David Sim: The Meaning of Life… Between Buildings

David Sim (SCO) is an architect and partner in Swedish-based ‘Softer’, and is a well-respected practitioner who has led master plans, urban strategies, and design work in cities across the world.
Kategori: Event, Forelæsning
Dato: 17/04/2026
Tid: 13:00 - 15:00
Lokation: Auditoriet, Arkitektskolen Aarhus, Exners Plads 7, 8000 Aarhus C
Arrangør: Arkitektskolen Aarhus

This talk is hosted by Studio Urban (1D). Lecture followed by a conversation with Jan Gehl.

David Sim used to be a partner and creative director at Gehl Architects, and has throughout his career had a focus on urban livability and sustainability planning, focused not around the hard science of architecture engineering, but the everyday encounters and infrastructure for public life

With the mantra “smaller, lower, slower, simpler”, David Sim and Softer aim to create kinder, gentler, more responsive, and more sustainable environments for human beings.

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