Esben Bala Skouboe, PhD, is a designer, artist and researcher exploring how architecture, art and technology shape the way we feel, heal and connect.
His talks combine research, built projects and personal stories from more than two decades of work with responsive environments, healthcare design and sensory architecture.
Talks
The sensitive space
Why the future of architecture isn't smart — it's sensitive.
When architecture disapears
What happens to space when humans are at their most vulnerable?
Can beauty be part of treatment?
How art, atmosphere and architecture can become part of care.
Keynotes and Talks:
keynote length: 30–60 min
formats: keynote · lecture · executive session · workshop
available in English and Danish
international travel available
Previous Engagements
Designing for Head, Mind and Hand, (2026) Birth Place Lab, Vancover, Canada
The role of Beauty in Birth on Public Hospitals, (2025) Keynote talk at The Global Birth Design Network, Toronto Canada
Existential Spaces for Birth & Death, (2025) Keynote at the International Human Science Research Conference (IHSRC), Copenhagen, Denmark
Aesthetic Birth Environments, (2025)Health Architecture Design Network (HADN), Talk and panel discussion, Australia
Introduction to the movie; (2025) Tracing Light, at CPH:DOX, Skagen, Denmark
Æstetisk værtsskab i demenspleje, (2025) VidensCenter for Demens, Aalborg, Denmark
Health Innovation & Birth (2024), Region North Sealand
Poetics in rituals (2024) at Aalborg Army, Skagen
Resonans Festival (2024) Oure Højskole
Beeotopia (2023), Danish Design Museum, Copenhagen
Presentation of research papers in academic forums: ACADIA, ACM, .....
Speaking enquiries
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Keynotes and lectures are available in English and Danish, in Denmark and internationally.
Fees depend on format, location and event requirements.
