Landscape Studio 2020 (The Back Bay Project)

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The Back Bay Project Landscape studio 2020

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Danielle Louise Albinus

Asta Reedtz Husted

Martin Damgård Laugesen

Olga Anatolijivna Rakitchenkova

Emilie Josefine Dirach Andersen

Mikkel Eistrup Kerting Jakobsen

Anna Røtzler Lind

Mette Sofie Rybak

Alberte Caspersen Borup

Marie Alstrup Jensen

Katrine Lundemark

Julia Shania Schuster

Jonas Nørregaard Bruun

Mette Juhl Jessen

Mette Væde Lykkebo

Mykolas Seckus

Paul Frederick Bryant

Cecilie Rimer Juhl

Anne Sofie Arlev Lyngby

Anne Sofie Sørensen

Martin Eriksson

Louise Karlsen

Simon Alkærsig Madsen

Karolina Vedlichová

Katrine Eskildsen

Kathleen Anne Kittell

Julie Nielsen

Peter Yding

Jonathan Deverick Hann

Nanna Skov Kjøbek

Anastasia Papachristou

Joakim André Holmen

Sofie Nissen Knudsen

Thomas Lindtorp Pedersen

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Peter Lundsgaard Hansen, plh@ign.ku.dk- Course responsible Ellen M. Braae. embra@ign.ku.dk - COVID-19 backup Jens Nyboe Andersen, jensnyboeandersen@gmail.com. Online s­ upervision Anton Juel Lund, jhw755@alumni.ku.dk. Student Assistent Malthe Mørk Clausen, rhz590@alumni.ku.dk. Student Assistent

COVID-19 NOTE: All lectures and meetings will be announced accordingly to the calendar and held on the meeting platform ZOOM if not otherwise indicated.

E dit orial tea m Anton Juel Lund, jhw755@alumni.ku.dk. Student Assistent Malthe Mørk Clausen, rhz590@alumni.ku.dk. Student Assistent Peter Lundsgaard Hansen, plh@ign.ku.dk

Curation/Virtu el o ffice Peter Lundsgaard Hansen

Connec t ion Supervision; the team of supervisors are available during the course (see calendar where it says Studio work). Please remember to make appointments in advance by mail. Meetings and supervision will be on ZOOM. A ZOOM meetings in plenum - for detailed information and general talk - is every monday and thursday according to the calendar on page 16-17 (invitations will be sendt to your KU mails).

Handins will as a rule be uploaded to designated folders on Absalon (tba)

www.landscapestudio17.tumblr.com

S pecial Tha nks to: The Covid-19 outbreak has made an inpact to Landscape Studio. I would like to thank my students for taking the challenge we have dealt with with such calm and persistence. You are the method! I am also greatful for the opportunity to broardcast landcsape studio from a curated classroom in what I have refered to with the analogy of a ground control.

Lastly, thanks to my colleauges and to Anton and Malthe for the help, talks and sharing of ideas throughout the course.

Front page: Strategic site and project site Opposite page: General site plan and base map for ‘Collision’ 1:5000

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Table of Contents Introduction

The Back Bay Projects

The Back Bay Project

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Landscape Studio is the Method

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Virtual Design Conversation

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Svanemølle Haven Apollo 1

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The New Ørsted Park Apollo 2

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Hygoms Havn Apollo 3

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Svanemøllen Esplanade Apollo 4

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Promenade Nature Park Apollo 5

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Park on the Pier Apollo 6

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The Climate University Park Apollo 7

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Svanemølle Wetland Apollo 8

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The Back Bay Project In the 1880´s the population of the American city Boston was growing and with it the city had expanded.

Tidal water from Charles River and sewage from the city had become an increasing problem for the population of Back Bay.

Introduction

The commissioned plan, handed in by landscape architect Frederick L. Olmsted combined treatment of sewage-water and pressure from tidal-water over ground and in a system of parks, alleys, parkways, streams, rivers, ponds, islands and lakes. This body of a new water-landscape with carefully crafted shores and edges was combined with forest plantings, shrubs and clearings creating biotopes that made it possible to ‘clean’ dirty sewage water and to deal with the tidal water of Charles River and Muddy River.

The Emerald Necklace, a camouflaged sanitary project, was visionary in its idea and Olmsted’s work reached far beyond its time and into contemporary urban challenges of today.

Climate change, raising water levels and sustainable planning was not on the agenda at the time. However, landscape systems like The Emerald

“...Olmsted’s work ­reached far beyond its time and into ­contemporary urban challenges of today.”

Necklace are strong references for Landscape Studio when working with deep structures of sustainable urban planning today.

This was part of the introduction for landscape Studio some years ago. In 2016 Landscape Studio worked with a ‘Prospect for a metropolitan nature in Copenhagen’. This assignment took on the challenge of a great scale metropolitan project. Landscape Studio 2017 continued down this path by drawing a new atlas of islands with land

cover, shores and forest across the capital of Copenhagen. This assignment focused on different middle scale project and challenged the hard edges of the harbours that industrialisation have transformed in just 150 years.

The last two Landscape Studio project have been concentrated around similar concept of urban parks and park systems such as last year’s assignment to turn Slotsholmen (in the inner harbour of Copenhagen) into a park with the project ‘The Archives’.

This year we will focus our ­attention on an urban landscape a little further north of the centre of Copenhagen.

The area is situated in the bay of Svanemøllen and can be seen from afar

“Like many urban projects the creation of public space and parks is held to a minimum...” with its iconic trademark of ‘Svanemølleværket’.

The power station called ‘Svanemølleværket’ is situated in the back bay of Svanemøllen and its future transformation will be the offset for this year’s assignment.

