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Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
About
I am a Professor WSR at the Institute of Architecture and Design at The Royal Danish Academy, Cluster Leader and Founder of the Cluster for Material Studies, currently building a new exciting research environment including architects, designers, and engineers with affiliated chemists and psychologists. The research group investigates across material and structural scales, focusing on biogenic material compositions through qualitative and quantitative methods.
Trained as an Architect (MAA) and Civil Engineer (IDA), I have held positions as Associate Professor in Environmental Tectonics at Aalborg University (2018-2020) and Assistant Professor at Aalborg University (2015-2018). I hold a PhD from Aalborg University (2015) with visiting scholar studies at Columbia University (2014), a M.Arch. from the School of Architecture, UIC, Barcelona (2009) and MSc.Eng.Arch. from Aalborg University (2008).
Research
My research aims to understand natural and constructed relations between materials, environments and humans, with a particular focus on analysing and characterising fast-growing wood species for acoustic and thermal phenomena and performances. Through these investigations, I have made contributions through experimental studies with material composites, thermal-active material structures, algorithmic models and methods for analysing, characterizing and organizing complex fibrous materials, paired with theoretical studies in tectonics, and my theoretical concepts of environmental tectonics, acoustic tectonics and thermal tectonics. My experimental and applied research has led to patents in architecture and design based on novel material structures. The research draw theory, concepts and techniques from architecture, design, engineering, computer science and material science.
Teaching
My teaching is focused on experiment-driven projects, with a focus on material properties and emergent design, analysis and fabrication technologies, across Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD levels. Concretely, this includes lectures, seminars, studios and tutoring on material design, computational design, academic writing and review, design methods and architecture and design theory.
Industry
Research projects with industry partners are consistently in development, with the aim to accelerate the development and transfer of knowledge and concepts between practice and academia. These projects are supported by dedicated discussion and dissemination activities by dedicated seminars and conference formats that increase these relations. I am a frequently invited speaker to industry-oriented conferences and seminars, and an elected member of the Danish Association of Architects’ board on quality and qualifications that oversee the relations between graduates' competencies in relation to industry requirements.
Research area
- Architecture
- Design
- Materials
- Process and method
- Technology and digital design
- Aesthetics and form
Research output
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Acoustic Tectonics
Worre Foged, I., 2023, In: TAD - Technology | Architecture + Design. 7, 2, p. 232-243Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A Method for Designing with Deadwood for Architectural Acoustics
Worre Foged, I., 2023, Sustainable Development Goals Series, Design for Rethinking Resources. Springer Verlag, p. 377–392Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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A Method for Integrating Complex Material Variation in Human-Robot Co-Creation Design Processes
Jensen, M. B. & Worre Foged, I., 2023, 41st Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2023 - Graz, Østrig: eCAADe 2023 - Digital Design Reconsidered. eCAADe (Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe) and ITU / YTU, Vol. 1. p. 821-830 10 p.Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Development of Thermal Clay Modules
Hansen, F. T., Worre Foged, I. & Fragkia, V., 18 Sept 2023, In: Formakademisk. 16, 4, 13 p.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Daylight Diagram – A Method to Map and Analyse the Temporal Conditions of Daylight Intensity
Worre Foged, I., 2023, (Accepted/In press) Light Symposium 2023 Proceedings.Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Conference presentation: Daylight Diagram - A new method to map and analyze the temporal conditions of daylight intensity
Isak Worre Foged (Lecturer)
4 Dec 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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Keynote Lecture 'Forundring - Forsøg - Forskning'
Isak Worre Foged (Lecturer)
17 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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Conference presentation: Therma Testa: A Method for the Development of Thermal Clay Tiles
Isak Worre Foged (Lecturer)
26 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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Keynote Lecture: Utzon Investigations
Isak Worre Foged (Lecturer)
6 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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Invited speaker for symposium presentation: Transformation of Biogenic Materials - Experiments and Development of Aesthetic and Acoustic Properties
Isak Worre Foged (Lecturer)
21 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution