Sweco Transform Award

Clara Mandrup-Poulsen Lundgaard
The Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, and Conservation
Re-Production – an agricultural laboratory at Refshaleøen, Copenhagen

‘Re-Production’ proposes a new cultivation landscape as an alternative to soil dumping and as a strategy for cleaning Refshaleøen’s polluted soil. Using intensive, pixelated cultivation methods and robotic technology, regenerative principles are combined with industrial scale, opening up a new form of sustainable agriculture where soil, machine, and human can coexist. The project includes a 2.8-hectare cultivation area with an accompanying laboratory building, greenhouse, and smaller structures. A catalog of 46 crops, selected based on their ability to absorb, stabilize, or break down pollutants, forms the basis for a dynamic landscape that will gradually clean the soil over 10-15 years. The project rethinks the production landscape not only as a place for food production but also as a space that encompasses sensory and bodily experiences. At the same time, it addresses the challenges of urbanization and soil pollution, questioning how we can cultivate, shape, and rebuild our land in the future.

Frederik Sejling Nielsen, Thor Møller Toussaint, Victor Rosenkilde Jørgensen
Aalborg Universitet – Architectural Engineering
From Ruins to Resilience: Block 82

‘From Ruins to Resilience: блок 82’ is based on the renovation of a Soviet concrete block located in northern Saltivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine, which was severely damaged by Russian missile attacks. The project explores the social and environmental potentials of transformation rather than the typical solution of demolition followed by rebuilding. The existing structure is transformed without erasing or idealizing the past, while damaged concrete elements are reused in new concrete or urban furniture. Flexible floor plans as well as improved daylight and heating conditions ensure modern housing standards. The project demonstrates how a holistic approach can reduce emissions, conserve resources, and, most importantly, create new architecture grounded in Ukraine’s resilience, context, and history.

Vera Tarp Gram-Hanssen og Karoline Sofie Bay Dufke

University of Copenhagen – Landscape Architecture and Planning
Temporal Landscapes

‘Temporal Landscapes’ focuses on the transformation of 300 hectares of farmland on the Halsskov peninsula north of Korsør into a coherent natural area. The project balances nature restoration and recreational planning with an emphasis on temporality, biodiversity, and climate challenges. It includes designing strategies for landscape development that support natural processes and create varied transition zones. Visitors can experience nature’s dynamics up close through a network of pathways connecting different types of natural environments. The project highlights the importance of long-term transformations and sustainable ecosystems.

Amanda Lund Nielsen
University of Copenhagen – Landscape Architecture
Wet Land

‘Wet Land’ explores the wetland as a potential for climate protection, cultural history, ecology, natural value, and recreation. The project proposes a gradual re-establishment of a wetland near a residential neighborhood around the Mølleåen in Taastrup to restore natural hydrology and adapt land use to the consequences of climate change. It is based on an analysis of human perspectives on nature in relation to wetlands over time, mapping hydrological and historical conditions, and examining the aesthetic experience of the wetland. ‘Wet Land’ presents future scenarios for how a wetter landscape can coexist with residential areas by gradually adapting to water over time.

Lennart Trumpler
Syddansk Universitet – Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Enabling Sustainable Communities: Shared Battery Storage for the Future of the Danish Energy Grid

The project examines the technical and economic feasibility of shared energy storage within energy communities. It focuses on local sharing of electricity through a shared battery system, which can enhance grid stability and reduce the need for expensive grid expansions. Using simulations and analyses of various battery control strategies, the study investigated feasibility, trade-offs and shows a potential peak load reduction of up to 26%. The project highlights how energy communities can empower households’ participation in energy markets and together contribute to the green transition in Denmark.