SLA

Philosophy

SLA’s approach is founded on a philosophy, which seeks to optimize cross-professional and trans-disciplinary collaboration. Through their projects, SLA seek to combine unique artistic vision with democratic processes involving users and clients, in an effort to provide solutions that reflect a scientific understanding of how physics, geography, climate and resources interact with the human experience of space.

Publications

2009
“Frederiksberg’s city centre” Stig L. Andersson, Hanne Bruun Møller, Stine Poulsen and Lars Nybye Sørensen, in On Site, Landscape Architecture Europe, pp. 78-83
“Nørresundby harbour’s urban garden” Stig L. Andersson, Lisbeth Werstergaard, Christian Restorff Liliegreen, Filippa Berglund and Stine Poulsen, in On Site, Landscape Architecture Europe, pp.140-143
“Ladegårdsparken in Holbæk (Denmark)” Stig L. Andersson, in: Landscape Architecture China, Contemporary Landscape Design, pp. 122-125.
“Water urban garden” Stig L. Andersson, in Paysage vol. 3, Daily City Landscape, pp. 80-83
“Frederiksberg Nye Byrum” Stig L. Andersson, Hanne Bruun Møller, Stine Poulsen and Lars Nybye Sørensen, in Ny Agenda, Dansk Landskabsarkitektur 2003-08, pp. 176-181.
"Urban Garden in Nørresundby", Stig L. Andersson, in: Topos vol. 67, 2009, pp. 16-20
"A New Conservation Strategy for Landscape Architecture", Stig L. Andersson, in: ‘Scape vol. 1, 2009, pp. 68-71
"Inszenierte Natur oder Hypernatur?", Martin Søberg, in: Neuland, Bettina von Dziemdowski, Udo Weilacher and Joachim Werren (Eds.), Basel 2009, pp. 52-61
"SLA: Trondheim Crossing", in: A Closer Look at Sustainable Visions and Projects of Danish Architects and Engineers – Building Sustainable Communities, Anne Nørgaard Pagh (Ed.), Copenhagen 2009, pp. 22-23
2008
"Public Open Form and Space", Stig L. Andersson, in: Public Open Space, Maja Simoneti (Ed.), Ljubljana 2008, pp. 24-27
2007
SLAM! - SLA: Planning, Urban Space, Landscaping, Flemming Rafn Thomsen, Martin Søberg and Thomas Kock (Eds.), Copenhagen 2007
SLA, Jun Choi (Ed.), Seoul 2007
"Beauty, Ethics and Shape", Stig L. Andersson, in: Landscape + 100 words to inhabit it, Daniela Colafranceschi (Ed.) Barcelona 2007, pp. 27-28, 61-63, 159-160
2006
"Sensuousness, Growth and Interruption", Stig L. Andersson, in: Grow!, Munich 2006, pp. 8-14
"The Vital Forces of the Landscape in SLA’s Oeuvre ", Malene Hauxner, in: SLA, Jun Choi (Ed.), Seoul 2007
"New Central Open Spaces of Frederiksberg", Lisa Diedrich, in: Topos vol. 54, 2006, pp. 26-33
2005
"Strategies of Brutal Recovery", Svava Riesto and Henriette Steiner, in: Scroope vol. 17, 2005, pp. 178-184
"An Urban Awakening to the Sense of Life", Michel Conan, in: Wunderstadt, Svava Riesto et al. (Eds.), Wunderstadt, Berlin 2005
Wunderstadt, Svava Riesto et al. (Eds.), Berlin 2005.
"Charlotte Garden", Paco Asensio (red.), in: Ultimate Landscape Design, New York 2005, pp. 370-375
2002
"A Cloud is Just Another Sheet of Crumpled Paper", Stig L. Andersson, in: Topos, vol. 40, 2002, pp. 86-94
"Ein Schauspiel in drei Aufzügen", Stig L. Andersson, in: Garten & Landschaft, vol. 4, 2002, 2002, pp. 18-21
"Supergraphics and Superlogic - European Landscape Award 2002", Malene Hauxner et al., in: Topos, vol. 40, 2002, pp. 78-109

Biography

Stig L. Andersson, Landscape Architect Maa., Mdl.

Founder and Creative Director of SLA. After his graduation from the School of Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1986, he travelled to Japan with Japaneese ministerial research funds. Stig L. Andersson was particularly interested in the Japanese culture’s relationship to substance, space and changeability – fields he has integrated and developed in his own practice since 1994.

Beginning as a (pure) landscape architectural practice, it has developed into a interdisciplinary organisation working with landscape, urban spaces, analysis and urban planning called SLA A/S since 2004. Alongside the practice Stig L. Andersson has furthermore worked in the field of art as a member of the group ‘Kammeraterne’ and with a number of exhibitions.

Stig L. Andersson has continually worked closely with researchers and universities. In 2002 he was awarded the Eckersberg Medal for his work.