PROJECT

City Park Århus

SERVICES

Competition Proposals, Biodiversity and Landscaping Concepts

SPECIES

Hare, wren, Holly blue

SIZE

30,000 square meters

WHERE

Aarhus, Denmark

WHEN

2022

CUSTOMER

Aarhus municipality

Second place in the competition to transform Musikhusparken in Aarhus into “Byens Park.” The project reimagines Sven Hansen’s original garden design, aiming to adapt his original vision to the new context of the prominent cultural institutions surrounding Musikhuset and the connection across Frederiks Allé.
City Park is a vibrant gathering place for culture, nature, urban life, and social interactions. It creates space for nature, where the biodiversity strategy ties in with Aarhus’s unique natural environment and parks, forming a nature-rich promenade within a single, large, contiguous green structure, where the park is woven together into a landscape full of experiences, art, and biodiversity. As a recurring theme, the white wave of spring unfolds like a slow-moving spectacle, where trees and shrubs celebrate the return of light with a blossoming white spring bloom.

Focus Species

Overview of Various Target Species
“The City Park creates space for nature. Through one large, unifying green corridor, the park is woven together into an experiential, artistic, and biodiverse landscape. We visibly channel the water through the park toward Ådalen. A curated arrangement of white-flowering trees highlights the changing seasons, transforming the greenery into a sensory backdrop and setting for intimate everyday gatherings and internationally oriented events.”

- Team Inside Outside and SLETH, Competition Proposal, April 2023

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