European Landscape Architecture: Best Practice in Detailing

Denmark

ofstabilt grus (crushed stone mixed with sand),

and a final 20mm of hoggin. The camber of the path

sheds run-off storm-water towards the tree pits,

where it is absorbed locally.

The designer’s first sketches show an alley of Salix

trees. Bramsnæs and Jensen stated:

The main character will come from the light

Salix in the long canopy. The alley is going to

have a partly open and not a distinctively tight

character. Therefore Salix alba will be planted,

because it has a soft form and light foliage.

To prevent too much regularity, the rows are

disrupted once in a while. Outside the small

squares the row stops completely.

Jensen states: ‘The profile of the section was

thought of as hollow, like the Salix alley at

Marienbjerg Cemetery where the grass under

the alley makes a beautiful image.’ According to

Bramsnæs and Jensen: ‘The promenade will have

a firm gravel surface from the street edge to the

park. The iron rails will be removed, but the wooden

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Plan and cross-section of the final proposal. Lighting
is carefully sited between the trees.