This part of Copenhagen is experiencing extensive growth. When the new urban extension of Nordhavn is ready there will be 3,5 million m3 of buildings – primarily housing- and business, offices, schools and cultural institutions. Like many urban projects the creation of public space and parks is held to a minimum and thus maximising the build fabric of the project.

The argument is the advantages of a dense city and the proximity to water.

This is also the main problem formulation of this years assignment and for you to elaborate through your design.

The Back Bay Project

The Back Bay Project is the working title of a new landscape in the bay where the former power station Svanemølleværkert is situated today.

Sea chart Imagine, once again, the idea of the Emerald Necklace in and around capital Copenhagen. With reference to Olmsted’s understanding of landscapes as both system and physical construction we will add to the puzzle of a new atlas that combines contemporary concepts of ‘nature in the city’, challenges of rising water levels (due to climate changes), focus of the harbour as recreational space and future maritime industry. It is the maritime territories of capital Copenhagen.

This is the idea that foregrounds the

“Imagine, once again, the idea of the Emerald Necklace in and around capital Copenhagen.” assignment of Landscape Studio 2020 where you will stand on the shoulders of fellow students before you.

Like in the 1880’s Boston, Svanemølleværket and The Back Bay Project

must reflect your approach to sustainability camouflaged in an aesthetically balanced system of new public land, water bodies, remodelled edges, and shores and in combination with forests or other plant strategies. We shall name it ‘capital nature’.

The Assignment

The assignment is to plan, design and communicate a public landscape along- and across the selected site inand around the old power station. The assignment poses 3 dedicated aims that must be addressed in one-way or the other according to each design: (1) the transformation of the power station into new function(s) (2) to secure the existing maritime activities (3) and lastly to present an accessible public landscape that meets contemporary demands for sustainable urban landscapes as indicated in the introduction.

The assignment is situated in a ‘maritime territory’ and suggests that the

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Tennis courts

Railway Boat-and sailing clubs

The inner habour Svanemølleværket

Svanemøllen Habour

Nordhavn

Arial photo of the power station ‘Svanemølleværket’ and the harbour seabed itself is a landscape that can be taken into consideration. The assignment is phased, open and with few initial limitations.

Greta Thunberg & 70

“The assignment is ­situated in a ‘maritime territory’ and suggests that the seabed itself is a landscape.”

Greta Thunberg’s Fridays for Future marks a time for a renewed climate debate. Also the number 70% has be-

come synonym with the new Danish Government. The number represents, in the government climate goals and in vague terms, the aims to reduce CO2 emission by 70% by 2030.

Landscape Studio 2020 will ask you to come up with creative strategies/ directions/and ideas to concretize what 70% means to you as Landscape Architects in your project.

How can you (in you design) contribute to the number 70? A question could be: does 70% always mean less of something? Can the number mean 70% more of something (egg newly planted trees)?

The 70% is open for your reflective

“How can you (in your design) contribute to the number 70?... does 70% always mean less of something?” interpretations.

The ambition is to create contemporary urban landscapes. Landscapes that, not unlike in Boston and Back Bay in the1880’ties, work consciously with sustainability (The Emerald Necklace in Boston was a sanitary project).

Context

The design must balance combinations of large-scale dedications and small-scale interventions.

Large-scale dedications: Each design must elaborate on the relation to its urban context. See strategic site.

Small-scale change: The proposal must consider principles for storm water management on a local level depending on the idea.

Also the proposal must consider and put forward solutions to future raising sealevels. The design program aims to secure small- scale func-

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Work shops for boatbuilding of smaller boats, kayaks, offices and smaller sheds, open storage yards for boats, hostel with 20 rooms, café, access roads for service vehicles to work shops, halls, and kitchens, parking, bridges and tunnels for access, jetty for harbour busses, kayak club and hauling space for kayaks and small boats. It is up to your imagination and reflectice thinking.

The proposals shall reflect and contribute to an on-going discus-

“The proposals shall reflect and contribute to an on-going discussion regarding capital nature, its structural, economical and cultural significance in our cities today.” sion regarding capital nature, its structural, economical and cultural significance in our cities today. A special focus should be given to the edge of the capital coastline (today, the quay) and to the maritime territories both above and below water.

The Power station and the sailing clubs. April 2020.

tions and local identity. Interventions along and in proximity to existing (or future) bicycle, seaways and pedestrian path can be identified, designed in greater detail and used for such local identity proposes. See project site.

Build Structures

The power station, will in the coming years be transformed into new functions and new public use.

One idea for such transformation is to move the Danish Museum of Science and Technology into the power station from its present location in Helsingør. This is not new

to metropolitan cities around the world. References to Tate Modern in London and The Hamburg Philharmonic are two of the large-scale

“The assignment invites you to consider what kind of balance the power station should have in the future” transformation project in proximity to Copenhagen. However, the two references stand out because they are different in that they have a diverse strategy of functions.

Landscape Studio 2020 e­ mbraces creative solutions to classic ­challenges. Good luck!

The Tate Modern building is not only a contemporary museum and Strategic site The Hamburg Philharmonic is not only a philharmonic. They are public space, commerce, cinemas, hotels, shopping and businesses. The assignment invites you to consider Project site what kind of balance the power station should have in the future.

A number of other buildings and infrastructural structures can, depending on the proposed ideas, be identified and used in greater detail.

The following are examples of such Project site & Strategical site structures that can help develop the landscape – and its relation to land, Opposite page: shore and forest plantings: The Back Bay of Svanemøllen Harbour:

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CONNECTION IS AN ARTFORM The Apollo 13 Class. Versailles is transformed into a broardcasting room or a kind of ground control.

Landscape Studio is the Method We want to be where language is made. Everything we make, built, write, unmake and rebuild in the office evolves around this endeavour. This is Landscape Studio.

