For several years now, the city of Aalborg is immersed in a transition from an industrial economy to one based on knowledge and culture. As part of that process, the project consists in transforming the Spritfabrikken, an old aquavit factory that ha
The Dutch architectural office MVRDV, based in Rotterdam, proposes an operation that, through the densification of the urban fabric only in some specific zones, manages to free up as much ground floor area as possible to in this way protect the surro
The practice set up in the year 1959 by the architect Henning Larsen, one of Denmark’s most established architects, has also been selected to participate in the competition with a proposal that focusses on treating the landscape and integrating it in
The London-based studio proposes to bring a new public transport line to the university boulevard that will serve to stitch together the different neighborhoods of Aalborg, at present deficiently connected, along the city’s north-south axis, and will
The landscape of Aalborg has materialized the changes taking place in history, evolving from an industrial city into a city of knowledge when the university was built. The ‘City in between’ competition is an endeavor to improve infrastructures, resha
One of the main premises behind the proposal of the Danish team formed by the architectural offices of Schønherr and BIG and the engineering firm Ramboll is the need to develop infrastructures for sustainable transportation. Not only are the resident
Comprising 28 apartments, the complex is protected from the street traffic by a row of buildings, and open westwards to a cemetery with lush vegetation and good views, and whose presence has been essential in the design of the scheme. The location of
