Latest update 12.04.2011
SLA wishes everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year
The entire SLA team wishes our collaborators a merry Christmas and a happy new year. In 2006 we have worked with elephants and new towns, participated in competitions home and abroad, taken part in debates and exhibitions and designed new, surprising urban spaces.
We appreciate your collaboration, and we are looking forward to a challenging and active 2007!
Prequalification in Dublin
SLA has been selected to participate in the competition for the urban spaces at Custom House in Dublin.
The public spaces will be transformed into areas for activities and events reflecting their position in Dublin’s historical harbour area next to the River Leffey. The neoclassical Custom House was constructed during the 18th Century and is an acknowledged national landmark.
Read more
Stig L. Andersson gives lectures in USA
Dumbarton Oaks (the department for landscape architecture at Harvard University ) and PennDesign, University of Pennsylvania is visited by Stig L. Andersson from the 30th of November to the 4th of December. He is giving lectures and adding examples of SLA ’s work to Dombarton Oaks’ archive over architectonic hot spots.
The lectures take their departure in the exhibition ‘Wunderstadt’ to explain the relationship between urban spaces and planning.
Prequalification
SLA has been selected to participate in the competition about the House of Natural Science in Bjerringbro with CEBRA and TRI-Consult. The House of Natural Science is going to be a national innovation center, intended to inspire and strengthen education in the natural sciences. The competition is about creating a house were architecture, technology, educational material and spaces for education and learning as a whole can create a frame for the development of the science education.
Read more about the project at Naturvidenskaberneshus website
1st prize in North-West
SLA has in collaboration with writer Jan Sonnergaard, engineers Lemming & Eriksson and idea agency 2+1 won the 1st prize in the competition for the new North-West Urban District Park in Copenhagen .
North-West Urban District Park will become a new positive element for everyone in the north-western part of Copenhagen with plenty of experiences all year around. Under the headline of “1001 Trees” SLA suggests that the park should consist of three simple but striking elements: Trees, light and conically shaped mountaintops. Each element will become pronounced land marks in the urban district of North-West.
2nd prize in Aabenraa
SLA has in collaboration with Transform – Danish Rootzone and Cenergia won the 2nd prize in the competition about the urban development at Stolligvej in Aabenraa.
The judges describe the plan as "boldly shaped". Furthermore the judges’ report states that "The judges were sympathetic to the proposal and found that it could develop into an interesting residential area that would put Aabenraa on the map as an exiting, distinctive and different residential area."
Stig L. Andersson appointed Adjunct Professor
By November 3rd Stig L. Andersson is appointed Adjunct Professor at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen.
The appointment recognises the projects of SLA in term of their innovative character in both national and international contexts as well as Stig L. Andersson’s unconventional and creative work as a landscape architect and engagement in the research and development of landscape architecture.
Inaugural lecture in the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University Assembly Hall January 18th 2007 at 2 p.m.
1. Phase of Langagergård is almost complete
The first phase of the new housing area in Langagergård in Greve is now almost finished.
The widespread meadows are halfway under water and the birds are loving it.
This autumn the groves will be planted and in the spring the recreative area will be accessible for all the citizens in Greve.
3rd prize in Freiburg
SLA has won 3rd prize in collaboration with Gehl Architects in the competition about Platz der alter Synagoge in Freiburg , Germany .
Platz der alter Synagoge is an open an undeveloped urban space dominated by traffic. A planned change in infrastructure will make it possible to create a coherent and attractive urban space. The overall strategy for the awarded project is to create calm surface with terraces, this will act as a unifying surface and a new city centre.
The Dutch drawing office Okra visits SLA
The Dutch drawing office Okra paid SLA a visit on Friday the 13th of October.
SLA showed Okra the office and presented a couple of SLA ’s projects.
The visit was a part of Okra’s study visit in Copenhagen.
Elephants in royal company
Prince Henrik of Denmark lays the foundation stone of the new elephant house in Copenhagen zoological garden on Tuesday the 17th of October 2006.
