MASTER’S EDUCATIONS

Medialogy

In the Medialogy master’s education, students learn about the science and technology behind groundbreaking interactive digital systems, and they learn to develop computer games, computer-generated 3D-graphics and interactive media products.

Students gain a professional profile directed at both the Danish and international job market, and graduates from the education are known for their skills in designing and programming new, interactive media products and tools, for example, computer games, advanced digital user interfaces, or virtual reality experiences.. Evaluating complex media systems on the basis of tests as well as evaluating technology in relation to user-oriented aspects are also competences that students gain from the Master’s education in Medialogy.

Project Example

Improving the passenger experience using virtual reality

The group wanted to explore the potential of Virtual Reality in public transport. In collaboration with Metroselskabet, they investigated how to visualize the effect of moving the check-in and check-out card readers at Nørreport Station in Copenhagen. The purpose of their project was to improve the passenger flow, especially during rush hour, by helping the designers create interventions in urban areas.

By using virtual reality, the group managed to locate the most crowded areas at the station, and they created heat maps with an overview of the most problematic traffic points. This would help the designers place the card readers differently to optimize the passenger flow.

Students: Ivan David Tovar Siso, Kasper Amstrup Jensen and Stefan Nordborg Eriksen

Supervisor: Claus Brøndgaard Madsen

Service Systems Design

At the Service Systems Design Master’s education, students learn how to plan and organise people, infrastructure, communication, media and components of a service, in order to improve its quality, the interaction between service provider and customers, and the customers’ experience.

Some of the people who pioneered service design drive the education and it is uniquely connected to vibrant communities of entrepreneurs and social innovators in

Denmark and abroad. Graduates from Service Systems

Design work for companies such as Danske Bank, Bang & Olufsen, Roche, Fujitsu, Novo Nordisk and they help public organizations such as the Danish Tax Authority, Copenhagen Police, and Copenhagen Healthtech Cluster to provide better and more impactful services.

Project Example

Hang Øut - how teens can create their own cultural life

How can you create more cultural experiences for teenagers? The group chose teenagers as a target group based on an open brief from a client, Kulturdistriktet, who creates cultural experiences in Østerbro, Copenhagen. The group identified problems amongst the target group such as loneliness after covid, drinking, and lack of meeting places.

This resulted in the concept Hang Øut where teens could take part in creating cultural experiences. Hang Øut included a mentorship program where teens were guided by Kulturdistriktet in building the community and how to use this knowledge to create events and a cultural life for other teens. This concept allowed teenagers to have a hand in building their own community.

Students: Diana Miinea, Martin Ekberg Ljungstrøm, Nika Sajovic, Tereza Keprdova and Trine Annika Meine

Supervisors: Andy Peruccon and Maria Vitaller del Olmo

Sound And Music Computing

Graduates from the master’s education in Sound and Music Computing will become important players in the new information society. Through a combination of practice and theory in subjects such as data modelling, signal processing, pattern recognition, sound technology and -perception, cognition and interactive systems, students obtain a solid background in a fast-growing field. Annually, Denmark exports sound and music products for over €2 billion such as hearing aids, multimedia productions, music equipment, communication technology, hi-fi equipment, games development and measuring equipment, etc.

Project Example

Improving the sound experience for people with impaired hearing

The student wanted to help people with severe hearing loss. These people can no longer benefit from hearing aids and they need a cochlear implant. Training has a crucial role in the improvement of hearing capabilities of cochlear implant users, and he developed three audio-haptic prototypes: one for a smartphone, a tablet and a soft toy for different target groups.

The smartphone prototype was developed in collaboration with Oticon Medical for adults while the tablet prototype was designed for children in collaboration with Copenhagen Hearing and Balance Centre (CHBC) at Rigshospitalet. The purpose of the tablet prototype was to help children with their sound exercises to recognize vowels and consonants. The soft toy was developed with CHBC for kids around two years and plays sounds and vibrations when the kid hugs the toy to assist sound training.

Student: Francesco Ganis

Supervisors: Stefania Serafin and Marianna Vatti

Lighting Design

In recent years, lighting technology has undergone a revolution, including intelligent and interactive control of light in rooms. Moreover, new lighting technologies and use of interactive screens are becoming increasingly visible in the public space. Therefore, professional and highly educated lighting designers are sought after. Companies are looking for people who understand lighting design, who are able to work with existing technologies and develop new and smart solutions.

The Master’s education in Lighting Design is a cross-disciplinary and international program based in a special Danish and Nordic tradition for light perception. Focus is on how the technical qualities of light and materials are applied in order to promote comfort and aesthetics.

Project Example

Lighting inspired by nature and organic movements

How can lighting have a positive impact on people’s wellbeing? The students investigated biophilic principles for lighting design to support people’s health and wellbeing. Biophilic principles refer to the fact that people relate to nature and can experience positive emotions when interacting with nature or analogues of nature.

Therefore, they designed lighting patterns inspired by nature to help people in big cities with little nature. They tested the designs on participants using EEG which showed changes in the participants brainwaves and the emotional influence of the different light patterns. One of their lighting designs was inspired by waves and was designed to resemble the natural and organic movements of waves, when the light was reflected on a surface.

Students:

Annabelle Josephine Hill and Hala Helal Nabi

Supervisor:

Georgios Triantafyllidis

Our vision is to install our lighting designs in cities with limited nature and create a more natural environment to improve people’s wellbeing.

