Let the Architecture be in the Landscape and let the landscapebe in the architecture: Novo Nordisk Nature Park by SLA & Aquatic Centre by Paisajes Emergentes (original) (raw)

This current paper is part of the evaluation of the Landscape Architecture course from the Master of Urbanism and Strategic Planning offered by the Department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning (ASRO) at KU Leuven. In this paper it is critically correlate two different landscape architecture projects. The first project is the Novo Nordisk Nature Park, located in the city of Bagsværd, Denmark, designed by SLA Architects and the second project is the Aquatic Centre, located in Medellín, Colombia, designed by Paisajes Emergentes. The comparison derived from the lectures of the Professor Han Lörzing from TU Eindhoven, where highlighting the main principles of landscape architecture it is critically compared both projects to discuss the contemporary practices of landscape architecture. Keywords: landscape architecture, park, nature, ecology, woodland, wetland, pool, landscape, architecture, public space.