Deane Simpson is an architect and professor of architecture, urbanism and planning at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen where he leads the masters program Urbanism and Societal Change. Educated at Columbia University and ETH Zürich, he has previously taught at the AA London, and the ETH; and previously practiced with Diller + Scofidio. His research addresses contemporary urban and architectural conditions, exploring themes such as: the spatial conditions aligned to the transformation of Nordic welfare systems; the urban implications of large-scale demographic transformation; social and environmental sustainability within urban and regional settings; and problems related to the securitization of public space. Drawing plays a central role in these explorations.Publications include: “Young-Old” (2015); “The City between Freedom and Security” (2017); “FormingWelfare” (2017); “Atlas of the Copenhagens” (2018) and “Architectures of Dismantling and Restructuring” (2022).