However, in 2020 the question is - where is Landscape Studio?

Landscape Studio - Ideas

Ideas are the parent of change and

the fuel that drives creative work in Landscape Studio. However, ideas are never enough. In the studio what matters is how ideas are achieved, how they are transformed from vocalized language into concepts, strategies and to physical form. Defining such a specialized process warrants a unique direction in which architectural ideas are

developed beyond imagination and metaphor. So, in developing our designs we continuously encourage that the idea must expand and sediment itself in the drawing to achieve direction.

Ideas are shared fast. In the studio, we experience the force of contingency and the improbable combinations of events when ideas

are exchanged between fellow designers. However, the result can be messy when ideas are lost in translation or they fall into the category of good intentions. The design process suffers if the exchange has no direction and no medium that supports observation and inquiry. Therefore, we try to slow down the exchange of ideas at certain intervals in order

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(Office meetings and introductions)

(team work:internal team meetings, sketching, planning and evaluating)

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(Peer feedback, Supervision and Rotating Sally)

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Virtual Vertical Design Conversation Zone

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Landscape Studio ‘ground control’ “No access”

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THE VIRTUAL OFFICE & Studio ‘Versailles’, 2nd floor

to achieve the desired expansion.

Drawing techniques and simple models play central roles in this process and they are both slow and fast at the same time.

Landscape Studio - The Apollo Class

Design Conversation is a Landscape Studio method preformed under a powerful vertical projector in a curated room we call thick space. However, in 2020 you will be working at home (connected in

a group). We will be in proximity through a digital connection and at the same time discant from each other, without a common space to supports observation and inquiry.

The ‘classroom’ is where I will broardcast and support you and your group in the design process. The drawing is still the medium through which we are connected to the idea.

Maby even more so. We make drawings to perform, repeat and rehearse in order to construct the physical grammar needed to transform vocal-

ized language into drawings that can perform the idea. It is often iconic landscape typologies that we find in our language. Through these repeated activities and actions the idea can expand beyond the metaphor.

We draw structures of the landscape typologies: the entrance (what kind? primary or secondary? context? how many?), a path (where to? how wide? the material? soft or hard?) and a forest (scale? what kind? how do you establish it? do we have a reference? draw the dots!). We con-

tinue to a thicket, a clearing, a row of trees, buildings and etc. We draw every word we can and then we write a new word.

Although the conversation works as a forward movement, the mediation between computer and hand drawings - the hybrid nature of pencil and projected image – allow us to turn back, rewind, zoom in and examine. We continue with the making and unmaking of the image. We look at it again. We draw and withdraw.

Welcome to Landscape Studio.

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Draft Draft

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Feedback

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Apollo 3 + Apollo 6

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Apollo 4 + Apollo 5

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Virtual Design Conversation: Strategy board for ZOOM meetings planned and broardcasted from the Studio. The Apollo class, 2020

Virtual Design Conversation The assignment is phased (curated through our activities), open and with few initial limitations and can be divided into three overall phases.

In the first phase of the assignment is to produce a collision (combination of collage techniques, drawing, notation and visionary thinking). This phase can be seen as an overall explorative study of the problems and potentials – creatively elaborated in conceptual ideas for change.

The second phase is to develop a master plan. The third phase focuses on selected sites within the

master plan to develop, explore and to detail their inherent potential for change.

The calendar shows the scheduled activities. Since the course is a full time course, it is expected that the students/groups, outside of the scheduled activities, find the necessary time for preparation.

NOTE. Be aware that changes may occur. Therefore remember to check your emails every morning or afternoon.

*VDC is Virtual (formerly Vertical) Design Conversation. Feedback.

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Studio Work Exit I Final Paper

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NOTE: The Strategy board does not include Monday and Thursday Office meetings at 13.00-14.00 every week, external supervision and Paper supervision

Litterature related to Landscape Studio and The Design Conversation: The Campfire Design Studio : Design conversations in landscape architecture education. / Hansen, Peter Lundsgaard; Dam, Torben; Le Goffic, Virginie Corinne; Braae, Ellen Marie.

In: Edinburgh Architecture Research, Vol. 34, 2016, p. 6380.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article Simple Models Create Steep Learning Curves in Academic Design Studio. / Hansen, Peter Lundsgaard; Dam, Torben; Le Goffic, Virginie Corinne; Braae, Ellen Marie.

In: Fusion Journal, Vol. 003, 2014.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

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Svanemølle Haven

Wandering through the sensory garden, is bringing a variety of natrue experiences. The garden is a biotope in the meeting of water, planting and animals, and a place for people to connect with nature.

Spatial structures damental part of the identity in The Walled Garden

Conceptual graphic showing the elements of the transition; the industrial, the maritime and the natural.

Haven, a walled garden that emphasizes historical traces and the existing maritime atmosphere on the harbour front within a diversity of gardens. A distinct framed structure will set the boundaries for a green, vibrant space on the harbourfront, that accommodates both climate adaptation and biodiversity bringing people closer to nature.

The project site is the former power plant, Svanemøllen, situated in the northern harbour area at Nordhavn, Copenhagen. The site of approximately 7000 sqm has historical meaning and with the power plant regarded as a fun-

the area. The fascination of the place draws attention to the tall industrial walls surrounding the powerplant and former coal area.

With the heaviness of the concrete material shaping the walls, they become the industrial structure dominating the area.

“The fascination of the place draws attention to the tall industrial walls” Behind the bigger walls and power plant, a local maritime environment is found. Here the local sailor identity is striking. With small red timber houses, a local garden, a small bridge in shade of trees and the ship maintenance area.

This project aims to transform this post-industrial area with all its history and in line with current values, in a shift in use from industry to recreativity.

