Living with Other Species: The City as a Garden (1/3)

From today you can listen to the first episode of Living With Other Species. A conversation on regional planning for all species, infrastructural imagination, and permaculture. Listen, as we dwell on a simple but far-reaching provocation: the city as a garden. What do we see when we conceive of the city as a garden? And how can we promote the garden-like qualities of the city? On the podcast you'll meet: Anna Aslaug Lund: Landscape Architect at Schønherr and author of The City as a Garden Skye Jin: Artist, educator, permaculture designer, and cultural sustainability advisor Studio Coquille: The architects behind The Habitable Skin, along with TERROIR, in collaboration with Lasse Carlsen and MYCO.

We conclude the Everything is Transformation podcast series — a three-episode deep dive into the thoughts, ideas, and methods behind Djernes & Bell's work on the Hedeskov Center for Regenerative Practice. In the last episode, we go fully interdisciplinary with Marie Stender—anthropologist and senior researcher at BUILD, AAU—and Torben Valdbjørn Rasmussen—civil engineer and senior researcher at BUILD, AAU. In a conversation with Justine Bell, they explore how Hedeskov can be perceived as a kind of "basic research," and how anthropology, physics, and a range of other disciplines informed the building process—and helped measure and test the finished building.

Tune in for a conversation between Ben Bosence from Local Works Studio and Justine Bell, of Djernes & Bell. Bosence is a artist turned conservator and an expert in vernacular building structures. He is a major capacity when it comes to vernacular construction and repair—and of uncovering the materials available on site, and their relations and possibilities. The conversation centers on Bosence's and Djernes & Bell's collaboration on the Hedeskov Center and investigates techniques and technologies of mapping and sourcing materials - as well questions regarding seasonality architecture and the topic of collective maintenance rituals. 

The series podcast centers around one of the most remarkable architectural transformation projects and experiments with material localism in recent Danish architectural history: Hedeskov Center for Regenerative Practice, by Djernes & Bell. Across three episodes, relying on three conversations that took place at Copenhagen Architecture Forum in March 2025 in the exhibition of the same name, we investigate the knowledges, techniques, ideologies, and social relations shaping the project.  In the first episode, we sit down with architect Justine Bell from the studio behind the project, and Sofie Aagaard, co-founder and co-owner of Hedeskov Center for Regenerative Practice. The conversation traces the origin story of the project, with a particular focus on the architectural ideas driving it, and on the client–architect relationship that made it possible. Central to the discussion is the question: What does regenerative actually mean in the context of architecture?

In this third episode on the policy proposal ADAPTATION <> REWILDING, drafted by landscape architect and founder of SCAPE, Kate Orff, we sit down with Kate alongside Copenhagen's City Architect Lars Jensen and legal adviser in the business association of Pensions and Insurances in Denmark, Thomas Brenøe to discuss Kate's proposal for the strategic rewilding of our landscapes as a tool for successful climate adaptation.  Read the law proposal at this link.   This podcast was produced by KoozArch in collaboration with Copenhagen Architecture Biennial.

In this second episode on the policy proposal XO Policy – Extraction Zero Policy, drafted by architect and Dark Matter Labs co-founder, Indy Johar together with & Ivana Stancic, we sit down with Indy alongside architect and both Innovation Director and director and initiator of The Planetary Project at Sweco Karl-Martin Buch Frederiksen as well as director of the Regenerative Built Environment Network at BLOXHUB Jacob Rask to discuss Dark Matter Lab's policy which  bans construction processes that are extractive to the point of endangering human and ecological systems.  Read the law proposal at this link.   This podcast was produced by KoozArch in collaboration with Copenhagen Architecture Biennial.  

In this first episode on the policy proposal of Material Ownership, drafted by architect and founder of Lendager, Anders Lendager, we sit down with Anders alongside Co-Founder of both Home.Earth & Transformer.Build Kasper Guldage Jensen, Vice President of Global Sales at Fritz Hansen, Martin Scharff and Senior Adviser at construction company DI Byggeri, Jakob Thaysen Rørbech to discuss the proposal for the extended producer responsibility for construction products. Read the law proposal at this link.   This podcast was produced by KoozArch in collaboration with Copenhagen Architecture Biennial.

Instead of demolishing and rebuilding, HouseEurope! calls for sustainable renovation and adaptive reuse, pushing for new EU laws that protect and prioritize existing spaces. Using the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), they are mobilizing people across Europe to demand policies that favor preservation over demolition, with the goal of collecting one million signatures from at least seven countries. This live conversation features leading voices from architecture, urbanism, and activism: Søren Pihlmann (Founder, Pihlmann Architects / Danish Architecture Pavilion - Venice Biennale 2025) Lars Autrup (CEO, Arkitektforeningen) Jacob Blak Henriksen (Head of Sustainability Architect, Cobe) Tamara Kalantajevska (Head of Urbanism, Schmidt Hammer Lassen / KADK) Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov (Founder, No Objectives) Erik Valdemar Eriksen (Activist, Den Grønne Studenterbevægelses Klimaaktivistisk Tegnestue) Dominique Hauderowicz (Founder, Studio Dominique Serena / Danish Architecture Pavilion – Venice Biennale 2027) Esben Thorlacius (Partner, Over Byen Arkitekter) The discussion is moderated by Enlai Hooi, Head of Innovation at Schmidt Hammer Lassen. Tune in to hear how architects, urbanists, and activists are coming together to rethink the future of Europe's cities — one renovation at a time.

Pil Thielst - arkitekt partner i Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter - foreslår en lov, der kræver 30% af Danmarks areal som beskyttet natur. Fri natur skal fremover indgå som grundelement i byplanlægning – på lige fod med energiforsyning, drikkevand og infrastruktur. Kommissionens medlemmer er Rasmus Vincentz, CEO i Habitats og grundlægger af Vild med Vilje, og Holger Bisgaard, byplanlægger og tidligere planchef i Københavns Kommune. CAFx's Søren Nørkjær Bang modererer samtalen.

Sinus Lynge - arkitekt og partner ved Effekt - foreslår en lov, der pålægger byggeprojekter at reducere CO₂-udledning i overensstemmelse med fastsatte grænseværdier eller kompensere 1:1 for overskridende udledning gennem skovrejsning og naturbaserede løsninger. En lov, der skal dække alle nye byggerier og renoveringer. Kommissionmedlemmerne er Camilla van Deurs, Head of Urban Development i Nordic Office of Architecture og tidligere Stadsarkitekt i Københavns Kommune, og Annemarie Munk Riis, CEO for Rådet for Bæredygtigt Byggeri.