The elephant house is designed by Fosters and Partners. Architect Spencer de Grey is going to tell about the creation and the design of the house and the garden.
SLA has designed the new elephant garden.
Read more about SLA’s elephant garden
Prequalification
In competition with 41 international teams SLA has been selected to participate in the competition about a sky space on the roof of ARoS with Arup, Sculptor and Professor Morten Stræde and Associate Professor Mette Sandbye. It is a unique project with focus on the interaction between architecture and art. It will substantiate ARoS ambition to be nationally and internationally acknowledged and appreciated. The project is financed by the foundation Realdania.
Read the press release from Realdania here
Read more about the project at ARoS website www.aros.dk
Excursion to Frederiksberg New Squares
MOVIUM visited Copenhagen Monday the 9th and Tuesday the 10th of October. Monday night the excursion passed Frederiksberg New Squares where Landscape Architect Stine Poulsen from SLA gave a guided tour.
The excursion was part of a seminar where the political program for parks in Copenhagen 'The Green Copenhagen' was presented and discussed with representatives from the Municipality of Copenhagen. The purpose of the excursion was to visit parks and public spaces where different and innovative projects have created popular meeting points for citizens and tourists in Copenhagen.
Read more about 'The Green Copenhagen' at the website of Vej & Park
New elephant area in CPH ZOO
Now it’s time for elephants in Copenhagen Zoo to get new modern indoor and outdoor areas.
SLA is developing the elephants’ new outdoor area with a dried-up river bed with puddles and a new swimming pool. The pool will be the only thing that separates the Zoo from Frederiksberg Gardens. This means that the visitors in Frederiksberg Gardens will be able to see the elephants in the Zoo.
The photograph on the right shows how the construction site looks at the moment.
Read more about SLA’s Elephant Area in Zoo Copenhagen
Ullerødbyen is developing
The main road for one of the new residential areas in Ullerødbyen is now constructed.
SLA has made a development plan and a quality programme for Ullerødbyen. Ullerødbyen is a new part of Hillerød that is going to contain 1500 new housing placed in and around green urban spaces. The building activities will begin this fall and in 2007 the first residents will be able to move in.
Read more SLA’s project Town
of Ullerød
Read more about SLA ’s work with quality programmes
Stig L. Andersson participate in ‘Day of Architecture’
The Municipality of Kolding celebrates ‘Day of Architecture’ Tuesday the 3 rd of October with a debate on the theme “How green should New Kolding be?”. Stig L. Andersson has been invited to give his opinion on how to work with gardens and green spaces in planning and urban development. SLA has worked with the interaction between garden and city in Charlottehaven, Kolding Railway Station Plaza and Frederiksberg New Squares.
Read more about the debate at website of the Municipality of Kolding
Reception
Friday the 29th of September SLA celebrated the new management with a reception. It was a very cheerful and well-attended event, and it was nice to se that so many of our collaborators and friends. SLA ’s new managing director Lene Dammand Lund and the three new partners Hanne Bruun Møller , Stine Poulsen and Malene Krüger thanks everybody for their attention.
PUBLIC SPACES / PUBLIC LIFE
Center for Byrumsforskning på Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole holdt en international konference og studietur med titlen ’PUBLIC SPACES / PUBLIC LIFE: Copenhagen 2006’ den 28. til 30. september 2006. Stig L. Anderssons holdt et oplæg om, hvad byrum skal kunne i en moderne by. Med udgangspunkt i projekter som Frederiksberg nye bymidte, Byhaven i Nørresundby og Charlottehaven fremhævede han, at nye byrum i dag skal byde på herlighedsværdi, overraskelser og udfordringer for at tiltrække brugerne.
Læs mere om seminaret på www.karch.dk
Invitation to reception
Stig L. Andersson has expanded the management of SLA with the new partners Hanne Bruun Møller , Stine Poulsen and Malene Krüger . Furthermore Lene Dammand Lund has taken up the post as Managing Director. We are going to celebrate at a reception Friday the 29 th of September 3 pm at SLA . We are looking forward to seeing you!
