Team SLA to Design New 30-hectare Coastal Nature Park in Copenhagen, Denmark

"A " nature park" is a protected area where conservation is balanced with sustainable development and human use. It often encompasses human-shaped cultural landscapes and integrates strategies for regional development, supporting local communities and promoting the conscious use of the land. This framework allows the proposal to be understood as a platform for recreation, eco-tourism, environmental education, research, and regional growth."

"The design of SLA's Nordør - New Park is rooted in the idea of allowing nature's own processes the space and time to evolve. The proposal envisions a varied topography of social and ecological landscapes formed from decades of deposited soil, slopes, and ridges left by Copenhagen's construction sites. One of the project's stated goals is to function as both a carbon sink and a biodiversity driver,"

"The project seeks to set new global standards for climate-positive and nature-positive urban design while redefining Copenhagen's relationship with its water. Habitats for rare species would be preserved, expanded, and left undisturbed, while lagoons, meadows, beaches, grasslands, forest edges, and marine reefs are envisioned to reshape the site into a dynamic meeting point between land and sea, offering equal space for people and wildlife alike."

SLA and partners propose Nordør - New Park, a 30-hectare coastal nature park in Nordhavn combining conservation with sustainable development and human use. The design emphasizes allowing natural processes to shape varied topography from deposited soils, slopes, and construction-era ridges. The park aims to function as a carbon sink and biodiversity driver, sequestering more CO₂ than it emits and creating new habitats on land, coast, and sea. Landscapes include lagoons, meadows, beaches, grasslands, forest edges, and marine reefs to support rare species while providing recreational, educational, and eco-tourism opportunities. The proposal seeks climate-positive, nature-positive urban design and improved relations with water.

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