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What’s on our drawing board? Here’s the latest on our global projects and the thinking behind them
JAN GEHL COLLABORATION 03.2024
Jan Gehl, the reknown Danish architect, asked us to support him advising the City of Holstebro on the regeneration of a former hospital site. Partner Louise Grassov travelled with Jan Gehl to Holstebro in Northern Denmark to give their shared view on how the open spaces are best transformed into a new neighbourhood.
WALKING AND CYCLING IN THE USA 01.2024
For Washington University in St. Louis, we have worked with MVLA and Trivers to create scenarios for the future on-campus network of walking and cycling paths. We are updating the campus paths and intersections surrounding the new Arts & Sciences Building and beloved Mudd Field.
CONNECTING HISTORIC TOWN CENTRE 01.2024
The City of Ringsted in Denmark has commissioned us to draw up a sketch proposal and pilot project for a pedestrian promenade connecting the historic town centre from east to west. The new pedestrian connection will serve to offer new urban experiences. We cannot wait to engage the local citizens later this year.
JAN GEHL AT SCHULZE+GRASSOV! 12.2023
Our friend and mentor Jan Gehl stopped by the office to share a lifetime of urban thinking with our team. The magnitude of his achievements over half a century touched us all deeply. We were proud to report back to him that the seeds he planted with Louise and Oliver still fire our passion at Schulze+Grassov today.
BBC REPORTING ON OUR NEW WATERFRONT 12.2023
Our framework vision for a new 10km long waterfront promenade in Belfast has been aired on the BBC and RTE national TV stations. Partner Oliver Schulze says "this is a generational opportunity for the city to redefine it's image and identity from the waterfront".
WATERFRONT FRAMEWORK FOR BELFAST 12.2023
We have completed a framework for 10km of urban waterfront in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. We led a process engaging a large group of stakeholders, building consensus around a planned transformation process channelling £1bn over investment in the next generation.
RECREATION IN COPENHAGEN HARBOUR 11.2023
We are supporting Københavns Roklub, a historic and active rowing club based in Copenhagen Harbour, to refurbish the open spaces surrounding their boathouse. As former industrial waterfront sites are transformed to dense mixed-use, the rowing club secures an open space for recreational access, benefitting life in the city.
LOUISE GRASSOV - A DECADE AS PROFESSOR 10.2023
For the 10th time Partner Louise Grassov is teaching Urban Design as Visiting Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, US. She is sharing key findings from our Copenhagen practice with the students in the Scan|Design Master Studio, and adds valuable perspectives on how to apply theories in practice.
FREDERIKSBERG BUSINESS AWARD 11.2023
We are nominated for the Frederiksberg Business Award 2023. Each year the City of Frederiksberg honours a local company in the municipality that “strengthens the positive development of Frederiksberg and is a role model in relation to green and sustainable transition,” as the criteria reads. Thank you for the honour.
STRANGEWAYS, HERE WE COME 10.2023
We have been appointed by Manchester City Council and Salford City Council as part of a team to develop a regeneration framework for the Strangeways and Cambridge districts in UK. The team is led by Avison Young and includes Maccreanor Lavington, Feilden Clegg Bradley, Civic Engineers, Useful Projects, and Placed.
LIVABLE COURTYARDS IN COPENHAGEN 10.2023
We are leading the refurbishment of our fourth courtyard in Copenhagen. The City of Copenhagen has asked us to turn a historic courtyard into a green and enjoyable oasis for residents in the street of Kapelvej in Nørrebro. Funded by the municipality, we are improving city life in historic parts of the Danish capital.
OLIVER SCHULZE’S GUIDE TO BERLIN 10.2023
Get Oliver Schulze’s guide to the best of Berlin. Danish magazine Byrummonitor asked our German-born Partner Oliver Schulze for architectural insider tips to Germany’s capital city. His list includes the historic Alte Potsdamer Straße that is currently being transformed into a pedestrianised street designed by us (in Danish).