2nd prize in Aachen
In the competition of the park Elisen Garden in Aachen in Germany, SLA was awarded with a 2nd prize.
Aachen came to existence around hot springs and SLA ’s starting point for the project was this unique history. You can see the hot springs in wells and that will make you think of the history of the town. The town history is also present in sounds of croaking frogs, horse’s hoof and bells from the time the park was a part of a convent. These new initiatives will make Elisen Garten a part of the lively urban life in Aachen.
Prequalification
SLA has been selected to participate in the competition about Pier 4 in Århus with Fosters & Partners, Dissing + Weitling and Årstiderne. The project is the first step in developing ‘The Århus docklands’. The area has the potential to become an attractive part of the town with canals, marina and open spaces. SLA is uniting Pier 4’s new residential area and business stores with good urban spaces.
To the right you can see an aerial view of Århus Harbour photographed by Århus Municipality.
Read more about the project and see more photos on Århus Municipality’s website.
Stig L. Andersson at Kammeraterne’s annual exhibition
Stig L. Andersson exhibits the work “Sky” (Cloud) at Kammeraterne’s annual exhibition. The exhibition takes place at Den frie Udstillings Bygning, Oslo Plads, Copenhagen, from 22/9 to 15/10 and is open daily from 10 am to 7 pm.
Read more about the exhibition www.kammeraterne.dk
SLA ’s Jan Støvring at a seminar about grasses
The new internet portal about grass – www.turfgrass.dk – was launched on the 21 st of September at a seminar at Forskningscenter Flakkebjerg. SLA ’s Landscape Architect Jan Støvring gave the lecture “The Multifarious Possibilities of Grasses”. During the lecture Jan showed pictures from SLA’s project Ankarparken, Charlottehaven, Grønne Park and Ældrecenter and Langagergård, and spoke about how SLA work with grasses.
Visit the new grass portal www.turfgrass.dk
Go on SLA cycling tour!
SLA-employees riding on bicycles could be seen in the streets of Copenhagen on the 15 th of September.
The destination of the cycling tour was some of SLA ’s many projects in the city. The tour gave the SLA staff the opportunity to experience Frederiksberg New Squares with skaters, passers-by and Copenhagen Business School outdoor café in unison.
The last impression of the day was the romantic Columbine Garden in Tivoli with rock music and the noisy amusement park in the background.
Download the map of the cycling route and experiences SLA’s urban spaces in Copenhagen (pdf)
Stig L. Andersson debates urban spaces
Stig L. Andersson is participating in a debate about urban spaces organized by Copehagen X. The debate will focus on the demands that drive the urban spaces of the future. They should be versatile, recreational areas, but also generate life, brand the city and contribute to a sense of community in the urban society. Is that possible, and how can it be done?
Stig L. Andersson has been invited to speak about Frederiksberg new squares and the poetic urban space at The Danish Architecture Centre on Monday the 11 th of September, 7 PM-9 PM
Read more at www.cphx.dk
Prequalification
SLA has been selected to participate in the competition about a town plan for Hornshøj East in Holstebro with Carlberg & Christensen and Oluf Jørgensen Consultant Engineers.
The purpose of the competition is to create a plan for a residential area north east of Holstebro. The plan is supposed to contain green areas, solutions for traffic etc.
The illustration on the right is from one of SLA's other planning projects - the new residential area Trylleskoven in Solrød.
New Managing Director
Architect Lene Dammand Lund has taken up the post as SLA’s new Managing Director. Besides the administrative and strategic tasks she will be leading SLA Communication.
Process design and development of communication are some of the areas of attention Lene Dammand Lund is bringing with her to SLA from a background of her own consultancy and as editor of the Danish architecture magazine ‘Arkitekten’ among other things.
Lene Dammand Lund also holds an MBA in construction and has carried out research into architects’ working process.
