Praksis Arkitekter ApS

Any tradition must continually be rewritten to be reborn and any innovations must know the tradition to challenge it. Thus, the practice's architectural program briefly formulated. This means that we not seek a nostalgic recreation of the past or the short-lived fad, but rather to create a long-lasting architecture that works at the second glance. In the tradition also includes a number of regional emblems that are at risk of disappearing in the era of increased globalization. We believe that a house should tell you about the place and the historical culture as it is plugged in, but is also aware that every culture stiffens if it is not confronted with renewal from the outside. It is therefore important to find the qualities of tradition that can provide meaningful responses to today's challenges. Only with knowledge of and respect for its own history, it is possible to meet the alien and the new openness. Architecture is also an art, as a result its permanence and the public are required to show respect. It must, when conditions arises, include in the surroundings in a way that highlights the existing qualities and leave space for future addition. This does not imply a waiver of an architectural character, just that such must adapt to mission specialty from project to project. The office delivers not a ready-made fabric, but looking in each case to develop individual and localized solutions.