INTERACTIVE BUILDING SITE 02.2020
Schulze+Grassov and Enemærke & Petersen have joined forces to develop an "Interactive Building Site" to address the biggest challenges experienced by local communities as developers execute major urban development projects. The project deploys our bespoke public life simulation platform and uses VR technology to give stakeholders access to an interactive world generated with input from experienced E&P building site managers. The work is funded by Realdania and the platform will help in the dialogue between the contractor and local communities in new projects.
KOLDING STEPS UP 12.2019
The City of Kolding is part of the Trekantsområdet of Denmark, the Triangle Region. In this industrial and commercial powerhouse of the Danish economy an entire region collaborates as a network of successful towns and cities, surrounded by beautiful landscape. We have been selected by the City of Kolding to help it become a more attractive urban destination in the region, strengthening the community of existing businesses and shops and improving the quality of buildings and open spaces in the city centre and surrounding districts.
Watch final presentation here
Watch final presentation here
ANDREA DYNNES AND JEPPE JENSEN +2 12.2019
To round off the academic training our graduates received at Danish universities, we sponsor them to take the "Plus 2" professional education programme run by the Danish Union of Architects and Designers. In the 2-year course they are paired with an experienced mentor in our office to reflect on their work in practice and they study part-time in groups to learn about professional practice. The education concludes with an exam similar to the RIBA Part 3 and the AIA professional accreditation examinations.
VISION FOR TORONTO 10.2019
The relocation of Bombardier from the Toronto Downsview area creates North America's largest urban regeneration opportunity on a site of over 300 ha within ten minutes transit of Downtown Toronto. In a fiercely competitive field we were selected into the final four competing teams with our long-time collaborators of Behnisch Architekten, Transsolar and Martha Schwartz and Partners. We were the responsible urban designers for the masterplan that focused on creating an ecosystem of networked employment sites to underpin mixed-use urban development with a fully climate-adapted public realm.
TRANSFORMING INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE 09.2019
The Siemensstadt in Berlin is a city district built from 1899 onwards as the headquarters for Siemens. Complete with workplaces, housing and infrastructure, the growing district attracted many workers to one of Germany's industrial powerhouses. Schulze+Grassov were chosen as urban designers to compete for a complete reinvention of the district as a modern Siemensstadt 2.0 in the years to come. Working with our friends at Dietrich Untertrifaller, Studio Dreiseitel and Mobility-in-Chain, we trained algorithms to visualise the potential that employment and R&D land uses have to create a lively city.
CITY OF SOUND 08.2019
Struer is the City of Sound, the home to Danish company Bang & Olufsen. As the commercial harbour serving the agricultural hinterland is restructuring, a major opportunity has arisen to grow the city structure into the harbor area, right adjacent to the city centre. Here, the city will create new public destinations, workplaces and homes in a very privileged location. Our development plan proposal focussed on a city district with opportunities and invitations for people of all ages.
DESIGN GUIDE FOR KOLDING 08.2019
As part of our work for The City of Kolding we’ve developed a design guide for ground floor tenants. The guide will strengthen the perceived stewardship of public spaces and the overall experience of the inner city. It provides a range of suggestions on how to create a more positive, inviting and animated environment on the ground floor, including building edges and the adjacent public space. The guide has been issued to all business and shop owners in the city centre who have welcomed it. Only a few months later, we’re already seeing the positive effects.
WITH DORTE MANDRUP IN NÜRNBERG 07.2019
For some time we have been looking out for a good opportunity to work with the team of Dorte Mandrup to explore collaboration. What better opportunity than to take our joint Danish team to Oliver's fatherland to bring Scandinavian sensibility to a post-war building icon sitting adjacent to the historic medieval structure of the Nürnberg city wall. Our project connects building and open space with a focus on improving pedestrian connectivity and natural urban habitat in this iconic location.
NEW BICYCLE BRIDGE 07.2019
Close to Louise's home in Valby big things are happening. The local train station has been transformed into a multi-modal hub that will become Denmark's fifth biggest transport hub. Metro, S-Train, Letbane, Øresund and national rail trains will all stop here. Many new buildings are being constructed already in this new emerging urban hub. We have drawn plans for a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge that will span several lines to improve accessibility across rail infrastructure.
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