Back to basics – Masterclass in Ørestad Syd
SLA’s Ulla Hornsyld and Martin Birch Pedersen are among others organizing an international masterclass for landscape architects on the 24th - the 26th of August 2006.
The working method for the masterclass is “back to basics” and the outcome of the three days intense workshop will be 12 unique landscape models in scale 1:1.
The masterclass takes place in Ørestad Syd and the three international masters are Martin Rein-Cano, Claude Cormier and Ranier Stange.
Read more about the masterclass, the concept and the masters at www.ddlcamp.dk
New pictures of Sønder Boulevard
You can see new pictures of SLAs revitalization of Sønder Boulevard on Vesterbro Lokalråds homepage.
The pictures show that the citizens get an innovative playground with a capsizing ship.
Visit Vesterbro Lokalråds homepage at www.lokalraadet.dk
Read more of the revitalization of Sønder Boulevard here
SLA creates new urban space for Nykredit
Nykredit constructs, in collaboration with SLA , an open urban space called ‘the Cloud’, on the 5,800 m2 large triangular plot by Hambrogsgade, Puggardsgade and Kalvebod Brygge in central Copenhagen. The square a building drawn by Schmidt Hammer Lassen will be built. This building, which Nykredit has named ‘the Crystal ’, will be the workplace of 350-400 employees.
In the new open space people and weather meet. Fountains will fill the space with the sound of water in a quivering moist-filled and cool light - a light, which we know from the Danish summer coasts. The changing cloud images of the sky will be doubled in a reflecting water surface with rapid glimpses of passer-bys and parts of the surrounding architecture. At night the water surface changes the space and it remains in a phosphorescence-like glow mixed with the warm sunny light reminding us of spring. The next time we enter this new urban space the light of an overcast day has made the warm sandstone light up the space and double the surroundings in an airy mirage.
The Committee of Planning and Architecture in the Municipality of Copenhagen are working on a proposal to supplement the district plan and a municipal plan supplement. Nykredit expects the construction to commence in spring 2007.
More information on Nykredit's or SHL's website
SLA at a project day in Køge
SLA helped Køge Town Council set up a project day about the development of Søndre Havn (Søndre Harbour) in Køge south of Copenhagen on the 8th of June. Politicians, citizens and representatives of local clubs and institutions had an opportunity to bring up ideas, develop visions and be inspired by the speakers: Head of department Erik Danielsen, Rambøll and MSc in Engineering Christina Mose Stedstrup, Director of SLA Stig L. Andersson, dr.scient. Hans Thor Andersen and director of Kultur og K&mmunikation Flemming Madsen. Also, Mayor Torben Hansen and Head of the Planning Department in the Municipality of Køge Thomas Finke gave an introduction and Rambøll informed about the environmental challenges of Søndre Havn.
SLA works with dialogue and participatory planning in projects like Langagergård, Motala Street and Sønder Boulevard.
Kulturmaskinen (Machine of Culture), Odense
SLA - in collaboration with Dorte Mandrup Architects - has been selected to participate in the competition about Kulturmaskinen (Machine of Culture) – a new cultural centre in Odense near the Brandts Klædefabrik exhibition hall. The project features an open courtroom and extensions of the existing buildings. The new urban space will connect the area around Kulturmaskinen and the south western corner of Brandts Klædefabrik with the Magasinet concert hall and the Music Library.
The project is financed in collaboration between the Realdania Foundation, the Municipality of Odense and the owner of the existing buildings, KTD Real Estate Aps.
Update!
The website has undergone a large update. New material has been added: more information and more photos.
See for example more Services, new photos from Danstrup Berry Park and A PLOT / MEGARON, and the film “A Walk with Stig L. Andersson”.
High attendance at the public meeting in Berlin
On the 29 th and the 30 th April Berlin’s citizens were invited to contribute with comments and ideas for the railway ground, Gleisdreieck, south of Potsdamer Platz. The workshop presented an opportunity for citizens to meet with the 11 architectural practices selected to continue work on their proposals – of which 9 were German and 2 foreign.
