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Planning

We are engaged in the development of future communities, societies, and regions. We bring a Nordic nature-based and human-centered approach into societies worldwide wide and global experience into the Nordic region. We offer our clients and collaborators a knowledge-based and interdisciplinary approach to the development of cities.

Selected cases

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Stavanger New University Hospital

Stavanger, Norway

Ordener-Poissonniers

Paris, France

Kanalbyen
Fredericia

Fredericia, Denmark

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Line Agnes Bjørløw Skjærlund

Head of Business Development, Associate Partner

+45 28708968

lan@sla.dk

Sustainable, livable cities are not something we as designers create alone. It is co-created in a dialogue between clients, stakeholders, various professions, and users. We are deeply experienced with leading and working in extensive interdisciplinary teams.

SLA has fronted an array of planning and urban development projects in Denmark and internationally, prioritizing a strong and trusted dialogue with our ambitious clients.

Our services within planning range from regional biodiversity strategies,  planning of dense livable cities, strategic-physical plans, to the development of local, vital communities.

We approach the complexity of urban planning with an ambition to improve living conditions for all – humans, plants, and animals.

Perspectives

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Rasmus Astrup: 'City Nature' - The 2022 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Lecture

In spring 2022, SLA partner and design principal Rasmus Astrup was invited to give the annual Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Lecture by the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Vancouver.

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Why Darkness Matters: Acknowledging the Rhythms of Nature

When did you last see a starry night sky? For city-dwellers, this experience may feel like a distant memory. Our extensive use of artificial light has turned ‘darkness’ into a diminishing phenomenon – not only affecting stargazers but also the health of humans, wildlife, and trees. As Pernille Bech-Larsen, lighting designer at SLA, will unfold, we have plenty of good reasons to let a little more darkness into our cities.

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The Values of Nature:
A Need for a New Driver of Urban Development

Imagine your quality of life being just as dependent on urban development as on social media. What would that lead to?  The answer to that question depends on the drivers of urban development. 

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Fundamentals

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Sakuteiki
– The Book of Garden

Sakuteki – The Book of Garden is a manual, a textbook for Japanese gardeners in the 11th century. This introduction sounds like this: “In making the garden, you should first understand the overall principles. According…

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Roots

“A tree consists of three parts: Its foliage, its trunk, and its roots. All three parts are important for the aesthetic feeling of nature. But of these three I find the roots most intriguing, most…

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White

“In the beginning was chaos. While the universe began to expand after Big Bang it also decreased in temperature. It became more and more ordered. With that order, the Universe changed its background colour toward…

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Atmosphere

“Atmosphere is a thin film of enclosure around our world. Without our vaporous, water filled atmosphere, life on Earth – or indeed life anywhere – would not exist. But atmosphere is also what you sense…

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Essay: The Bark Room

“Bark is both living and dead, growing and cracking, a shell, a protective layer and an integral part of the wood’s tissue. It’s the bark structure and the way it peels, which separates the different…

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Sound

“Sound. The soundtrack of our lives often passes us by without us noticing. But I have begun noticing the poetry of the noises around me. The rhythm and the song of the poet. The calling…

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Mist

Mist is a phenomenon caused by small droplets of water suspended in air. Physically, it is an example of a dispersion. It is most commonly seen where warm, moist air meets sudden cooling, such as…

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