Our Philosophy

Glifberg - Lykke have always strived to create challenging spatial connections for all age groups, for experienced users as well as novice users.

Glifberg - Lykke frequently design from theory that skateparks should be a natural part of its surroundings. This we like to call a “Skateboarding Space”. A skateboarding space should not be perceived as a foreign element in its environment but as an integrated part of the city’s surrounding architecture. The interaction between a skatepark and its surrounding area through a skateboarding space will then be perceived as a sculptural experience by the user as well as by the outside viewer.

Glifberg -Lykke view skateboarding as a whole. Where different disciplines are the most imaginative installations possible where each obstacle can be used limitlessly in all imaginable and unimaginable ways. In this way, we open up for the possibilities of rewriting the space, rhythms and combinations so skateboarding never becomes stagnant but quite contrary evolves with the users own development and imagination over time. In this way our facilities continue to challenge its users on an athletic as well as on a creative level indefinitely.

We have always believed that a skatepark should not be construed as a space just for skateboarders. Instead, we have always believed that a space created for skateboarding should invite and create social connections between many of the related unorganised sports and social groups.

We have personally experienced the positive relationships and interactions that occurred as youths of the Copenhagen sports and subcultural environment in the 1980’s and 90’s. Positive relationships that you can take with you in your social and professional networks later on in life. Relationships across cultural groups such as skateboarding, rollerskating, BMX, music, street dance, graffiti, street ball, arts and culture, all of which are still a big part of our lives today.

Our previous projects in e.g. Multipark Elsinore, Lemvig Skatepark and Streetdome Haderslev are existing examples of this philosophy creating new relationships across various sports and interests, and forming positive communities through urban facilities that focus on giving the youth opportunities to interact with new activities beyond their current interests.

In 2009, as old friends with common interests, Glifberg and Lykke started designing urban spaces together in connection with the Multipark in Elsinore, Denmark. The different approached from Glifberg and Lykke proved very fruitful because of their diverse approach on movement and architecture. Glifberg as the elite practician and Lykke as the architect and designer of these extremely complicated shapes and sequences of movements. Since then, this synergy has created a solid foundation of experiences and has brought out the best possible work flow between the two designers.