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.

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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 resources 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.

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E D U C A T I O N :

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 :

Backhans & Ed Arkitekter | 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

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S E L E C T E D  P R O J E C T S :

RIFT Regenerative Ideas For Tomorrow | Finansierat av Nordisk Kulturfond | 2025

ACAN Architects Climate Action Network | Tänk Om Priset | 2025

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