Education

Aalborg University - Institute for Urban Design 

Ph.D. in urbanism, 2004  

Dissertation title: “The City Rediscovered – Tracing Contemporary Urbanism” 

Aarhus School of Architecture, AAA 

Cand. Arch, MAA (professional degree), 1997 

State University of New York in Buffalo, SUNY 

Graduate studies in Architecture, 1992-1993 

 

Academic Experience

Aga Khan Visiting Fellow 

Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, spring 2010

Associate Professor in Urbanism and Urban Design 

Aarhus School of Architecture, AAA, 2007 - present 

Lecturer and Instructor 

Aarhus School of Architecture, AAA, 2006 - 2007 

Visiting Scholar 

Faculty of Architecture, The University of Sydney, Australia, fall 2005  

Assistant Professor in Urbanism and Urban Design 

Institute of Architecture & Design, Aalborg University, 2003 - 2005 

Doctoral Candidate in Urbanism and Urban Design 

Institute of Architecture & Design, Aalborg University, 2000 - 2003 

Visiting Lecturer 

Institute for Urbanism, AHO, Oslo, fall 2004  

Teaching Assistant 

Aarhus School of Architecture, AAA, 1997 - 2000  

 

Guest Lecturer and Critic

Sint Lucas School of Architecture, Ghent Belgium, 2011, 2013 

Technical University of Denmark, DTU, 2010 - present 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Cambridge, MA., 2009, 2010 

Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow, 2009 

Harvard Graduate School of Design GSD, Cambridge, MA., 2007, 2010

Faculty of Architecture KTH, Stockholm, Sweden, 2006 - 2009 

Faculty of Architecture, University of Sydney, Australia, fall 2005

The Oslo School of Architecture and Design AHO, Norway, 2003 - present 

The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, 2003 

The Royal Academy’s School of Architecture, Copenhagen, 2003 - present 

Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 2002 

Delft School of Architecture, Holland, 2000 

Aarhus Art Academy, Denmark, 1999 

 

Professional Experience

Independent adviser in architecture and urban design, 2011 - present 

Partner of Architectural Office TRANSFORM, 1997 - 2005 

Freelance at Architectural Office Bæk, Simonsen & Aaris, 1997 - 2000 

Part-timer at Architectural Office JWH Architects, 1997 - 1998  

 

Architectural Competitions

A New City Centre in Kiruna, 2012  

Prequalified competition / with COBE; Kragh & Berglund; Moe & Brødsgård; Yngve Andrén Konsult

Erhvervskorridoren ved Silkeborg, 2012  

Second phase / with Møller & Grønborg and Transform

Et byrumsforløb mellem Svendborg bymidte og havn, 2012  

Prequalified competition / with SLA; Public arkitekter; 2+1 IDEBUREAU; Rene Kural

Søndermarken, Vejle / Fremtidens Forstæder, 2012  

1. price / with Transform and SLA

City in between / Fremtidens Forstæder, Aalborg Øst, 2012  

Prequalified competition / with COBE; MVRDV; Kragh & Berglund; Moe & Brødsgård; Yngve Andrén Konsult

Farum i udvikling / Fremtidens Forstæder, 2012  

Prequalified competition / with BIG; Grontmij; Thing & Wainø

Conference and Congress Centre in Madrid, 2007  

3. price / with Arkitema

Performing Arts Center, Kristiansand, 2005  

2. price / with Transform

Byområde i Lisbjerg, Denmark, 2003  

Honourable mentioning / with Transform

Prags Boulevard, Copenhagen, 2002  

3. price / with Transform

Hyperblock, Lelystad. Europan 6, 2001  

Honourable mentioning / with Transform

Masterplan for Aarhus Harbour, Denmark, 1999  

Open competition / with Transform; Exfolio Svein Tønsager

Byens fremtid / The Future of the City, 1999  

Danish Arts Foundation Award Competition / with Transform

Rådhus med hovedbibliotek og flerkinoanlæg i Tromsø, Norway, 1999  

Open competition / with Transform

Idekonkurrence om et boligområde i Sorø, 1999  

4. price in open competition / with Transform

Fremtidens daginstitutioner, 1997  

Open competition / with Transform and Søren Gornitzka

Parcelhuset som arkitektur, 1998  

Danish Arts Foundation Award Competition / with Mette Nygaard; Jes Dombernowsky

Fleksible boliger / Flexible Housing, 1998  

Honourable mentioning in open competition / withJWH Architects

Århus Stadion, 1997  

2. price in open competition / with JWH Architects

Boligområde ved Bjørnemosevej, Odense, 1997  

2. price in open competition / with JWH Architects 

 