After two intensive days of dialogue SLA returned back with a thick stack of drawings with additions and ideas from the citizens. SLA is now continuing work with a new sense of the everyday use of the Gleisdreieck area and the way of life and life stories associated with the area. With this knowledge SLA will work up the proposal for the second phase of the competition – work that will continue until the 26 th June.
The Gleisdreieck Park competition is noteworthy in that the citizens have a particularly large influence on the result. Read more about Gleisdreieck, the views of the citizens and innovative methods in the architecture competition on:
www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de
SLA is part of the making of a new town in St. Rørbæk
SLA in joint venture with Rambøll Denmark has been selected among three other teams to develop a new town in St. Rørbæk, Frederikssund. Traffic- and urban planners Rambøll Nyvig, Urban space consultants Gehl Architects and urban planning consultants Carlberg & Christensen are also part of the team.
With an area of about 350 ha. St. Rørbæk will be about the size of Ørestaden. As such it is one of the biggest new urban development projects in Denmark . At least 15,000 people are expected to take up residence in the town, which is expected to create 3-6000 jobs. The construction is scheduled to begin in 2008.
The construction of Sønder Boulevard is well under way!
As you can see in this picture from April 2006 the curbs have now been put down and the different coverings are being constructed. The patches with wood covering are being laid and soon iron borders will be in place, so that the grass can be sown and rolled out.
The trees in the picture are newly planted magnolias. Along with eight other types of trees they will be part of the first phase of the project running between Skelbækgade and Dybbølsgade, which is expected to be completed by the end of May.
SLA is in the 2nd round in the Gleisdreieck competition
SLA is in the second round in the competition to renew the 32 ha. large park at the old railway area Gleisdreieck centrally located in Berlin .
The park will unite the neighbourhoods Kreutzberg, Schöneberg and Tiergarten, and the inhabitants of the area are part of developing and judging the plans in the entire process. Also SLA ’s project involves participatory planning and the process is designed to give the inhabitants a feeling of belonging and give the opportunity to relax, engage in sports and other recreative activities.
Read more about the competition at www.berlin-gleisdreieck.de
See other projects where SLA is working with participatory planning
‘GROW - Current Tendencies in Architecture and Landscape'
On the 31th of March to the 2nd of April Stig L. Andersson participates in the conference ‘GROW - Current Tendencies in Architecture and Landscape' with a lecture with the title “Growth and Interruption - Improving Architecture towards Nature” about the ever-changing and developing character of the city.
Read more about the conference at www.zvkongress.at and read Stig L. Andersson’s abstract “Growth and Interruption - Improving Architecture towards Nature”.
Kolding Town Council visited SLA
On the 23rd and 24th of March Kolding Town Council visited four SLA projects in the Copenhagen region. Project Managers Kim Madsen and Stine Poulsen showed the council around and told about the ideas and the process in Glostrup Town Hall Park, the Charlotte Garden, Frederiksberg New Squares and at last the Anchor Park in Malmö.
SLA is currently working on the detailing of Kolding Railway Plaza, which was also the occasion for Kolding Town Council’s visit to the four urban spaces by SLA. The first stage of Kolding Railway Plaza will be finished by the end of 2006.
International Debate
On March 20 th-21 st Stig L. Andersson and Stine Poulsen will discuss urban development at the conference ‘Housing – New Aprroaches’ in Sandvika near Bergen, Norway. The conference is arranged by Bergen School of Architecture (BAS), Husbanken, the Municipality of Bergen and Vestform.
On March 24 th Stig L. Andersson will be lecturing at the symposium ‘Landscape: A Product – A Production’ at the IV European Biennial of Landscape Architecture in Barcelona.
IV European Biennial of Landscape Architecture:
Prequalifications
SLA has been selected to participate in the competition about ”Spinderihallerne” in Vejle with Dorte Mandrup Architects plus the competition of the renovation of the Square “Stortorget” in Gävle, Sweeden.
