Across the competition’s five themes, six first prizes of DKK 45,000 each were awarded, while a further twelve proposals received commendations of DKK 15,000 each.
The winners of the ideas competition on the transformation of OUH were selected by the jury committee at an award ceremony held in Odense on 18 June 2026.
At the ceremony, the competition’s total prize fund of DKK 450,000 was distributed among six winning proposals, each receiving a first prize of DKK 45,000, and twelve proposals, each receiving a commendation of DKK 15,000.
The jury report presents all awarded proposals and includes both the jury committee’s overall assessment of the awarded entries and the reasons for the prizes and commendations granted to each proposal.
Download the jury report here (in Danish).
First Prize Winners – DKK 45,000
Theme A – An Urban Area Shaped by the Existing Environment
Lad bylivet flytte ind (Let Urban Life Move In)
Atelier Lorentzen Langkilde ApS (Kasper Lorentzen og Kristian Langkilde med Žan Majetič, Sophia Reichenberger and Konrad Piech)
The proposal was awarded for its systematic method of mapping, prioritising and activating existing buildings as a foundation for future development.
View the proposal here.
Donorbyen (The Donor City)
Nordland Arkitekter
The proposal was awarded for its strong approach to making reuse visible and revealing the site’s hidden resources as an active part of the identity of the current OUH site.
View the proposal here.
-2 Kurateret lyskunstrute i OUH’s underjordiske rum (-2 Curated Light Art Route in OUH’s Underground Spaces)
Chaos Engine Art Studio v. Magnus Fuhr
The proposal was awarded for making the site’s hidden spatial qualities visible and active through a simple and compelling method of staging existing structures.
View the proposal here.
Theme B – A Green and Healthy Neighbourhood
Det grænseløse grønne (The Boundless Green)
WiLLEs landskab (Ane Wille Lunde)
The proposal was awarded for highlighting operations, stewardship and long-term responsibility as key prerequisites for creating a green and healthy neighbourhood.
View the proposal here.
Theme C – A Vibrant and Mixed-Use City
Agencity Now!
Henning Larsen
The proposal was awarded for its ambitious vision of new housing typologies, communities and a more user-driven approach to urban development.
View the proposal here.
Theme D – The Workplace of the Future in a Dynamic Urban Area
The Theory of the Grain of Sand
Studio Lasse Lyhne
The proposal was awarded for its visionary and thought-provoking future scenario that challenges assumptions about what the current OUH site could become.
View the proposal here.
Commended Proposals – DKK 15,000
Theme A – An Urban Area Shaped by the Existing Environment
Madgaden (Food street)
KB Arkitekter (Norge): Charlotte Hyldahl, Kaja Linnea Teichroeb, Johan Jordtveit, Sølvi Finnøy og Ida Haugen Maribo.
The proposal received a commendation for its idea of connecting food, cultivation and everyday life through a unifying public-space strategy with the potential to create identity and community.
View the proposal here.
Vi gentænker ikke OUH. Vi genbruger det. (We Do Not Rethink OUH. We Reuse It.)
Alex Poulsen arkitekter A/S (Natalia Guerrero Gutierrez, Nele Christiansen, Nikolaj Emil Svenningsen, Patricia Caldeira, Sonia Bom).
The proposal received a commendation for combining the reuse of existing structures, early activation and new collaborations between residents, businesses and communities within a coherent development strategy.
View the proposal here.
Åben under grund (Open Underground)
Verna (Anna Nicolaysen, Nanna Kley, Julie Kempel, Kalle Sæthre Jacobsen og Frederik Koefoed).
The proposal received a commendation for opening an important discussion on how the hidden underground spaces and connections beneath the current OUH site can become an active resource in the transformation of the area.
View the proposal here.
Theme B – A Green and Healthy Neighbourhood
Sundparken (Health Park)
Lendager, Holst Engineering, MASU Planning og Ekolab.
The proposal received a commendation for its strong green vision, highlighting the potential of transforming paved surfaces into nature and landscape.
View the proposal here.
Livets haver (Gardens of Life)
Mads Kjær Ravn.
The proposal received a commendation for its simple and identity-building concept linking the site’s history with its future green identity.
Se forslaget her.
Hospitalshaven (The Hospital Garden)
Sweco Architects, Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, Norrøn, Harpa Birgisdottir, Niels Bjørn.
The proposal received a commendation for connecting nature, learning and community through a landscape laboratory rooted in the site’s existing green qualities.
View the proposal here.
Theme C – A Vibrant and Mixed-Use City
Lys der forbinder og fortæller (Light that Connects and Tells Stories)
Karoline H Larsen, Højrup Arkitektur og Rune Brandt Hermannsson.
The proposal received a commendation for demonstrating how light can support safety, identity and wayfinding in the development of the area.
View the proposal here.
Theme D – The Workplace of the Future in a Dynamic Urban Area
Højskolen for Handlekraft (The Folk High School of Initiative)
Morgendagens Iværksættere feat. Marie Højland Henriksen.
The proposal received a commendation for its strong narrative about learning, initiative and community as drivers of the area’s development.
View the proposal here.
TeaterVækstHuset
Ungdomshuset Odense (Maria Navntoft Henningsen).
The proposal received a commendation for giving a specific building a new cultural function with the potential to create life and identity.
Se forslaget her.
Theme E – The Open Category
Machizukuri som procesredskab (Machizukuri as a Process Tool)
Entasis
The proposal received a commendation for its precise process concept linking local involvement, community and physical presence.
Se forslaget her.
Sonic Layers
Studio Kinnerup (Merete Kinnerup Andersen).
The proposal received a commendation for highlighting sound as an overlooked dimension in the experience and development of the city.
View the proposal here.
Danmarks Sundeste Kvarter (Denmark’s Healthiest Neighbourhood)
Aga Filipowicz (Studio Pauza) og Kasia Stachura.
The proposal received a commendation for its strong narrative connecting the site’s history as a hospital with a future identity focused on health and wellbeing.
View the proposal here.
Public Favourites
During the exhibition of the submitted proposals at the ideas festival, visitors were invited to vote for their three favourite entries. In total, more than 600 votes were cast.
In recognition of this engagement and the many votes received, an honourable mention is awarded to the three proposals that received the highest number of votes from exhibition visitors:
Vi gentænker ikke OUH. Vi genbruger det. (We Do Not Rethink OUH. We Reuse It.)
(Also awarded a commendation of DKK 15,000)
Alex Poulsen arkitekter A/S (Natalia Guerrero Gutierrez, Nele Christiansen, Nikolaj Emil Svenningsen, Patricia Caldeira, Sonia Bom).
View the proposal here.
Sønderport
Amazing Architecture Inc (Jonathan Hansen).
View the proposal here.
Den Grønne Passage (The Green Passage)
Anders Villum
View the proposal here.
You can view all 122 proposals submitted to the ideas competition here.