MASU Planning: The raised, shielded garden at Frederiksberg is a green oasis for people with special needs. In only a small footprint, the garden offers carefully designed sense stimulation on the user’s own terms.
Magneten provides treatment in Copenhagen for adults with physical and mental disability. The institution lies near a recreational park but going there is difficult for most users – and impossible for some – because of the parks openness and a lack of control of the many activities taking place at once. Magneten Sensory Garden is a protected garden on deck that provides a variety of experiences that can be used in treatment and a garden that brings happiness and joy to the everyday life of its users.
Connected with the surroundings
When you arrive at the parking lot, whether by car, on foot or on a bicycle, the raised garden floats above the asphalt surface and the pillars visually intertwine with the trees in the nearby park. Being in the raised garden, you are lifted away from the visually dominant parking lot with a view of Grøndals Park. The shielded garden appears to intertwine with the park.
The organic form of the garden is in contrast with the surrounding orthogonal buildings and its irregular shape emphasizes the meandering path. A transparent shield-structure underlines the organic form, and in time climbing plants will take over the fence and emphasize the experience of a floating oasis.
Landscape Architect: MASU Planningt
Team: AI Gruppen
Location: Frederiksberg, Denmark
Design year: 2015
Year of construction: 2017
Area: 3,500 m2
Budget: 10,000,000 DKR / 1.339.570 EUR
Client: Frederiksberg Municipality
Image credits: Kirstine Autzen
Published on July 3, 2019
