DESIGNING WITH

THE SEA

POLITECNICO

DI MILANO 

March 2026 - Lecture

A lecture exploring how coastal protection can be rethought as living landscapes rather than technical infrastructure.

Marine ecosystems such as eelgrass meadows, stone reefs, and wetlands are approached as integral elements of coastal design,
functioning simultaneously as storm surge protection, biodiversity, and public space.

Grounded in the dynamics of the Øresund strait,
the work points towards an approach that designs with the sea, rather than against it.

2025

BLUESCAPES

CEMES

BORDER LAB

Recent work

HAVLAND - COPENHAGEN ARCHITECTURE BIENNAL
Havland - Architecture Biennal-2025

The

Whole

Sea

Havland - Shared Waters

SHARED WATERS / TALK / Seaweed & Nature-based Solutions

Havland - Shared Waters

TALK / Seaweed & Nature-based Solutions

Brønshøj

Water

Tower

Havland - Brønshøj vandtårn

The Ocean

In Which

We All

Swim

Havland - OPEN24 - The Ocean In Which We All Swim

OPEN 24 / Aarhus Architectures Festival / Sept 2024

Ocean

Literacy

Havland - The Swan Shoal
Havland - UNESCO_2024_Summer-School-Malmo

Uniting

Forces For

Blue Biodiversity

Havland_Uniting_Forces_for_Blue_Biodiversity_DTU_Habitats

Uniting Forces for Blue Biodiversity in Urban Harbours and Environments - Art, Philosophy and Transdisciplinary Collaboration / Habitats ApS / DTU - LIVING PORTS PROJECT