COMPETITION WIN

For the first time in a generation, Copenhagen is getting a new, large-scale urban park – and we are humbled and honored to share that Urban Agency is part of team SLA who has won the design competition to deliver this landmark project over the next many years.

NORDØR – NEW PARK IN NORDHAVN is a new 30-hectare coastal nature park in Nordhavn. The park will connect people and nature, set new global standards for climate-positive and nature-positive urban design, and redefine the city’s relationship with its water.

Shaped from decades of deposited soil from Copenhagen construction sites, NORDØR is designed with minimal interventions into a rich mosaic of sport fields, beaches, playgrounds, lagoons, marine reefs, and community spaces – offering everyday amenities, ecological resilience, and a vital reconnection with nature right at the city’s edge.

The park will sequester more CO2 than it emits and act as a biodiversity catalyst for new habitats on land, coast, and sea – both on-site and off-site.

We look forward to delivering this crucial project together with our team lead by SLA, along with VITA engineers, Aaen Engineering, Pihlmann Architects, Buro Happold, Kerstin Bergendal, Aiming Spaces and Holdbart, and developing our vision alongside our clients the Municipality of Copenhagen and By og Havn.

To learn more about this project, click here.

image credit: Team SLA