STED

STED was founded in 2015 by Landscape Architect Martin Hjerl and Architect / Urban Planner Rosa Lund. STED got integrated as a part of Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects the 1th of February 2022, but will continues as its own brand. The name of the studio STED (Place in English) is chosen to underline the imperative focus of our work: The Place.

STED is characterized by an experimental working environment. Our team consists of deeply dedicated Landscape Architects, Architects and Urban Planners and our goal is to design and develop places, landscapes, cities and strategies in the highest quality. To us, quality does not only concern aesthetics. It concerns the value a project brings to a place and how it is being used and “taken in” by its users. To us a successful project is a place that supports local communities by giving space to everyday life, recreation, movement and Human meetings. A place where new aspects and narratives about a landscape or an urban space are generated in the public consciousness and, most importantly, make sense to its users. In order to create sense-making places, our approach always takes point of departure in an in-depth analysis of The Place and its users, regardless of scale or context. This is done in order to create the most solid foundation for developing beautiful, sustainable high-quality Landscape Architecture with well-anchored local ownership.

Our approach ensures that any intervention in a place, small or large-scale, is being conducted with the highest respect for the social, cultural, urban or natural landscape heritage and characteristics – the components that all together constitute what we call the Dialect of a place.

In our method we use the Dialect of a Place as a key component when we create the concept and formulate the narrative of a place that ultimately will define the design. We design with the narrative, and from the large master plan to the very small detail, the place’s narrative must be “readable” in a project.