J U L I A A N D E R S S O N
Julia Andersson is an architect whose work bridges architecture, art and ecological thinking. A graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture, she explores how design can foster new narratives, rituals and sensory experiences rooted in regenerative futures.
Her ongoing project The Loop exemplifies this vision. Inspired by the scarcity of water in the Nevada desert, the project reimagines how humans can live with nature, not just from it. By making cycles of water and nutrients visible, The Loop honors these essential flows and immerses people within the ecosystem, cultivating a reconnection to nature and grounding ourselves in the process.
In her recent artistic research project RIFT, Julia investigates biogenic materials in the Nordic region, including straw, hemp, seaweed and mycelium. Through hands-on experiments, public installations and cross-disciplinary conversations, RIFT explores how we might shape a building culture that is ecological, sensory and deeply rooted in place.
Across her practice, Julia develops site-specific installations in collaboration with experts from diverse fields—blending architecture, art and urban planning with a distinctly humanistic approach. She works with locally available materials such as clay, straw and ocean plastics, envisioning a material culture that values repair, symbiosis and resilience over consumption and waste.
Julia’s work has been recognized internationally. She has won several competitions, including LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch with The Loop, featured in Dezeen, Forbes and the book Land Art of the 21st Century. She also won the Open Call Prototype Göteborg 2023 and served as the concept developer for the Zaatari Refugee Classroom project, which was named Building of the Year 2018 by ArchDaily.
E D U C A T I O N :
Feral Writing: Ecocritical Dialogues | Royal Institute of Art | Stockholm | 2025 - 2026
Of Public Interest (OPI) Lab | Royal Institute of Art | Stockholm | 2023 - 2024
MA in Architecture at KADK | København | 2012-2015
BA in Architecture at KADK | København | 2009-2012
Political economy | Göteborg | 2008
Chinese Language | Fudan University, Shanghai | 2007
Social Anthropology | Göteborg | 2006
English Language | Sussex University, Brighton | 2005
W O R K :
JA arkitektur | Independent practice | Stockholm | 2018 -
Co-founder RIFT Regenerative Ideas For Tomorrow | Nordics | 2025 -
Backhans & Ed Arkitekter | Stockholm | 2023 - 2024
FLOR arkitektur | Stockholm | 2019 - 2023
Co-Founder of Radicle Collective | Stockholm/Cape Town | 2018 -
Codesign | Stockholm | 2015 - 2018
Q2 arkitekter | Malmö | 2009 - 2014
Flores & Prats Architects | Barcelona | 2012
Co-Founder of Jr. LAB | København | 2010 - 2011
S E L E C T E D P R O J E C T S :
Field Matter | Oslo Architecture Triennale | Oslo, Norway | RIFT | 2026
Breaking Ground | Slökkvistöðin | Reykjavík, Ísland | RIFT | 2026
Bioregional Futures | Part Gallery | Bergen, Norway | RIFT | 2026
Nordic Biogenic Materials | Copenhagen Architecture Biennial | Denmark | RIFT | 2025
Open Studio | Färgfabriken | Stockholm | RIFT | 2025
ACAN Architects Climate Action Network | Tänk Om Priset | 2025 - 2026
Holmögaddsvägen | Kärrtorp, Stockholm | 2023 - 2024
Villa Ericsberg | Ericsbergs Slott | 2023 - 2024
The Breeze | Göteborg | 2023
Post Office Transformation | Katrineholm | Backhans & Ed | 2023
Tiny Church | København | 2023
The Loop | Fly Ranch, Nevada, USA | 2022
Temple of Release | Alversjö, Sweden | 2022
Årstafältet E5 kv.J | Stockholm | FLOR arkitektur | 2021
Residential Housing Högdalen | Stockholm | FLOR arkitektur | 2020
Årstafältet E4 kv.G | Stockholm | FLOR arkitektur | 2019
The Imaginarium | Uddebo, Sweden | Radicle Collective | 2018
Exhibition Through the Eyes of a Woman | Architects Without Borders | 2017
Brogårdaskolan | Bjuv, Sweden | Codesign | 2016-2018
Netlight | Interior Design | Stockholm | Codesign | 2018
Klustret Ekskäret | Interior Design | Stockholm | Codesign | 2016
Sansespill | Boesdal kalkbrott, Denmark | 2016
Education and social spaces in Zaatari refugee camp | 2014
Mellanvångsskolan | School in Staffanstorp | Q2 arkitekter | 2010-2014
Lilla & Stora Emilia | School and Preschool in Staffanstorp | Q2 arkitekter | 2008-2012
L E C T U R E S & W O R K S H O P S :
Regenerative Building with Nordic examples
| City Planning Department, Örebro Municipality | 11 Dec 2025
Regenerative Ideas For Tomorrow
| Form/Design Center, Malmö | Material Depot 3.0 | 28 Nov 2025
Encounters at the Edge of Matter (Workshop, with Sybille Neumeyer)
| Skövde Art Museum | Climate Hopes – Futuring Matters | 15 Aug 2025
From Extraction to Regeneration – Growing Futures from Local Ground (Lecture)
| Skövde Art Museum | Climate Hopes – Futuring Matters | 14 Aug 2025
The Loop from vision to prototype
| Burning Man Sustainability Report 2025 | 17 Jul 2025
The Loop of Water & Nutrients
| Burning Man Board Retreat | Fly Ranch, Nevada Desert | 10 May 2024
W R I T I N G S :
| Keynote essay in the publication What if Waste by Metode + The Oslo Architecture Triennale | Other keynote essays include Karen Pinkus, Daniel A. Barber, Hans Baumann, Jomy Joseph, and Samanta Kajenaite | Edited by Ingrid Halland
| Published by Metode, ROM for kunst og arkitektur | Fall 2026
Loud Summer
| Anthology contribution | Edited by Rebecka Carlsson, Catrin Offerman, Cibele Queiroz, Annika Moberg, Ma Steinsvik, Anna Jöborn and Fredrik Moberg
| Heja Framtiden Förlag | Summer 2026
Vi behöver ny, radikal arkitektur
| Tidskriften RUM, No. 6 | Spring 2026
P U B L I C A T I O N S :
Prototypa! Bygga platser tillsammans
| Featured project: Plastverket The Breeze | City of Gothenburg | 2023
| Featured project: The Loop at Fly Ranch | Edited by Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry | Hirmer Verlag | 2021
Critical Care: Architecture and Urbanism for a Broken Planet
| Featured project: 100 Classrooms for Refugee Children, Za’atari Village, Jordan
| Edited by Angelika Fitz, Elke Krasny, Architekturzentrum Wien | The MIT Press | 2019