Holstebro
2019 - 2049
A green strategy for the cultural hub
Holstebro has a population of 36 thousand. A 21.000m2 plot near the town centre is liberated as the town hospital will move to new facilities. This is why Holstebro municipality and the Færch Foundation have established Holstebro Development and launched a competition for the future of Holstebro.
Team Vandkunsten won the competition with strategic approaches to improve the connections within Holstebro with the town’s vibrant cultural scene, its surrounding nature, and a diversified housing catalogue.
The freeway divides the town
The town center and Holstebro’s catchment area is currently divided by the freeway which acts like a city wall around the center. Team Vandkunsten has developed strategies to penetrate the wall with landscape elements and by enhancing cultural features.
Planning for three areas
Project facts
Facts
Project name: Development of Holstebro town
Category:Planning
Client: Holstebro Udvikling
Location: Holstebro
Gross area: 21.000 m²
Date: 2019 - 2049
Status: Under development
Project
Program: Urban development
Activity: Urban planning and transformation
Job type: 1. prize in architectural competition
Contact: Jan Albrechtsen, jal@vandkunst.dk
Project group: Jan Albrechtsen, Maria Ramild Crammond, Pauline Faaborg, Olivia Thomsen, Nanna Marie Vindeløv-Rasmussen, Emma Rishøj Holm, Astrid Vang Kaspersen, Pernille Schyum Poulsen
Team
Architect: Vandkunsten Architects
Landscape: Skaarup Landscape and Torben Schønherr
Engineer: ÅF
Consultant: ICP