Projects per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Associate Professor, PhD, Architect MAA René Kural is the former director of the Centre for Sports and Architecture and now director of Activity- and health-enhancing Physical Environments Network (APEN) and the international network Active Cities Network (ACN). René has just been appointed director of the Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA), Sports and Leisure Group. As well as he is an independent practicing architect with his firm René Kural Architects. Since 1996, René Kural has been involved in research, communication, counseling and development of Danish and foreign municipalities, architectural firms, government agencies and foundations.
René Kural is the author of ten books, of which the latest Town Hall at the Edge of the Forest about Søllerød Town Hall by Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen is published by the publisher Rhodos. He has also contributed a large number of articles and feature articles on body culture, urban planning, urban space, landscape and architecture for Danish and international magazines. He recently served as visiting professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology and (ToKoDai) and Tokyo University of Science (TUS). René Kural is the Danish member of the Union International des Architectes (UIA) Sports and Leisure Group. In 2013, winner of the Olympic Committee (IOC / IAKS) bronze for Herning Football Exploratorium in collaboration with GBH Landscape Architects, and the same year recipient of the President’s Award, Tokyo University of Science.
René Kural has been Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, New York, and at Tokyo Institute of Technology for several years, and has been invited as lecturer to Asia and most countries in Europe. René Kural is among other appointed the Danish member of Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA), Sports and Leisure Group, member of the Think Tank of Sports in the municipality of Copenhagen, appointed as external examiner at the University of Copenhagen, and reviewer for Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports.
Rene Kural functions as adviser for Danish and foreign municipalities and architects offices among others resulting in three 1. prizes in architectural competitions for the last 1½ year.
Research area
- City
- City Planning
- accesability
- Urban Medicine
- Construction
- Architecture
- Institutional estates
- Urban planning
- Building for sport and leisure
- Cultural buildings
- hospitals
- schools
- Spaces for body culture
- Spaces for seniors
- Health
- Japanese architecture and urban planning
- Theory and philosophy
- Theory about Cities and architecture,
Projects
APEN: Activity- and Health-enhancing Physical Environments Network
Kural, R., Carroll, S. & Nørtoft, K. P. J.
01/01/2016 → 31/12/2020
Project: Other
Ulighed i sundhed: Seniorer
Kural, R., Carroll, S. & Nørtoft, K. P. J.
01/02/2016 → 28/02/2020
Project: Research
Research Output
Platform eller indhegning
Kural, R., 31 Jan 2019, In : Arkitekten. 1, 121, p. 38 1 p.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
Rådhuset i skovbrynet: Om Søllerød Rådhus tegnet af Arne Jacobsen og Flemming Lassen.
Kural, R., 30 Aug 2018, Rhodos - Forlag for videnskab og kunst. 103 p.Publications: Book / Anthology / Thesis / Report › Book
The Town Hall at the Edge of the Forest: About Søllerød Rådhus designed by Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen
Kural, R., 30 Aug 2018, Rhodos - Science and Art Publishers. 103 p.Publications: Book / Anthology / Thesis / Report › Book
Move the Neighborhood: Study design of a community-based participatory public open space intervention
Pawlowski, C. S., Winge, L., Carroll, S., Schmidt, T. B., Wagner, A. M., Nørtoft, K. P. J., Lamm, B., Kural, R., Schipperijn, J. & Troelsen, J., 2017.Publications: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research › peer-review
Move the Neighbourhood: Study design of a community-based participatory public open space intervention in a Danish deprived neighbourhood to promote active living
Pawlowski, C. S., Winge, L., Carroll, S., Schmidt, T. B., Wagner, A. M., Nørtoft, K. P. J., Lamm, B., Kural, R., Schipperijn, J. & Troelsen, J., 2017, In : BMC Public Health. 17, 481, 10 p., 17:48.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
Den Internationale Olympiske Komittés IOC/IAKS Award 2013: Bronze to the: Fodbold Eksperimentarium, Hering, Denmark
Kural, René (Recipient), 22 Oct 2013
Prize: Prizes
Activities
Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA), Sports and Leisure Group (External organisation)
René Kural (Member)
7 Nov 2019 → 6 Nov 2023
Activity: Membership › Membership in board of company or public organisation
Good Health and Well-being
René Kural (Lecturer)
25 Oct 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Active Urban Spaces Connecting People.
René Kural (Participant)
10 Oct 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
Københavns Kommune, Sundheds- og Omsorgsforvaltningen (External organisation)
René Kural (Member)
19 Sep 2019 → 18 Sep 2020
Activity: Membership › Membership in research network
Burn calories, not gasoline.
René Kural (Lecturer)
9 Sep 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Press / Media
Tennisstjernen Leif Rovsing blev bandlyst fra Sportsverdenen
27/03/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Et modernistisk fyrtårn – uden tårn
02/10/2018
1 item of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Nedtællingen til skibakken på Amager er begyndt
27/07/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media