What does it take for nature to truly come first?
From the Oslo School of Architecture and Design to Sofienberg Church: From blue, green and brown infrastructure to rain gardens, microhabitats and systemic change.
Photo: Bymiljøetaten. The rain garden in Københavngata is a research project developed in collaboration between Bymiljøetaten and NMBU.
Through talks, a site visit, presentations and discussions, we explore what needs to change if nature is truly to become a premise for how we plan and build our cities.
How do we move from good individual projects to urban development where nature comes first? What needs to change in planning, design and construction, and how can landscape, water, vegetation and soil become fundamental premises for the development of the city?
The day begins at AHO with a professional programme on blue, green and brown infrastructure. From there, we move out into the city to look more closely at rain gardens and microhabitats in practice, before the programme continues at Sofienberg Church.
Here, projects that point towards new ways of working are presented, before landscape architects, researchers, planners, public-sector professionals and other actors come together to discuss what needs to change in the planning and construction sector.
