Are you our next Freelance Administrative Secretary? We’d love to hear from you!
Join Building Diversity in Copenhagen and support a mission-driven team working towards a more inclusive built environment.
Some of your key responsibilities:
• Keep daily operations running smoothly
• Support onboarding of new members, coordinate meetings & project teams, keep overview of the organisation departments
• Handle invoicing, bookkeeping & funding tracking
📍 Bloxhub, Copenhagen (accessible workspace)
⏳ 15 hours/week (flexible/weekdays) for 6 months (possibility of extension to be decided)
📅 Start: 1 June 2026
We’re looking for someone organised, proactive, and passionate about equity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.
🔗 Find full job details and requirements - link in bio:
https://buildingdiversity.dk/job-opening-administrative-secretary/
📩 Apply with CV and cover letter: send it to [email protected]
🗓 Deadline: 8 May 2026
A lot has happened this year in Building Diversity, so here’s a short overview of some of the highlights.
What we did
- Launched our second publication, “…but, who are we building for?” with @danisharchitecturalpress and designed by @superterrain
- Hosted public events, as well as gatherings and workshops for members. The year ended with our general assembly where we set the direction for 2026.
Where we took part
- @copenhagenarchitecturebiennial 2025, @folkemoedet_official 2025, Global Cultural District Networking in Los Angeles, and the Design Workers Unite exhibition in Naarm/Melbourne.
- We were featured in @ccmagazine.es
- Contributed to Copenhagen Municipality’s Disability Council on inclusive design.
How we evolved as an organisation
- Launched Accessibility page on our website, and started marking international days around inclusion, diversity, and accessibility.
- Welcomed more than 30 new members and elected new board members for 2025-26.
From everybody at Building Diversity, thank you for being with us this year.
Image 1: Light blue poster introducing Building Diversity 2025 Highlights with people standing for a group photo. Photo by Zoey Kroening
Image 2: CC Magazine feature on Building Diversity with image of book cover.
Image 3: Side view of people sitting at the publication launch. Photo by Zoey Kroening
Image 4: Speaker presenting in front of a screen to seated group at Danish Association of Architects.
Image 5: Group in a conversation on couches at CAFx event. Photo by Zoey Kroening
Image 6: 2 presenters speaking at Copenhagen Municipality Disability Council.
Image 7: Two women holding cards and poster for the Folkemødet workshop.
Image 8: Split view of General Assembly with standing discussion and seated table meeting.
Image 9: Two women standing and talking in front of seated Building Diversity members around a table.
Image 10: Four people sitting on chairs in a panel at the inclusivity platform event.
Image 11: Group wearing handmade white paper hats around a table with craft supplies around table.
Image 12: Light blue graphic with bold text “Heartfelt thank you to our collaborators throughout the year”.
We are pleased to announce our new board for 2026, this year we have 6 internal and 3 external board members. The board plays an important role in shaping the organisation’s direction and ensuring its operation.
The full bios will be available on our website soon. The limits here on instagram does not allow for sharing the full bios.
Image 1: Yellow graphic with title ‘meet the new board of building diversity 2025-26”
Image 2: Text on yellow background stating that the board shapes Building Diversity’s direction through strategic leadership, financial management, advocacy, and member engagement.
Image 3-6: Black and white portraits of new board members accompanied by biographies. In order of appearance: Jojo Nicholas, Luca Fauciglietti, Cathrine Mejdal, Rosemary Zeynoun, Yalda Pilehchian, Christine Bjerke, Paul DeFazio, Pernille Maria Bärnheim, Celine Vo.
International Women’s Day
In Building Diversity we recognise International Women’s Day as an anchor to keep working for equal rights and justice for all genders — intersectionally.
Image description: Blue background with title and text for International Women’s Day. Next to the text is a color photograph of members of Building Diversity having conversations.
A big shout out to Building Diversity, the editorial collective behind ...but who are we building for? 500 pages of questioning the establisment and its norms as they take shape in the physicality of the built environment acting on bodies and natures. Christine Bjerke and Natalie Timotheu are in conversation with Yasmeen Lari and Elke Krasny focusing on changing one's way of working.
In Building Diversity we would like to acknowledge the efforts of the 2024-25 board now handing over to the new board. The board has during the last year focused their efforts on organisation strategy, supported internal projects, developed a hiring approach, and advocated for the organisation.
Image 1: Grid of nine black-and-white portrait photographs with heading ‘Thank you to our
outgoing board 2024-25’ showing the departing Building Diversity board members.
Image 2: Gray graphic titled ‘The team’ listing nine board members: Christine Bjerke
(re-elected 2025-26), Théa Florian Høeg, Nataly Timotheou, Cristina Gimenez, Nitsan
Bartov, Cora Valloire, Haya Termanini, and substitutes Asal Mohtashami and Tim Woodley.
Image 3: Gray graphic titled ‘What They Focused On’ listing four achievements: worked on
organisation strategy, supported internal projects, developed hiring approach, and advocated
for the organisation.
