Can design strengthen community?

Right now, 150 new community spaces are being built across Denmark – primarily using recycled materials – as part of an extraordinary project called Vores Sted ( Our Place ). Funded by the Danish philanthropic association Realdania , the project aims to rein v ent the community gathering place for the 21 st century. The community spaces, designed as four distinct types of pavilions, are the result of a c ollaboration between Danish architect ural firm s ReVærk , Cobe, Archival Studies, pihlmann architects, Rumgehør og Studio XYZ. In this episode our host Michael Booth, takes a trip to the southern Jutland town of Tønder with ReVærk's founding partner, Simeon Østerlund Bamford, to visit one of the new pavilions - and to discover the surprising source of the materials used to buil d it. Guest: Simeon Østerlund Bamford, Partner ReVærk Host: Michael Booth Let's Talk Architecture is a podcast by Danish Architecture Center. Sound edits by Munck Studios.

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Can design strengthen community? is an episode from Let's Talk Architecture by Danish Architecture Center – DAC.

This episode is 33:01 long.

This episode was published on Aug 28, 2025.

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