Henning Larsen

The Wangen Renaturation Argen is recognised for transforming a previously constrained river corridor into a civic and ecological infrastructure. By restoring spatial capacity, dynamism, and continuity to the Argen, the project redefines the river as a public landscape that supports flood retention, habitat formation, accessibility, and daily use across multiple scales. Rather than prescribing specific uses, the design employs suggestive ambiences, such as shallow banks, gravel edges, paths, and openings, to indicate potential activities. These ambiences are visually gentle yet constructed with robust materials. The project serves as a compelling model for riparian landscapes facing climate uncertainty. In an era of significant public investment in river restoration and renaturalization, it demonstrates how ecological regeneration can be integrated with public engagement, multi-species river access, climatic comfort, and collective life.

Nearly 500 inhabitants have found a home in this new district of Dornstadt. On the former industrial wasteland of the Kaupp window factory in Ulm/Dornstadt with an area of about four hectares, the Quartier Arkadien was built. With this development, the real estate developer Strenger has realized a significant expansion of Dornstadt. In addition to […]

The Mandai Rainforest Resort did not begin as a forest. The 4.6-hectare site along the Upper Seletar Reservoir was once the staff and animal keeper quarters of the adjacent zoo, a cleared, domesticated patch of ground sitting at the edge of Singapore’s Central Catchment Nature Reserve. The ecology did not start well. But at the […]

What kind of park would best serve a community as active, rooted, and diverse as Sembawang? The answer, at Bukit Canberra, was not a park at all — but a living commons. From meals, to movement, to medical care, it integrates essential neighbourhood functions into a seamless landscape experience, all in one. Bukit Canberra is […]

The Biotope offers an office environment uniquely entwined with the natural environment for the municipal offices of Lille. The design transforms the typical office program into a unique, circular environment that supports people, animals, and local nature alike. Located on a bustling, yet constrained site without the possibility of an extensive ground level park, our […]