Image 4: Yellow graphic with bold text reading ‘What’s Next’ followed by text stating that
shaping a more inclusive building industry starts with BD’s own leadership. New board
announcement on January 15th.
Meet the new members joining Building Diversity.
Image 1 description: Title slide reading ‘The Building Team’ with the subheading ‘Meet the people that make up Building Diversity’ on a bright neon yellow background with rounded light grey shapes.
Image 2 description: Profile card introducing architect and exhibition designer Antonina Salmina, outlining her work in sustainable architecture, exhibition design, and inclusive design, with a black‑and‑white portrait on a light grey background.
Image 3 description: Profile card introducing sustainability researcher Polina Trofimova, summarising her background in built‑environment engineering and corporate sustainability, with a black‑and‑white portrait on a light blue and grey background.
Image 4 description: Profile card introducing landscape architect and urban designer Hugo Marmara, describing his interest in commoning, democratic design, and public health, with a black‑and‑white portrait on a light grey and yellow background.
Image 5 description: Profile card introducing sociologist Matias Bilbao, highlighting his focus on spatial design, urban transformation, and everyday urban life, with a black‑and‑white portrait on a grey and light green background.
Image 6 description: Profile card introducing urban designer and architect Yalda Pilehchian, describing her experience with strategic urban design, citisen participation, and co‑creative processes, with a black‑and‑white portrait on a light grey and pink background.
Image 7 description: Profile card introducing architecture student Emina Toric, describing her interests in political architecture, social sustainability, and the human role in architecture, with a black‑and‑white portrait on a light grey and neon green background.
Moments from our yearly General Assembly
In December the Building Diversity community gathered in person and online for the yearly general assembly.
We made decisions, elected a new board, reflected on the year and spent time together as a community.
Image description 1: Yellow background with text about the general assembly with a color photograph of members around a large table.
Image description 2: Color photographs of members in different conversations during the general assembly.
We are excited and humbled to be part of this exhibition opening today.
Organised by the Union of Architectural Workers alongside Trade Unionists of Landscape Architecture the public exhibition and film screening in Melbourne takes place on December 5 and 6.
“This exhibition will showcase recent efforts in design-related organising, both locally and internationally, and aims to support and inspire collective action among design workers in Australia.”
As an organisation, these conversations across the world unifies us through solidarity and supporting each other.
Heartfelt thanks to Carey Landwehr and the rest of the team for inviting us @tradeunionists_la@architects.union.aus
We will share moments from the exhibition next week.
Image description:
Poster image with brown background from the exhibition with the text ‘Design Workers Unite’ and additional information. On top of the poster there is a bright yellow note with a thank you from Building Diversity for the invitation to be part of the exhibition.
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities
In Building Diversity the disabled experience is centred and what we do is shaped by the multitude of diverse perspectives and ways of being in spaces.
Image description:
Light green background with the text inside brighter green and pink shapes. On the image there is a color photograph of hands touching paper, drawing and other objects on a table. The Building Diversity logo is also on the image.
Join us on November 20 for our event together with the Inclusivity Platform at @arkitektforeningen
At the event we will be unfolding our new publication published in collaboration with @danisharchitecturalpress and designed by @superterrain
Throughout the event we will be reflecting on the question ‘...but, who are we building for and with?’ and we will be inviting the audience to join in on the collective conversation. Three voices from the publication, Madison Lindsay, Maya Shpiro & Yalda Pilehchian, will share their contributions.
When: 20 November, 16:00–18:00
Where: Danish Association of Architects, Åbenrå 34, 1124 Copenhagen
Practical Info
Free admission; registration needed (link in bio)
Language: English
Accessible event space
Accessible restrooms
Service and guide dogs welcome
Image 1 description: Yellow cover image for event with title and image of pink-grey book copies. The image also has a blue color note with practical information and logos.
Image 2 description: Grey background with portraits and brief descriptions about the three speakers.
Image 3 description: Blue background with cutout image of people experiencing the book at the launch event.
Members of Building Diversity introducing the open call for board members 2025-26
We are about to bring together a new board consisting of both members and people from outside the organisation.
We are searching for perspectives who wish to be part of shaping the directions towards greater inclusivity, equity and representation in the built environment.
The board is elected annually by Building Diversity’s members at the General Assembly and consists of six internal and four external board members.
We encourage everybody to apply! No matter how long you’ve been working in, studying, or engaging with the built environment.
Our formats are shaped to accommodate every board members’ needs, whether it might be for example the communication, hybrid formats, or the physical space.
Applications are open until Monday November 17th at 24:00 at your location.
More information can be found in the open call via link in bio - if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get back to us!
Video 1 description: BD member introducing the open call through English sign language. The video is texted.
Video 2 description: BD member introducing the open call through English spoken language. The video is texted.
Image description: Color photograph of a group of people attending a previous Building Diversity event. Overlay on the photograph is the title of the open call.
