Vestre Fjord Park by ADEPT

Vestre Fjord Park
Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio

The recently completed Vestre Fjord Park by ADEPT is a recreational learning and experience landscape that generously contributes to the full experience of its unique site by the Danish fjord, the Limfjord.

Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio

It is the nuanced balance between the natural landscape, the activities and functions and the park’s many daily users that really adds life and local character to Vestre Fjord Park.

Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio

The Limfjord itself, the largest fjord landscape in Denmark, is the grand potential of Vestre Fjord Park.

Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio

Here one finds ‘real’ nature – water, bird life, fish, fields, beach and meadows – that together with a wide variety of physical activities and outdoor facilities create the setting for new active experiences related to both nature and the city.

Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio

The vision behind the project is to encourage direct contact to the fjord by establishing better accessibility from land to sea.

Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio

At the same time, the project aim to strengthen the story of the landscape with a multi-functional building structure that frames the many potential activities on the water.

Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio

The precise cut between the two water spaces is defined by the isthmus binding together landscape and built structure – exactly where the experiences of fjord, activities and park become one.

Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio

The project was completed in collaboration with landscape architects GHB. Vestre Fjord Park is among the three nominees for the Danish Landscape Award 2017 and was recently awarded among the best new buildings in Aalborg. Source by ADEPT.

Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio
  • Location: Aalborg, Denmark
  • Architect: ADEPT
  • Project Team: ADEPT, GHB Landskab, Orbicon, Niras, COWI
  • Client: Aalborg Municipality
  • Size: 2.000 m2 / 15 ha
  • Year: 2017
  • Photographs: Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio, Courtesy of ADEPT
Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio
Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio
Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio
Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio
Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio
Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio
Vestre Fjord Park
Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj Coast Studio
Vestre Fjord Park
Site Plan
Vestre Fjord Park
Exploded axonometric

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