Naturpark Amager and Søborg Hovedgade have been nominated for This Year’s Arne 2025.

Søborg Hovedgade

With the transformation of Søborg Hovedgade, Gladsaxe Municipality has created a green, vibrant shopping street with a strong neighborhood identity, setting new standards for diverse urban and commercial life. Wider bike lanes, green seating areas, and pergolas with climbing plants create a lively and aesthetically attractive street that invites community and relaxation. Planting inspired by residential gardens adds lushness to the street and connects the city’s nature with its architecture. The reduced car traffic enhances safety and makes it easier for citizens to choose cycling over driving.

The project supports sustainable mobility and social interaction, representing an important step in the development of a long-term, sustainable, and beautiful neighborhood.

SYSTRA has been responsible for the development of:

• Overall analyses of road structures
• Capacity analyses with multiple scenarios for road closures
• Traffic safety considerations
• Promotion of cycling
• Design and planning of earthworks, roads, and drainage

Architect: BOGL

Partners: Gladsaxe Municipality (client), Hoffmann (contractor)

Naturpark Amager

In 2019, SYSTRA Denmark, as the technical advisor, won the competition to develop new main entrances and blue gathering areas with access to Naturpark Amager from the water side, in collaboration with LYTT, ADEPT, and TVEDE Consulting Engineers as sub-advisors. The new areas now serve as landmarks in the landscape and have improved opportunities for exploring the natural area.

SYSTRA handled advisory tasks related to:

• Structures on land and in water
• Construction of paths, stairs, etc.
• Geotechnics
• Assessment of nature and environmental conditions
• Environmental mapping
• Drainage
• Coastal protection related to interventions in dikes
• Regulatory approvals
• Project managemen
• tOccupational health and safety

Architect: LYTT Architecture & ADEPT

Partners: Lead consultant and landscape architect: LYTT Architecture, Building architect: ADEPT, Client: Copenhagen Municipality and the Danish Nature Agency, Other partners: BARK Consulting, JAC Studios

MAAs in Copenhagen will now vote on which five projects should be nominated for the city’s prestigious architecture award. If you are an MAA or a student member of MAA in Copenhagen, you have already received an email with a link to the voting, which closes on December 4th (be sure to check your spam filter, if necessary).