2G 90: Johansen Skovsted

Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter is an architectural office based in Copenhagen, founded by Søren Johansen (b. 1981) and Sebastian Skovsted (b. 1982) in 2014. They have both studied architecture at Royal Danish Academy, where they have also been teaching from 2015-2021. Since its inception, they have addressed different typologies, such as pavilions, the rehabilitation of historic buildings, different interventions in the Tipperne bird sanctuary, the CODAN office and warehouse building, and museum installations, all of them built in Denmark. Their works featured in this 2G issue speak to us of slow construction times, alien to the speed of Instagram, of images elaborated slowly that are capable of permeating both the entire local constructive translation and the landscape, whether natural or urban, to which they belong. And among all the combination of genres and mutual influences, the architecture of Johansen Skovsted is presented as an intelligent response to current challenges, being able to connect with contemporaneity without renouncing what not so long ago was known as genius loci.