A series of viewpoints clad in charred-timber shingles have been perched throughout the largest nature park in Copenhagen by Danish studios LYTT Architecture and ADEPT.
Located along a stretch of coastline east of the capital city, the 35-square-kilometre Amager Nature Park contains a mix of wetlands, marshes and areas of forest.
LYTT Architecture and ADEPT have introduced a winding wooden boardwalk throughout the park that is dotted with viewpoints and elevated above ground to minimise disruption to the landscape.
LYTT Architecture and Adept have added viewpoints to Amager Nature Park
"The design elements draw upon existing landscape qualities by adding a layer of experiences in a new framework for more diverse and inviting nature activities," said LYTT Architecture project lead Catrine Hancke. "One of the main design goals is to ensure that experience and protection supplement each other, so that the untouched nature remains intact when existing and new users engage themselves in the visitor experience," she told Dezeen.
The studios were commissioned by Copenhagen Municipality and the Danish Nature Agency to "re-think the park's identity", with LYTT Architecture acting as lead consultant and landscape architect and ADEPT as the architect of a new series of viewpoint buildings.
The wooden structures feature angled roofs
The boardwalk provides an accessible route across the park, connecting a series of viewpoints that have each been designed to...