Group 1: Anne Sofie Lyngby, Louise Karlsen, Mette Væde Lykkebo, Simon Alkærsig Madsen

A diversity of gardens set by the cogent boundaries of the industrial walls and existing maritime environment, will create the overall structure for the walled garden.

A main axis reaching from the center of the power plant will, along with planting boundaries and transitions divide the area into different framed garden structures and garden-paths.

The aim of the gardens is to give the visitor new sensory experiences of nature and the historical traces in the site. The proposal takes advantage of current physical constraints, such as excess stormwater and existing structural barriers, converting them into new garden qualities.

The design is achieved through the programming of three intertwined elements, which will transform the area into a green walled garden.

Spatial Structures

The program of making different spatial structures is achieved through the combination of two

Garden in motion

Main axis and connections

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spatial components, sequences and graduation. These components are applied to emphasize the specific enclosures and framework at the site and the spatial qualities within these frames. The industrial walls and the planting are used as boundaries, transitions, connections and different experiences in the gardens.

The area within the walls are divided in five spatial sequences and boundaries, which are connected spatial situations linked to each other through their access.

Spatial gradation are spatial situations inside the five sequences. These are creating the different boundaries within the framed structure, which are either closed, semi-closed, transparent or open.

garden landscapes will change through the seasons and over time by the movement of water, dynamic plants and usage of people.

The cogent frames will develop as the planting inside may cross the boundaries of the frames and change the structures, altering the gardens spatial qualities.

Some gardens will work as a water management solution and raingarden for further re-use in the kitchen garden, while another garden will take advantage of the excess rain water, through creating blue-green biotopes in combination with vegetation. These biotopes create habitats for different species and give the visitor different sensory experiences that will bring people closer to nature.

modate high biodiversity and the future climate challenges by working with different plantings and water management. These

The main lines of the project are aligned according to a grid system, which frames the main axis and anchors the project site to its surroundings.

Garden in Motion

Main Axis and The garden sequences accom- Connections

Forest garden

Sensory birch path

Closter of trees Wetland

Water collection

Wild meadow

Wild meadow

Grasslawn

Rainwater storage/ fountain

Entrance

Water playground

Transporting and displaying water

Sprinkles Point of orientation

Stone garden Stone hills

Grid of cherry trees and birch

Café

The main axis promenading from the power plant creates the main connections of the site. The axes are lined with coherent lines of plane trees, which divides the gardens into sequences and leads the visitor through the area.

Pergola path

Detail plan, 1:1000

The anchor points of the axis consist of rows of trees in defined areas which function as entrances and fixes the project in its local environment, intertwining with the surrounding structures and green areas.

Group 1: Anne Sofie Lyngby, Louise Karlsen, Mette Væde Lykkebo, Simon Alkærsig Madsen

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The New Ørsted Park

The big lawn invites people to stay on the soft slopes and enjoy the sun after visiting The Technical Museum.

How do we transform the former power plant, Svanemølleværket, into a Technical museum and introduce diverse public realm with cultural programs, while blending in with the industrial power plant structure and existing marina activities?

Can we at the same time protect the area from the sea level rising and storm floods?

The Power Plant and the Marina

In Copenhagen situated north of Østerbro and west of the new urban area Nordhavnen you find Svanemølleværket. The former power plant is planned to become an attractive public and urban

Entrance plaza

space at the waterfront. Today the area is strongly characterized by it’s maritime activities and hosts the largest marina in Northern Europe as well several old rowing clubs like Frem est. 1897 with 750 active members. The harbour area is well used and full of activities but seemingly enclosed and preserved for the marina users and the members of the rowing club.

With the plan to transform Svanemølleværket to an active, public waterfront hosting the new technical museum there is a need for opening up enclosed structures while safeguarding the qualities of the old industrial power plant and the marina.

We strengthen the axis of

Conceptual diagram showing how the axis of Svanemøllenværket is the baseline for design of the New Ørsteds Park

“One main line is drawn through the area providing the backbone of the new Ørsteds Park imitating the axis of Svanemølleværket. This axis is furthermore divided into the pier and the promenade”

Green rooftop

The New Ørsteds Park

Scafollding structure

Svanemølleværket

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Svanemølleværket and connect it to Østerbro. The site becomes an inviting place for the users and visitors due to the extended range of programs and recreational opportunities. All of this has been achieved, while preserving maritime activities. One main line is drawn through the area providing the backbone of the New Ørsteds Park imitating the axis of Svanemølleværket. This axis is then divided into the pier and the promenade that are yet again connected with in surroundings where soft contours meet a big wooden deck inviting the visitor to take a dip in the clean water.

The pier and the promenade frame the New Ørsted Park. An attractive park at the waterfront where you can take a walk along the water, take a rest on the southern slopes or visit the food market in front of Svanemøllenværket.

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H.C Ørsted and Sustainable Solutions

The New Ørsteds Park refers to the danish scientist H.C Ørsted.

H.C Ørsted invented electromagnetism and his compass can be found as one of the treasures of the Technical Museum. Electromagnetism is the foundation for sustainable energy and therefore sustainability is a core element at the New Ørsteds Park. Sustaineability has been approached in two ways. The first is improving the quality of the water in the harbour and the second is expanding and interconnecting the green infrastructure.

The water in the harbour of Copenhagen is especially clean and sustains habitats of many species.

