laura garcia mas and amin maleki
Spatial design MA
Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design and Conservation
Specialisms: Interior Design / Lighting / Modelmaking
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
laura garcia mas and amin maleki
First Name: laura garcia mas and amin
Last Name: maleki
Specialisms: Interior Design / Lighting / Modelmaking
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My Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
University / College: Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design and Conservation
Course / Program Title: Spatial design MA
About
We’re spatial designers exploring transformation, scenography, and exhibition design, driven by an interest in creating spaces that become channels for sharing knowledge, exchanging opinions, and fostering collective experiences.
The project reimagines a timber barn built in 1907 in Sønderbro, Amager, as a multifunctional workshop and exhibition space activated by Fabrikken for Kunst og Design and open to the local community. It seeks to preserve the barn’s historical character while introducing thoughtful, flexible interventions that adapt the space for contemporary use. Emphasising sensory experience through spatial design and tactile fixtures, the project aims to create an environment that feels welcoming. The barn becomes a place where making, showing, and gathering intersect, supporting both individual practice and shared experience. With limited early access to the barn, we used physical models early on to translate sketches into spatial form. These helped us explore light, scale, object placement, and atmosphere, revealing how the barn’s qualities could support future use. We approached the barn as a dynamic context shaped by human presence. Through observation, material testing, and iterative making, physical models became key tools for shaping and grounding the design.
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