By Line Vestergaard Cramer.
03.04.2025.
The project 'Opbrud' will create homes in crushed asphalt for wild animals in the city.
In their competition 'Wild Animals Seek Housing', the Utzon Center and the Danish Architecture Center have invited young graduates and architecture students to present their ideas on how we will house small animals such as bees, bats and hedgehogs in the city in the future. According to the World Bank, 88% of Danes live in the city, and that leaves very little space for the animals as it stands now.
The winner among the 32 participants has now been found, and it was Laurits Evald Thingholm, a student at the Royal Danish Academy. In his project 'Opbrud', he proposes to make holes in existing asphalt, after which plants and fungi can grow, thereby creating habitats for insects and birds. The project therefore allows biodiversity without adding new materials to the sites.
Laurits Evald Thingholm receives a prize of 32,000 kroner and has his project exhibited in Aalborg, along with other architectural models from the competition.
We wish Laurits Evald Thingholm and the other participants a big congratulations on the great end of the competition.
Jury studying the winning project 'Breakthrough'. Photo: Utzon Center.
Information
The competition was organized by the Utzon Center in collaboration with the Danish Architecture Center. It is supported by the Ministry of Culture as part of the EU project Desire (a project that, among other things, focuses on the development of sustainable, attractive and inclusive urban spaces). You can experience all entries for free in Aalborg at Algade 14 from 2-9 April every day between 10 am and 5 pm.
For more information:
https://utzoncenter.dk/da/indholde/arkittekkonkurrence-vilddyr-soeger-bolig-10574?utm_source=CRM%20–%20Kunsten%20%26%20Utzon%20Center %20–%C2%A0Press&utm_campaign=32273b01ae-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_01_07_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_93848d2628-32273b01ae-153674740
Image above: The winning project 'Opbrud'. Photo: Utzon Center.