The water in the marina harbour is exposed to pollution since the boats themselves pollute it as well as sewage water is led out during storm floods and polluted rainwater.. Having clean water in the harbour benefits the biodiversity of the harbour and provides

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1. Svaneknoppen 2. New flow through Svaneknoppen 3. The fisher bar 4. Rock biotopes 5. Wooden steps towards the water 6. Musselfarms 7. Promenade at the rowing clubs 8. Swimming area at the wooden deck 9. The water reservoir at the compass 10. Green belt along Standvænget 11. Park area 12. Streetfood market at the Coal Plaza 13. Technical Museum 14. Rooftop garden 15. Entrance plaza a healthy and attractive environment for the visitors to enjoy the waterfront. Thus we have proposed several means to address this issue with one of them being a new channel puncturing the land on the Svanekoppen street.

The second sustainable solution is enhancing the green infrastructure at the site both by

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introducing new semi-natural areas and improving and expanding the existing green spaces. This has several benefits. It provides habitats and enhances the urban biodiversity, creates solutions for stormwater management and furthermore it improves the quality of the green spaces.

At the northern tip of the pier you can visit the fisherbar. Moving along the pier towards the south, you are led through a big wooden deck inviting you to take a dip in the water. The central part of the area is a big green park connected to a food market. Afterwards you are lead towards Østerbro along the promenade.

The pier

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From the arrival plaza the New Ørsteds Park continues into a long pier. Along the axis several areas, e.g. the food market at The Coal Plaza or the green park, invites you to explore The Ørsteds Park Section Aa: 1:2000.

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Hygoms Havn

The newly planted rows of trees strech across the lively Kulpladsen and the cherries and willows mirror in the glittering water in Skibsgården.

Centred around Svanemølleværket, Hygoms Havn embraces the heritage of its past and connects it with the present when inviting in the city.

A Red Giant

When stars run out of fuel, they will burn out. However, in stars of a certain size, the core will collapse, and the temperature will rise. The heat reaches the hydrogen molecules outside the core and activates their fusion. A vast energy is radiated, and the star distends to a red giant.

As a red giant Svanemølleværket piles up on the back bay of Svanemøllen, on the edge of the sea, the old Østerbro and the futuristic constructions in the newly developed Nordhavn district.

Louis Hygom was the architect of the power plant, which is the

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landmark for Hygoms Havn from the sea side as well as from the city. To this day it is a symbol of an area where energy is gener-

“To this day it is a symbol of an area where energy is generated”

Rows of trees inspired by the columns in Svanemølleværket.

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ated; in the fusion between the past and the future; between the hard concrete quays for the maritime industry’s fisher boats; the wooden sheds and jetties around the sailor communities and the enclosed yards of trees and grasses, between the walls of the power plant.

closed yards and open quays shaped by the traces of their industrial functions at Hygoms time and an introduction of urban elements to invite in the public.

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Søjlepladsen The columns of Svanemølleværket extend beyond the facade as rows of hornbeam are pulling by-passers from Strandvænget into Søjlepladsen in front

Traces of an industrial past; walls, silos and existing buildings.

Introduction of new elements; paving, plateaus and wooden decks.

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Enclosed yards in the industrial reminiscences of Svanemølleværket between the open spaces of Svanemølletippen and Søjlepladsen.

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of Svanemølleværket, where people are queuing for tickets to an evening event in the plant.

The narrow corridors along each side of the building invites to a walk between the red brick walls that lead to Kulpladsen.

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Hygoms Havn draws the column character of Svanemølleværket out into the surrounding spaces. Plant structures, continuous surfaces and the characteristic shapes of the wooden deck and plant bed constructions link the different parts of Hygoms Havn in a harmonious and dynamic whole. The site supports the danish government’s sustainability goals by preserving exiting industrial structures, adding a large permeable surface and increasing the amount of vegetation significantly with 465 trees of different species and cultivars.

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Skibsgården Withdrawn from the vivid Kulplads and framed by walls, cherry and willow trees, Skibsgården is hidden as a secret garden. Formerly the boats rested here for the winter, and the calmness of the place endures.

The water in the reflecting pool is glassy. Under the trees along the edges one can seek shelter while listening to the sound of rustling leaves and gazing at water lillies floating on the calm water.

Lautrupskaj Promenade & Svanemølletippen At Lautrupskaj Promenade the berthing fishing boats bring the smell of the sea on land, when fresh fish is handed over the rails.

By the slender, eye-catching copper beech on Lautrupskaj Promenade the eyes are led along the quay towards the open point.

At summertime people are sunbathing on the smooth planks of the wooden decks after a dip in the water. Others are leaning against the silo following the sailors’ harbour manoeuvres.

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Kulpladsen In Kulpladsen where the workers once used to shovel coal, the dust have now settled, but the vibrant life continues. The sound of voices mixes with the sound of energetic footsteps in the coal black gravel. On the open surfaces between wooden decks and large concrete beds with grasses there is a buzzing of activities, events and people hanging out. A great variation of tree species such as plane, linden and cherry create rows inspired by the structures and expression of Svanemølleværket. The windows of the workshops in the ground floor of the plant overlook Kulpladsen.

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Svanemøllen Esplanade

Standing inside the northwest corner of the former power station, where the opened structure shifts the space toward a more natural state Svanemøllen Esplanade focuses on shifting identities inside a polymorphic environment; specifically between industrial and natural character. This is achieved by designing a new shoreline with hard and soft edges, opening the strucure of the power station to create a new natural landmark, and mixing urban and natural spaces along the shoreline and pier.

Together these initiatives create a new identity that adapts the site’s history and equips it for the post-industrial future.

The landscape identity surrounding Svanemøllen power station has been formed, reformed and transformed over time from a natural shoreline to an industrial district. We must understand that this landscape is in a constant evolution, where elements belonging to different historical moments overlap and change the identity slowly. As the world shifts toward a post-industrial, sustainable era, the physical landscape must also shift, reinterpreting the old with a modern language (see diagrams below).