Juries

Member of Nykredits Arkitekturprisudvalg, 2010 - 2013 

Independent expert/nominator for the ‘Mies van der Rohe Prize’, 2012 - present 

The Future of Competitions - Tell Them What They Need, Conditions Magazine, 2010

Parallelopdrag for Gellerup, Aarhus Municipality, 2008 

Architectural Design Ideas Competition, Károlyi István Town Center, Budapest, 2008 

Member of the “Diploma Jury”, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design AHO, Norway, 2007 - 2011 

CityXport, student competition, AAA, 2006 

Latvia’s Architectural Association – “Annual Award 2004”, 2004  

 

Honorary office

Board member of ‘Ministeriet for By, Bolig og Landdistrikters Tænketank: Fællesskabet og BYEN 2050’, 2013 - present 

Elected member of “The School Board”, Aarhus School of Architecture, AAA, 2012 - present 

Board member of the Danish Ministry of Culture’s Research Board, 2011 

Member of the editorial board of Conditions magazine, 2010 - 2012 

Head of the editorial board of “Arkitekten” magazine, 2011 - present 

Member of Kunstnersamfundet / Danish Art Society, 2008 - present 

Board member of “The School Board”, Aarhus School of Architecture, AAA, 2007 - 2011 

Board member of the Mayors Think Tank on Infrastructure and Urban Development, Aarhus Municipality, 2007 - 2009 

Board member of the Association of Danish Architects, 2004 - 2007 

Board member of the council for Aalborg Municipality’s Architectural Forum, 2004 - 2006 

Member of the editorial board of “Arkitekten” magazine, 2003 - 2011 

Member of SBS & ‘Byplanlaboratoriets Forstadspanel’, 2003 - 2005  

 

Exhibitions

CO- EVOLUTION – Danish/Chinese, Collaboration on Sustainable Urban Development in China 2006, 

@10^th Biennale di Venezia / with Transform 

“City Syd – flugtveje til byen”, 2005 

@ Architectural Gallery Box 2.0 with Transform and Peter Holst Henckel

“Imagecity: Formal and Informal Networks”, 2003  

@ Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen

“Liqued Edge”, 2000  

@ Architectural Triennial in Oslo / with Space Group and Transform

”Models of Resistance”, 2000  

@ Galleri Overgaden / with Transform

”Rummets Udspænding - Byens Udstrækning”, 2000 

@ AAA exhibition / with TRANSFORM

]Aarhus – Las Vegas[, 2000  

@ Architectural Gallery, Danish Architectural Centre / with Peter Hemmersam & Tom Nielsen

“Imagining the H-City”, 1999  

@ the Autumn Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen / with Transform 

 

Publications 

Globalisation, Urban Design and Mobility:

”From Cold War to Arctic Battle?: Interview with Arctic Ambassador Klavs A. Holm (The Foreign Ministry, Copenhagen, May 1st, 2012)”, in Conditions, vol 2012, nr. 11&12, 2012, pp. 88-91.

”How I met the President of Inatsisartut”, in Conditions, vol 2012, nr. 11&12, 2012, pp. 40-43.

”Independent from Whom?”, in Conditions, vol 2012, nr. 11&12, 2012, pp. 38-39.

”Move On!: An interview with Olafur Eliasson”, in Conditions, vol 2012, nr. 11&12, 2012, pp. 246-255.

”Organizing Hope”, in Conditions, vol 2012, nr. 11&12, 2012, pp. 192-195. (with Tor Inge Hjemdal)

”Why is Transparency Greenland Necessary?: An interview with Anders Meilvang and Anne Mette Christiansen”, in Conditions, vol 2012, nr. 11&12, 2012, pp. 28-31.

”Det midlertidiges arkitektur” (with K. Østergaard Bang), in Arkitekten, vol 113, nr. 08, 2011, pp. 35-39.

”Tour de Force 2001”, in Harlang, Christoffer; Kristensen, Peter Thule; Müller, Anna (eds.): Arkitektursyn: Danske arkitekturmanifester 1901-2008. København: Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, Inst. 1, 2009, pp. 275-296. 

”Astana – Steppens Dubai”, Arkitekten, nr. 15, 2008, pp. 36 - 43.

”Case Study Dubai – Or Learning from Junk Space Deluxe”, in Verb Crisis, no. 6, Actar, Barcelona 2008, pp. 20 - 37.

Dubai - Dynamics of Bingo Urbanism, The Architectural Publisher B, Copenhagen 2007, (160 pages).

”Fun Shopping: On Architecture and Consumer Culture” in, Marling, Gitte & Zerlang, Martin (eds.): Fun City, The Danish Architectural Press 2007, pp. 175 – 194.

”Turisme, arkitektur og det spektakulære samfund”, in Arkitekten, no. 13, 2006, pp. 37 - 43.

”Learning from Canberra”, in Arkitekten no. 01, January 2006.

