. We advise and build for external development organizations, initiate our own development projects and host events focusing on the role of architecture in development work.
Construction & development
Here we design and execute high-quality buildings, outdoor spaces and interiors that contribute to local development, such as buildings for education, sanitation, social purposes and buildings that explore sustainable construction methods. The program supports development organizations at home and abroad with architectural services performed by our skilled volunteer teams.
Write to [email protected] if you are interested in a project collaboration.
By & Liv
Cities in the Global South are growing rapidly, and there are major challenges with slums, access to housing, health and mobility. In this program, we work with local partners on strategic development projects such as land rights, food security and sanitation for people living in slums. Along the way, we build knowledge about urban planning, policy frameworks and housing finance, and about slum social structures and decision-making processes.
Knowledge & Dissemination
Through our professional/social events Evening Without Borders, Project Nights, lectures, teaching and participation in fairs, festivals etc. we draw attention to development issues where architecture and planning can make a difference. We strive to support and further develop the architectural profession as a socially conscious and responsible profession.
Write to [email protected] if you would like us to visit you.
RECENT PROJECTS
Right now we are preparing an urban farming project in Uganda, designing a community center made of bio-based building materials in Ukraine and working to raise funding for a bicycle project in a number of Cuban cities… See more below.
Wayfinding at Center Sandholm
In this project, we give the Red Cross a hand in making it easier to find your way around Center Sandholm, Denmark's reception center for asylum seekers.
Build-back-green in Ukraine
A pilot project that investigates the ability of bio-based building materials to reduce CO2 emissions from the future reconstruction in Ukraine.
Intensive urban farming in Uganda
A climate adaptation project exploring ways to increase urban farming yields in slums
Land rights in Maputo #2
Through local planning and dialogue with municipal bodies and other stakeholders 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.