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off by walls and fences that enclose the space and cut off access to the water. Bridging this gap in connection has the potential to form an important link between

“...reinterpreting the old with a modern language” the urban areas of Østerbro and Nordhavn and the suburban areas to the north. A few of the derelict areas are slowly being taken over by nature and shifting their iden-

tities from a post-industrial space to a more natural space, which this project intends to embody.

The Power Station

Arriving at the front of the power station on Lautrupskaj, new green spaces frame the entrance and lead the visitor into the building. Inside, a new structure has formed the space into an arcade, taking advantage of the existing high ceilings and open spaces (see power station detail).

Vegetation has been allowed to grow inside, making the space change from a cold building into

Shifting Identities

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a living green space (see visualization). The visitor is led through this arcade to the pier and new urban plaza on the opposite side.

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Following the shoreline past the power plant, the space shifts its focus towards maritime activities, with a large boat storage and repair area. The path leads past a break in the quay wall where the natural shoreline takes over, signalling the shift to the post-industrial language (see section B).

Past the first buildings lies a new inlet for the rowing clubs, with two new club buildings to the left, across the road. Beyond the rowing clubs and boat pier access, the shoreline transitions to a natural shape, fully completing the shift from the industrial form to the south. Here, the path drops down towards the water (see section C), while trees and a meadow offer a buffer from the busy road to the west and lead on towards the beaches and nature beyond.

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Standing at the north end of the power plant, a new plaza has been created from a worn down, closed off space. Throughout the space, different blocks are cut into the surface, allowing planting to come through the ground and creating areas for seating. The seating blocks can be used for the movie theater at night or to be sat on when taking a stroll down the promenade. Looking towards the north you can see an opening between the varied tree crowns in the meadow. Here an unmarked path leads you further into the park. A gravel path appears, on this path up north, where you have a green forest to the left and a small hill to the right. This creates a small enclosed feeling.

A wooden deck appears that leads to a small ramp down and around the edge of the bath area.

Next to the bath is a lawn for sunbathing and relaxation. The silo and the area next to it has been transformed into a playground with a lawn, where parents can sit while the children play.

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Promenade Nature Park

Promenade as an intersection of the vegetation belts creating overall access and offering various options for spending leisure time.

Historical traces and structures.

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Promenade with explorative pathway loop.

The Promenade Nature Park is a new urban contemporary landscape situated at Svanemøllen harbour in Østerbro. The park is built upon the historical traces and existing maritime life and designed as a nature park with various vegetation belts enhancing the urban biodiversity. The promenade represents the spine of the park supporting and connecting all its parts.

penhagen. The promenade nature park project is leading into a new sustainable direction by letting the grown organic environment overtake what used to be a fossil fuel ground.

The new promenade is situated at the northern and sunny side of Svanemølleværket and leads you through explorative vegetation belts of the boat meadow, the woodland lab, the historical coal yard and ends at the marina marsh.

diverse vegetation give different views and spatial experiences.

Stepping onto the promenade from the bustling street of Strandvænget, the widest vegetation belt of the area, The Boat Meadow, shows groups of trees strategically planted to mimic the natural wind pollination. The meadow is covered by diverse grasses and lush wildflower species and primarily used as a boat storage area in the wintertime. When in summertime the boats are in the water the meadow landscape invites visitors to use the open areas.

Here there is calmness and shelter from the city side when the vegetation grows tall and dense. This meadow pattern is also used at the rooftop garden built in the central part of Svanemølleværket which

has a grand view over the city.

Moving along the promenade towards the waterfront it becomes clear that the nature types and the density of trees are changing. The second belt surrounding the club FREM restaurant and The Woodland Lab offers unexpected scenery of various plants carefully

The Promenade Nature Park

As a part of the municipality’s vision ’Urban nature in Copenhagen 2015-2025’ the landscape surrounding Svanemølleværket is a vital key in bringing more urban nature to the people of Co-

Four Vegetation Belts

The new public promenade acts as a mediator of Svanemølleværket and it is leading directly towards the waterfront. Along the way several smaller paths and

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“...calmness and shelter from the city...” selected to support the municipality’s goal to increase biodiversity in urban spaces. The spectrum of species includes broad-leaved trees, as well as conifers, existing and newly planted species and

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For educational and experimental purposes The Woodland Lab is an open workshop space for students and school kids in order to facilitate awareness about the importance of biodiversity and help the public comprehend the struggles of urban nature.

The third belt hidden within the remaining structures of the industrial walls, The Ruderal Coal Yard, is emphasizing the histor-

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ical traces and creating an urban park taken over by nature. Spontaneous vegetation and pioneer species such as grasses, mosses and wind pollinated species are dominating this place. The enclosed area has a levelled pathway system which is moving on top of the vegetation layer and around smaller piles of recycled asphalt.

These black rock piles are mimicking the former landscape of coal storage within the walls.

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As the promenade reaches the waterfront, visitors get the chance to look over to the lively harbour filled with boats while surrounded by The Marina Marsh. This fourth belt is creating a soft transition between land and the water as the slope with tall grasses merges into the harbour waters.

The marsh vegetation is led into the old industrial silo on the Eastern side of the promenade as the northern part of this structure

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will be open and therefore allowing the water and vegetation to come closer within. The silo is transformed into a panorama tower with the 360 degrees viewpoint giving visitors a new perspective of experiencing the atmosphere of the Promenade Nature Park.

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Section AA, 1:500 The promenade square is working as a central feature connecting the restaurant facilities, the promenade and the Woodland Lab in the natural woodland landscape belt of the project area.

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Park on the Pier

A forested boat meadow encourages communal activites during the summer, and transforms into a boat sanctuary during the winter chill.