Byen genopdaget: - på sporet af den nutidige by, Ph.D.-afhandling, Aalborg Universitetsforlag, Aalborg 2004, (280 pages)

“Case Study Sukhumvit Line – or learning from Bangkok” in Albertsen, Hemmersam and Nielsen (eds.): URBAN MUTATIONS - Periodization, Scales and Mobilities, Arkitektskolens Forlag 2004, pp. 184 – 218.

”Junkspace De Luxe”, in Arkitekten, no. 15, 2003, pp. 2 - 11.

”Fortællinger om den moderne asiatiske storby” in Arkitekten, no. 26, 2002, pp. 24 -29.

”Transurbanisme”, in Arkitekten, no. 02, 2002, pp. 2 – 3.

”Tour de force”, in Arkitekten, no. 15, 2001, pp. 2 – 9. 

 

Architectural Theory and Methodology:

“Foreword”, in BB Jensen (red.): Reiulf Ramstad Architects: Selected Works. Hatje Cantz Verlag, pp. 7-7

“Under the Skin: An Introspective Portrait”, in BB Jensen (red.): Reiulf Ramstad Architects: Selected Works. Hatje Cantz Verlag, pp. 58-63

“Boris Brorman Jensen in Conversation with Reiulf Ramstad”, in BB Jensen (red.): Reiulf Ramstad 

Architects: Selected Works. Hatje Cantz Verlag, pp. 246-255.

”Out of Holland? - Opposing a Linear Genealogy”, in A+U, No. 505, September 2012, pp. 56-59.

”An indefinite Dynamic Landscape”, in Conditions, vol 2012, nr. 11&12, 2012, pp. 228-229.

”Armelle Caron maps of Nuuk, Sisimiut and Ittoqqortoormiit” (with Minik Rosing) in Conditions, vol 2012, nr. 11&12, 2012, pp. 196-199.

”The Prelude to the Breakthrough”, in Vindum & Weiss (eds) The New Wave In Danish Architecture, Danish Architectural Press, 2012, pp. 127-133.

”Optakten til gennembruddet: The Pragmatic Turn in Danish Architecture of the 00’s”, in Arkitektur DK, vol 02/2012, 2012, pp. 90-93.

”Bridging into New Territories”, in N De Rue & C Bessard (red): Powerhouse Company Book: Ouvertures – The First Six Years of Powerhouse Company. Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin 2011, s. 11-13.

”When Context is an event”, in A.S Jakobsen (red.): Context 2010/2011: Aarhus Documents 02. vol. 02, Arkitekskolens Forlag, Aarhus 2011, pp. 8-9. Aarhus Documents, vol. 2

”What’s New?: Boris Brorman Jensen (the Aarhus School of Architecture) in conversation with Mikkel Frost, Carsten Primdahl and Kolja Nielsen, AKA CEBRA”, in M Frost (red.): CEBRA Files 02. Aarhus 2011, pp. 16-21.

”Industriarkitektur efter industrialismen 1960 - 1980”, in T Birket-Smith (red.): Industri Arkitektur, Arkitekturforlaget B, København 2010, pp. 111-128.

”Is Yes more? - Interview”, in Conditions, no. 03, 2010, pp. 90 – 95.

“Mod en kritisk pragmatisme/Toward a Critical Pragmatism”, in Arkitektur DK, no. 06, 2009, pp. 2 – 7.

”Astana on My Mind”, i Gadanho, Pedro (ed.): Beyond – Scenarios and Speculations, nr. 01, 2009, pp. 62 – 71. 

”BIG’s Ørestad-Trilogie VM-Häuser, «Mountain», «Big House» – drei Wohnbauten von Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)”, in Werk, Bauen und Wohnen, no. 10, 2008, pp 30 - 37.

”Mulitkulturalisme og arven efter High-Tech – interview med David Adjaye”, Arkitekten, no. 07, 2008, pp. 37 - 47.

”Behind the scenes at Effekt”, in Arkitektur DK, no.05, 2006, pp. 324 – 331.

”Dunska architektura dzis” /(Den danske arkitekturscene lige nu), in Architectura Murator, no. 06, 2006, pp. 6 – 10.

“Ænder i landskabet/Ducks in the landscape”, in Arkitektur DK, no. 03, 2006, pp. 168 – 173.

”Metopos har en mission”, Interview in ARKFOKUS, no. 02, 2006, pp. 10 - 11.

”Konsumkultur”, in Arkitekten, no.11, 2005, pp. 9 – 15.

”Pragmatisme – interview with Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown” in Arkitekten, no. 02, 2004, pp. 15 -19.

”Frisk konservatisme – interview with Roemer van Toorn” in Arkitekten, no. 02, 2004, pp. 20 - 25.

”Bynære landsskabspotentialer – problemformulering”, in H. Welling et al. (eds.): Bolig og byforskning – metoder og processer, in Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole Institut for Planlægning 2004, pp. 50 – 57.

