Political Architecture: Critical Sustainability

Description Political Architecture is our primary object and concern – a question and a statement in one. If politics pertains to the guidance and advancement of resources and forces in society, political architecture builds on an awareness of architecture complicit with politics – that is, its more or less directly designated role in political regulations of society and social life. Yet what architecture can do reaches beyond deliberate politics. Specifically, we ask what architecture does and can do in regions on the planet where critical attention toward matters of societal resilience and development are more urgent than elsewhere. Thus, Critical Sustainability recognizes an urgent political task: to question the currently prevailing doctrines of architectural sustainability and to develop intellectually probing and architecturally daring alternatives. Career Opportunities For more information on career paths, please contact The Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design and Conservation: E-mail: admission@kglakademi.dk About the Degree Education at PA:CS is structured after the yearly cycle. The defining event is the fieldwork expedition, which for each year targets a new destination and lasts for approx. three weeks, usually in October-November. Students’ project work focuses for the rest of the year on a particular site discovered during fieldwork. Admission Applicants with a bachelor degree in architecture from a nationally recognized school of architecture are eligible for admission. Prospective students should also be aware that English language proficiency is expected at a level where you are able to read academic literature and engage freely in conversations. For more information about admission, see https://royaldanishacademy.com/en/admission-master Tuition Fee Non-EU/EEA/Swiss degree students will be eligible to pay tuition fee. Students on an exchange programme are not required to pay tuition. For Further Information Visit our website: https://royaldanishacademy.com Information from the Danish Agency for Higher Education can be located at http://ufm.dk/en You will find information about the Danish assessment of foreign qualifications in Guide to diploma recognition About the Educational System in general visit the section The Danish Higher Education System

Living costs€1,770 a month in Copenhagen, rent included

€21,240

Living costs from SiT estimate from livingcost.org city data (Nov 2026), converted from USD at the ECB reference rate of 30 Oct 2026 (1 EUR = 1.1172 USD)

Typical requirements in Denmark for this degree level. Your advisor gives you the final list.

• A completed qualification that gives access to Master's Degree study.
• Academic transcripts and any programme-specific assessment the institution asks for.
• Your advisor checks the final requirements for your education system and intake.

Confirm the accepted English-language evidence with the institution for the selected intake.

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A typical checklist for this degree level. Your advisor gives you the final list.

The central catalogue records this programme as accredited.