Park on the Pier celebrates the history of Svanemøllen as a bustling marina complex by revitalising the district while maintaining its identity and purpose. Its multi-seasonal form provides a haven for families and friends in the summer and a functional harbour in the winter. The project is created with respect to the immutable forward march of time and change.

Future-Proofing Rooted In History

Park on the Pier is an attempt to address the existing and anticipated ­challenges that are likely to impact the area. This includes

reclaiming public green space for a growing populace, securing existing marine activities, and aiding sustainable development goals through responsible use of resources.

By using the built environment to preserve its historical identity, Svanemølleværket remains as a relic of the area’s industrial roots while enabling its transformation into the new Danish Museum of Science and Technology.

Industrial qualities are emphasized as active parts of the new museum and social hub.

This includes the original facades, structure and reimagination of the power station and silo Danish Museum of Science and Technology

for visitors to enjoy. Existing brick walls are also transformed to act as follies in the romantic park atmosphere.

Sustainability

Recent demands for sustainable practices worldwide has prompted the Danish government to aim for a 70% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030 – including in architecture and city design.

The chassis of an underutilised powerhouse and silo can offer a glimpse into the possibilities of sustainable and reusable architecture. These buildings would retain 70% of their original husks and transform a conventional silo into a Hub with a Harbour office, convenience store and bathroom facilities; and a powerhouse

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into a multifunctional museum.

This reuse of existing architecture hints at a new type of urbanism - one that is flexible and responsible.

Similarly, adaptable landscapes can be equally impactful for sustainability goals. Instead of dedicating valuable city spaces for parking, Park on the Pier experiments with seasonal ‘boat meadows’ which offer a safe

“...access to pleasant open spaces; marine activities are celebrated...”

Harbour Hub

Svanemølleværket and the Silo sit as a reminder of the history of the land in their new roles as a tech museum and Harbour Hub. Group 6: Mette Juhl Jessen, Cecilie Rimer, Mikkel Jakobsen, Kathleen Kittell, Paul Bryant

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harbour for boats in the winter and park space for people to enjoy during summer. The benefits of these boat meadows are multifaceted: the public retain access to pleasant open spaces; marine activities are celebrated and given audience; while storage requirements are easily met.

Connections: To Nature and Us

Copenhagen’s perhaps greatest claim to modern fame is through its devotion to a world-class bicycle network connecting every part of the city. Park on the Pier is no exception; offering an efficient route to and from Østerbro via the sub-railway tunnel. As well as linking to the existing bicycle network, these paths offer better access to the adjacent football fields, Svanemøllen Station, and beyond.

These designs also seek to (re) connect people to nature and each other with a porous landscape amid the park and urban areas, which are accentuated by the various vegetation zones. Walking tracks meander throughout the densely vegetated green spaces offering a pleasant reprieve to picnic or stroll through the grass.

Conversely, the Promenade is a place for people to greet friends, share a conversation, and meet the spirited fisher-folk tying up along the harbour.

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Promenade: An open landscape with a strip of concrete pavers. Planting in large, amorphous planting beds. Low undergrowth and solitary trees.

Boat Meadow: Clear landscape with low grass and annuals and few solitary trees. More lush greenery along perimeter.

The Pier: A classic park landscape. Clusters of trees shelter and create niches, while a dense bushy underlayer aims to create intimacy. Cut and uncut grass in open areas predominated by coniferous trees.

The Stretch: Wide variety of tree species. Vegetation creates protection by enclosing the park against the busy road. Deciduous trees prevail here.

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Connective paths wind throughout the park area

Various vegetation zones illuminate the many faces of the park

A collage of hard and soft edges gives a hint of their function.

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The Climate University Park

Experiencing the strong connection to the university park and the sea from the library on the ground floor - Visualization This project transforms the old power station to the present.

The new program will make the building well known in the future; not only for its iconic architecture but also for the life and ideas in and around it.

With its associated coastal public park, the project addresses some crucial challenges of today such as stormwater events, rising sea levels, lack of green spaces in dense urban areas and decreasing biodiversity.

With remodeled edges the project increases the experienced proximity to the sea and allows natural processes to take place in the city.

Transformation

Alongside the likely incorporation of The Danish Technical Museum, a Copenhagen Climate University will be established in the shell of the iconic old power station.

The university will focus on research and communication about climate and climate change and incorporate startup businesses working interdisciplinarily in the field. Svanemølleværket will be transformed from an isolated industrial power plant burning fossil fuels and emitting CO2, into an open public building that ‘produces’ knowledge about climate change and sustainable energy.

Framed Landscapes

A strong connection between the building and the harbour is established by removing old industrial constructions and opening up the facade (diagram A). Parallel straight lines of trees stretches out from the building’s sides. The tree lines shape a frame for two dynamic landscapes to the north and south, mirrored by an axis through the building (diagram B). The northern landscape is a large coastal park and the southern counterpart is a dynamically vegetated recess in the smaller front yard.

The park is as an unprogrammed public space - everyday used by students, employees and residents for recreational purpos-

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es. Temporarily tents are placed on the lawn for events such as a ‘Copenhagen Climate Festival’.

Diverse Edges

With diverse remodelled edges the place offers different ways of access to the sea while meeting the demands for sustainability.

On the long quaysides are two hard edged wooden promenades that follow the functionalist architecture and directions of the building. Stairs create niches for people to come close to the water. In contrast to these edges, the north-eastern edge of the landscape is dynamic (diagram B) and natural processes shape an ever changing line between land and sea.

This edge provides new shallow marine habitats and its calm water is ideal for kids to play in.

From the building the slope draws one towards the water.

When turning around by the water, the slope upwards enlarges the existing monumental expression of building.

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the trees throughout the harbour.

