Our 8th stop is at Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter (Frederiksberg, Denmark) alongside Sebastian Skovsted. They seek to bridge the gap between building processes and architectural values by mixing ideas and techniques...and techniques and ideas. They give particular attention to detail, material assembly and the meaning of structure. But to be clear, they “don’t do structure for the sake of structure”. “We enjoy building spaces that are far more than just solving load bearing forces that we can get from the engineer.” Johansen Skovsted don’t need much to get loose for hours under this architecture game: “a wall, a column, a beam… for us, it is a good starting point”. But how to start from there? They have a strategy, at first, they ask “how would they do it if we would not be here? how are they already doing it?”. After this analyses they take action and try to influence it. “We know that if we tried to come up with something completely different, then it would never happen.” Did you know that some structural elements…are not really as structural as they seem to be? “It is very interesting to have something optimised and to have something extravagant, as a contrast, in the same project.” Guest: Sebastian Skovsted  - Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter (DK) Host: Ana Catarina Silva (Porto, Portugal) Upload your references to: arquiteturaentrevistas.com Instagram @arquiteturaentrevistas Follow for more thoughts on architecture.