”Honesty inverted /Ærlighed på hovedet”, in Arkitektur DK, no. 6, 2003, pp. 366 – 385.

”MonoLab”, in Arkitekten no. 02, 2002, pp. 6 – 9.

“Byen som mall - mall’en som by”, (with Hemmersam & Nielsen) in Arkitekten no. 13, 2000, pp. 26 - 28. 

 

Reviews:

”Udvikling af strategier” (with Jensen, BB, Hjemdal, TI, Melsom, A & Sa Lima), in Sermitsiaq, vol 2012, nr. 34, pp. 24-25.

”Healthcare centre, Copenhagen: NORD presents an alternative to mammoth hospitals: a recuperative kind of architecture”, in A10, vol #44, nr. March/April 2012, s. 23-24.

”Planlægning i uvishedens lys”, in Byplan Nyt, vol 9. årgang 2011, nr. 5, pp. 8-10

”The Harvard Recipe: Interview with Mohsen Mostafavi”, in Conditions, vol #8, nr. 2011, pp. 82-87.

”Introducing BIG”, in BIG. 1. edition, Archilife, Korea, 2010, pp. 12-13.

”The Function of Architecture: Interview with Farshid Moussavi”, in Conditions, nr. 4, 2010, pp. 92-96.

”The future of competitions: tell them what they need” (with Bates, G, Jensen, BB & Miessen), in Conditions, nr. 7, 2010, pp. 50-54.

”Hvad er Archicomic?”, Arkitekten no. 04, 2009, pp. 18 - 19.

”Mod et nyt paradigme?”, Arkitekten no. 15, 2007, pp. 3.

”Er risikosamfundets arkitektur i fare?”, Arkitekten no. 13, 2007, pp. 28 - 29.

”Sanseerfaring, kunstfilosofi og hverdagsæstetik”, Arkitekten no. 03, 2007, pp. 34 - 35.

”Globale Kort”, in Arkitekten no. 12, 2006, pp. 74 - 75.

”Lyspunkter i produktionslandskabet/ A ray of hope in the production landscape”, in Arkitektur DK, nr. 5, 2005, pp. 280-286.

”Med skriften som prisme”, review of Rasmus Rune Nielsens ’Rem Koolhaas – Learning from Manhattan’, in Nordisk Arkitekturforskning, no. 3, 2004, pp. 91-92.

”Industrifascination”, in Arkitekten no. 20, 2002, p. 45.

”Komposition som arkitektonisk utopi”, in AAA Forum, Aarhus 1997, pp. 14-15. 

 

Exhibitions Texts and other Texts on Physical Display:

Possible Greenland, Catalog for the official Danish contribution to the 13th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Danich Architectural Centre, august 2012, 258 pages (editor with Conditions Magazine).

Yes is More: An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution, Exhibition Catalog, Ingels, Bjarke; Brorman Jensen, Boris; Ginsberg, Elisabeth; Pahhota, Darja ; Zahle, David; Johansson, Hanna; Pedersen, Andreas; Bergman, Kai-Uwe (eds), København: BIG Aps, 2009. 397 pp.

”City Wall Xian”, in Valeur, Henrik (ed.) (2006): CO- EVOLUTION – Danish/Chinese, Collaboration on Sustainable Urban Development in China, DAC, The Danish Architecture Centre, 2006 pp. 149 – 173. (with TRANSFORM).

Shopping City, exhibition on the interaction between architecture and art in the city, at Architectural Gallery BOX 2.0 December – January 2005, in Johannesen, Gitte et al. (eds.) (2005): Box 2.0 – Kunst og arkitektur i samarbejde, Arkitekturforlaget B. p. 46 – 56. (with TRANSFORM) 

”Bangkok Songline”, in Imagecity: Formal and Informal Networks, exhibition catalogue, the Royal Academy’s School of Architecture, Copenhagen, August 2003. (No pagination)

”TRANSFORM, H-City - Urban Landscapes of Communications and Exchange”, in Chen, Si & Douglas, Tong Hsu (eds.): FEIDAD, Publisher, Taipei 2001., pp. 213-215. (with TRANSFORM)

”Aarhus - Las Vegas”, in Hemmersam, Jensen & Nielsen: ] Aarhus – Las Vegas[, exhibition catalogue for Architectural Gallery Gammeldok 2000. (31 pages)

”Transform” in exhibition catalogue for “International Competition of Ideas - Citta - terzo millenium”, la Biennale di Venezia, Marsilio, Venice 2000, pp. 376 – 379. (with TRANSFORM).

”Liquid Edge” in exhibition catalogue for the Architectural Triennale in Oslo Sept. 2000, pp. 102-107. (with TRANSFORM).

”Med infrastrukturen som omdrejningspunkt”, in exhibition catalogue for ’Efterårsudstillingen’ Charlottenborg 1999, (with TRANSFORM)