Between the straight tree alleys of the dynamic park unfolds with groups of varied trees. Some are flowering, some multi-stemmed and others evergreen. One finds species such as Amelanchier arborea, Pinus sylvestris and Magnolia xsoulangeana. The tree groups create small shadowed niches on the

lawn, increase the biodiversity and ensure different experiences throughout the year. From park entrances and the building facade lines of sight are kept between the tree groups towards the sea. (diagram C).

The grass underneath the tree groups is cut twice a year and spontaneous vegetation grows between the mowings.

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Connectivity

On a larger scale, connections ensure good access to the park from the surrounding residential areas. West of the park a tunnel connects to Østerbro, while a bridge on the eastern side connects to Nordhavn and the metro station ‘Orientkaj’ (diagram D).

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Svanemølle Wetland

The seawater breaking into the harbour edge and creating a wetland. This creates a momentum and a pause.

Svanemølle Wetland reflects a momentum. A pausing on our way towards a change in society due to climate challenges using the landscape to reflect upon the need of coexistence between humans and nature.

The sea is taking back space from the existing harbour edge, reflecting the rising sea levels and the climate crisis of our time. An abrupt boardwalk forces us to slow down, make a stop and consider a detour through nature.

The Wetland, The Pause

North of Svanemølleværket the sea reaches into the land and creates an artificial urban wetland. It

reaches from the far north of the site and merges with the urban structures in the south. The rising and falling of the sea made visible by the sloping terrain addresses an important problem in the climate discourse of today. The existing harbour edge is turned into a boardwalk reaching out into the wetland. It creates a pause, marking a momentum and inviting the visitor to slow down and reflect.

The Power Generator

The project area is dominated by the big power station ‘Svanemølleværket’. It was built in 1953 to support the northern part of Copenhagen with electricity and district heating from coal

energy and later on from natural gasses. A new use of the enormous building is planned as its function is no longer needed.

“...the power station now distributes cultural and social energy” Once providing electricity for the area, the power station now distributes cultural and social energy. Svanemølleværket is turned into a generator for future developments and is reinvented as a center for generating social and technical solutions to the envi-

Section stretching from the urban plaza in front of the powerstation up to the wetland area.

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ronmental crisis. A new local empowerment station for citizens of Copenhagen to get involved and be part of innovative initiatives.

Also, a new technical museum addresses solutions concerning sustainable development of society.

The Exhibition Carpet

To emphasize the newly given importance of the building, the power plant will be surrounded by a carpet of urban pavement, marking the entrance and providing space for culture to unfold.

The carpet will host permanent and temporary installations as well as various events, making it an attraction of important value and providing a free outdoor ex-

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The Meandering Park

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The once industrial landscape is transformed into a park landscape that moves around the building, merging with the urban structures in the south and altering into a natural wetland north of the building. Walking through the landscape, senses are stimulated, experiences obtained, and knowledge achieved as contemplation reconnects city dwellers with nature.

The topography and planting strategy creates a variety of new biotopes and adds important natural value such as wild-growing vegetation, stones, and terrain variations supporting biodiversity. Aquaponics, harbour farming, the greenhouse, and vertical farming provide hands-on experiences with food production – addressing the sustainability issue of the world’s growing population.

In the middle of the park landscape, Svanemøllevæket towers as a remembrance of the industrial past and the passing of time, but also as a symbol of new power generated by new values and thoughts.

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The Coexistence

Reflecting upon the duality of nature and culture leads us to consider the possibility of coexistence between the two.

A connection that combined may support each other. Thus, Svanemølleværket and the landscape becomes one narrative telling about the challenges of today and possible solutions for the future.

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13 Studio work (*VDC)

Preparation 13.00h ZOOM Meeting intro 3’rd handin

Preparation

afternoon

morning

13.00 - 17.00 09.00 - 12.00

12

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13.00h ZOOM

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Studio work intro: Rotating Sally Intro: Paper Work

10.00h Paper ZOOM Anton & Malthe

Preparation

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Preparation

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2’nd handin Upload

Studio work

13.00h ZOOM Meeting handin 2 Reference

Studio work

07 11.00h

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Studio work

11.00h

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4’th handin Mockup & P2

13.00h ZOOM Meeting Mockup & P2

13.00h ZOOM Meeting

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Preparation

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13.00h ZOOM Meeting

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*VDC

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1 1/2 handin Upload Group Collision

10.00h ZOOM Groups (tba)

05

04

Crit and *VDC

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13.00h

01

Preparation

Program

Exhibition/ intro group work

13.00h ZOOM Meeting Site-talk

Studio work

30

Preparation

ZOOM

13.00h Intro ZOOM

Studio work

29

Preparation

PLH & co.

13.00h Paper ZOOM Anton & Malthe

1’st handin Upload Collision

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27

Preparation

13.00h Intro 1 ZOOM

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11.00h

Preparation

PLH Program & Collision

Design by reference, detail referencestudies handin 2

First Group work/ Site’visit’/sketch/ notations/ handin 1 1/2

Preparation

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22

Studio work

afternoon

morning

13.00 - 17.00 09.00 - 12.00

21 09.00h Intro 2 ZOOM

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*VDC

First individual work handin 1

Intro

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13.00h ZOOM Meeting Exit 2

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09 Studio work

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Exam handin posters, digital upload 11.00h

13.00h ZOOM

15

Preparation

11.00h ZOOM Meeting

08

Studio work (*VDC)

05

Preparation

04 Studio work

Preparation

03 Studio work (*VDC)

09.00h ZOOM Meeting Exit 1 Preparation

afternoon

morning

13.00 - 17.00 09.00 - 12.00

2. pinsedag

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02

Preparation

Studio work Final paper Handin

01

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Examination Note: Please do not arrange hollidays in the examination week.

exhibitition eval and goodbyes

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Landscape studio 2020

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