In Vejle the competition is part of a general urban renewal of the western part of the town with the former spinning mill as a centre for the development op the area.
The renovation of the square in Gävle is focused on a rethinking of the square and on maintaining the rich urban life in the town.
You can visit the website of the Municipality of Vejle for more information (danish only)
The picture is from Vejle.
The first turf was cut in Langagergård on the 22th of February
In spite of the winter cold the first turf was cut for the 1 st stage of the development of the landscape in the new residential area. 1 st stage is 53 ha. large and will contain stretches of meadow land, paths, new roads and tree plantings.
The Mayor Hans Barlach and the building contractor Gorm Hansen & Son cut the first turf, which marked the beginning of the construction. SLA is project coordinator for the municipality in the detailing.
According to planning 1st stage of the landscape will be finished in summer 2007. Alongside the construction of the landscape, the construction of the first two residential ‘islands’, each offering 125 homes, is expected to begin.
Read more on the Langagergård-page
”Landscpae Architecture Europe Fieldwork”
Stig L. Andersson was part of a jury to select projects for at new presentation of newer European landscape architecture.
The book presents 43 projects primarily from 2001-2004 and some articles by Lisa Diedrich, Robert Holden, Hansjörg Küster, Lionella Scazzosi, Malene Hauxner, Gertjan Jobse and Karin Helms.
The book is edited by Lisa Diedrich, Robelt Holden and Eric Luiten. The English edition is published by Birkhäuser, Basel in 2006, but the book is also published in German, French, Italien and Dutch.
Read more at the publisher's website
Detailing of Langagergård is about to begin
Tuesday January 31st 2006 the detailing of landscape- and development of Langagergård North, Municipality of Greve, began.
In 2001 SLA A/S made a master plan for the urban development of the Langagergård area and in 2005 prepared a project proposal and supply material for the landscape- and development in collaboration with Rambøll.
The detailing commission and realisation was won by Gorm Hansen & Son, along with Cowi and Møller & Grønborg as advisors. SLA takes part as project coordinator for the Municipality of Greve .
The Municipality of Greve has wished that the work is carried out in close collaboration and dialogue with the involved parties, i.e. the municipal administration. For this reason the project was kick-started with an event and workshop on Tuesday January 31st where the participants among other things took a walk in the landscape and located the 5 most important elements and values of the project.
Read more on the Langagergård-page
2nd Prize in Helsinki
In the competition of Länsisatama Park in Helsinki SLA was awarded with a 2nd prize.
SLA has created a project where nature’s sensory qualities are the basis for the inhabitants of the capital’s experience of the city. The proposal draws the sea into the city where the urban spaces are shaped as if waves had washed in over the park: hills, areas for sport activities and intimate recreative spaces creates successions of spaces from the centre of the city towards the beach and the sea.
SLA wins international competition in Norway
SLA has won 1st prize in collaboration with SHL about the Thor Heyerdahl school for higher education (THVS) in Larvik
Synergy is the core of SLA and SHL's proposal for the masterplan for Thor Heyerdahl school for higher education (THVS), which will be Norways largest technical high school in the future with 1,650 students and 300 employees.
The masterplan unites the citizens wish for a lively school area and a sporty urban space. In the winning proposal the school, the new arena and the new outdoor facilities are fitted in with the already built and planned grounds. This meeting between new and old, citizens, students and employees will have a clear synergy effect: the place will bubble over with life!
Read more:
Prequalification
SLA has been selected to participate in the supply of four parallel framework agreements for a structure plan and consultancy in the realisation of a vision for a new urban development in Store Rørbæk with the following collaborators: Consultant Engineers Rambøll Denmark A/S, Rambøll Nyvig A/S, Gehl Arhitects and Carlberg & Christensen.
The picture is from Store Rørbæk.
SLA is also participating in the competition of ideas for a development plan for a new residential area in Kregme, Frederiksværk. The area is 31 ha. Large and will hold 320 homes.