Industrial Design

The Master’s programme in Industrial Design focuses on an integrated process of concept design, construction and product development. Aesthetical competencies and creativity in the design development process are combined with knowledge of construction, product development, ergonomics, materials, environment, design management and economy.

With a Master’s degree in Industrial Design, students gain an understanding of product design and business perspectives. Graduates from Industrial Design are capable of combining solutions and products that are innovative as well as functional.

Project Example

Wanderlust – creating a new hiking experience

The students created the ultimate boot dryer which is able to dry a pair of boots in just three hours. The solution was created primarily for hikers, who experienced issues with wet boots from either sweat or rain. They wanted to create the ultimate solution that differed from existing products on the market.

The device should be small, portable, and easy to bring on hikes. It also should be able to dry boots quickly. With Wanderlust, they created a portable device with plenty of attention to detail. Therefore, their focus was on choosing the right materials, the aesthetics and creating a device, that would be easy to bring on hikes.

Students: Frederik Kiersgaard Lund, Mette Clausen Nielsen and Mie Charlotte Lundborg Have Supervisors: Christian Tollestrup and Lars Rosgaard Jensen

Architecture

At the Master’s education in Architecture, the Nordic context is the point of departure for exploring the intersection of architecture and engineering in a local and a global perspective. Sustainability and tectonics are central and interlinked fields of importance in this regard, as the students challenge and develop the social, environmental and economic role of architecture towards an enhancement of the built environment. In doing so the students integrate a multitude of aesthetic, functional, constructive, contextual, material, and environmental aspects of architectural space while exploring its relation with- and influence upon our health and well-being in a problem based learning environment. Hence, with a foundation in an intersection of theories, methods and experiments pertaining to architecture and engineering, the Master’s education in Architecture ensures an interdisciplinary and international competence profile.

Project Example

Adaptable architecture: A transformation of Haus der Statistik

Through a holistic approach, the architecture students wanted to challenge the traditional perception of buildings. They worked on a transformation of Haus der Statistik which is located in Berlin near Alexander Platz. They were inspired by the area, and they ‘translated’ urban elements of Berlin to fit with the building. For example, a nearby park was transformed into a winter garden.

A primary focus for the group was sustainability and adaptable architecture which refers to how easy it is to transform a building. They suggested a transformation where the building could easily be transformed in a more sustainable way when new needs arise.

Students: Catrine Neddergaard Helleberg, Cecilie Brandt Nielsen and Lea Skov Andersen

Supervisors: Lars Brorson Fich and Christopher Just Johnston

We wanted to create a city within the building and bring the atmosphere of Berlin inside Haus der Statistik.

URBAN DESIGN Specialisation in Urban Architecture

The Master’s education in Urban Design with specialization in Urban Architecture takes its point of departure in a number of current and future challenges in relation to the design of the built environment and urban spaces. You will get a solid and professional foundation in subjects, methods and theories of urban design, including technologies, modelling and user involvement.

The specialisation in Urban Architecture offers each student a creative combination of problem-based learning (PBL) and realistic projects with “hands-on” challenges that equip the student to address e.g. climate change, temporary urban development projects,urban mobility, projects and strategies of the culture city, the urban landscape and city growth.

Project Example

Sydhavnen: connecting a community

The students wanted to challenge how Sydhavnen, a community in Copenhagen’s South Harbor, is developing as a community. The area was characterized by mass-housing built by the private sector and being disconnected, because the area was developed in a short period of time. Therefore, they wanted to think about the residents in the area and how they might create a community where the residents' needs were taken into consideration and where they could feel safe.

Their design proposal was focused on embracing the residents' different backgrounds and creating a connected and socially functional neighborhood. The group suggested residential buildings combined with public functions in the bottom and at the top of the buildings. This is linked to the vision of creating multifunctional opportunities that aimed to enhance unity and strengthen the mixed neighborhood in Sydhavnen.

Students: Eldjona Mataj, Frederik Korgaard Wommelsdorff and Marina Lamprinoudaki

Supervisor: Nicolai Steinø

From the summer of 2023 there is only one urban design master's degree, no specialisations.

URBAN DESIGN Specialisation in Mobilities and Urban Studies

The Master’s education in Urban Design with specialisation in Mobilities & Urban Studies approaches mobilities as more than simply movement and it offers a new innovative and cross-disciplinary mobility-profession based on the new mobilities turn. The specialisation in Mobilities & Urban studies integrates the diverse challenges that are related to an increasing physical mobility (traffic and transportation by car, plane or train alike), increased use of virtual mobility (mobile phones and smart transport systems), increasing social mobility (tourism and migration) and environmentally friendly and sustainable

Viby Torv: Connecting mobility systems with urban spaces

This project is focused on Viby Torv in Aarhus, an area with a mobility system primarily centered around cars and public transport.

They wanted to challenge the current way mobilities are organized at Viby Torv. Moreover, the purpose of the project was to connect the mobility systems with the urban spaces. It should be easier for the user to make smooth transitions when transitioning from different modes of transport. This resulted in a master plan of the mobility hub 'Viby Centrum' which proposes an inclusive space for the mobilists and their individual mobility needs along with current residents and users of Viby Torv.

Olivia Hecht Stenum and Simone Andresen

We wanted to challenge the existing transport system on how they are planning traffic.