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with low CO2 emission levels parkway that enhances an eco-friendly style of living Published on June 17, 2021 By Global Design News Designed by the urban designers AFR ThinkingUrban, the Trojborg Parkway is a daring initiative in the Danish city of Horsens. For its ecological design, the project won a recent 2021 Green Good Design® Award from The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum. The aim of the project is to revitalize th

Throughout Europe, the 60's and the 70's saw a rapid expansion of residential building. In Scandinavia as in most other countries, some of the best planning skills and architectural talent were geared to creating large areas of housing. The modern movement was in full cry and dwellings for all sections of society were erected. Now, only 40 years later, the towering ambitions of the architectural profession are being demolished. It is a striking paradox that some of the worst

This desert of rubble was photographed in 2014. It’s the place where I grew up, lived with my family, played with the kids in the neighbourhood, went to school, did shopping with my parents. It is totally destroyed. That might not be so unusual in this age of urban renewal. Old disfunctional buildings must gave way to new. The tragedy of the photo is not that the rubble comes from the building I lived in. The rubble is from the buildings which were planned and built to replac

It's an old tradition we have that goes way back. Everytime we get a significant design award, we crack open a bottle of bubbly. This week especially it was a relevant that I walk back and forth to the office rather than drive. iF Design Award The first one arrived on Wednesday (14th April 2021). The prestigious German iF Design Award, came thundering in. It was awarded to my client Blue Ocean Robotics in Denmark for whom I was external design consultant working with their de

DNgroup HQ, STEENSSEN, 70MEDiA and AFR Thinking Urban have moved from this great downtown location in Aarhus - to a really creative environment in Horsens, Denmark. The new location gives not only the right surroundings for an innovative team but also a much reduced carbon footprint. See you in Horsens!!! #DNgroupHQ #ReflectionsOfTheTimes #Aarhus #Horsens #Denmark #AFR #ThinkingUrban #UrbanPlan #CityPlanning #UrbanDesign #BlueAndOtherShapes #architect #FrederickRickmann #70ME

The capital of Catalonia offers many sight like this one. Glass and steel juxtaposed with brick. A great example of future rooted into the past. #Barcelona #Catalonia #CulturalSustainability #AFR #ThinkingUrban #UrbanPlan #UrbanDesign #BlueAndOtherShapes #architect #FrederickRickmann #70MEDiA #DNgroup #1234Design #Denmark #arkitekt #Danmark #建築師 #出版社 #帝山諾 #丹麥設計

As an architect, I always wanted glass to be glass. Windows should be more like transparent walls, rather than holes in a wall and that windows should not be subdivided into small panes. This is especially true with double and triple glazing where small panes are really just a pain when window-cleaning. However I also have to recognise, that sash-bars on windows really do add a kind of screening quality to windows. This applies both to the outside and also to the inside. Inte

Looking out over Causeway Bay on a calm cloudy evening. Even in the most vibrant and buzzing conurbations, there are periods when the world seems to stand still. So if your ask - can the population on the earth live as close and dense as in Hong Kong? - the answer can only be, "sure, if the design is right". #TheSerenityofHongKong #CausewayBay #China #UrbanPlan #CityPlanning #UrbanDesign #香港 #銅鑼灣 #architect #FrederickRickmann #AFR #ThinkingUrban #70MEDiA #DNgroup #1234Design

The societies which thrive best are the ones where the strengths of the past are brought together with the growth of the new parts of the city. Urban neighbourhoods are about people and people need roots and understanding to flourish. The best cities in the world - where tourists flock and gather - are the ones which have maintained their cultural heritage. For a city to be sustainable, the cultural elements are in fact more important in the long run, than environmental susta

London has been a very densely populated city for centuries. But the striking thing about London is that round almost every corner you can find places of human scale. It’s a place to live. Our new cities must embrace that concept of "place". Read more from: https://www.steenssen.com/product-page/blue-and-other-shapes #A_place_to_live #London #UK #FotoBlog #architect #FrederickRickmann #AFR #ThinkingUrban #70MEDiA #DNgroup #1234Design #Denmark #arkitekt #Danmark #建築師 #建築事務所 #出

When a city design gets it right it becomes a generator of well-being. It can be just a great place to live. It can have just the right position. It can be a mix of old and new. The people who live there and work there will thrive. If that city design gets it superbly right, visitors will flock to share that sense of place and atmosphere. Then the street turns into a generator of wealth and income. Yet because of the weight of visitors, it becomes a disagreeable place to live