ScandiCurb

10/01/2026

09/29/2026

ASLA: A Different Way to Build with Concrete

My experience at ASLA in Los Angeles was very positive. I had many conversations with American landscape architects about the challenges of building concrete benches, seating walls and other landscape elements.

It made me realize that the problems we have been solving in Scandinavia for more than 22 years are very relevant in the U.S.

Precast concrete is expensive and difficult to install.
Elements must be manufactured, transported, lifted and precisely positioned. Curves and custom shapes make the process even more difficult.
Traditional cast-in-place construction is labor-intensive.
It often requires excavation, formwork and large quantities of concrete, while cracking and achieving the desired finish can still be challenges.
A different approach

With the ScandiCurb/KantDesign system, we form reinforced concrete directly on site, on a properly prepared base—without traditional formwork or a large continuous footing.

This means you can use less concrete, less excavation and less transportation, while gaining much more freedom to create curves, custom shapes, benches and seating walls.

Two continuous steel wires reinforce the concrete, and control joints allow the construction to accommodate natural ground movement.

After more than 300 projects and 20,000 meters of completed work in Scandinavia, we are now bringing this experience to the U.S.

Less concrete. Less site work. More design freedom.
On my first project in the U.S., the customer saved approximately $750,000 compared with the precast concrete curb originally planned for the project.

If you have a landscape design that is difficult or expensive to build using conventional methods, I would be happy to explore a different approach with you.

Kim Pedersen
Founder, KantDesign ScandiCurb

09/28/2026

Curbs made in Denmark

09/22/2026

here we used two ScandiCurb Thor to do this project

09/19/2026

ASLA 2026 Los Angeles

ASLA 2026 Los Angeles

A Different Way to Create Concrete Benches and Seating Walls

At the ASLA Conference in Los Angeles, we received a very positive response to the ScandiCurb/KantDesign system.

The conversations confirmed something we have believed for many years: landscape architects face two recurring challenges when designing concrete benches and seating walls.

1. Precast concrete is expensive and difficult to install.

Each element must be manufactured off-site, transported by truck, lifted into place and positioned precisely. Curves and custom designs make this even more complicated—and more expensive.

2. Traditional cast-in-place construction requires considerable work.

It often involves deep excavation, removal of large amounts of soil, timber formwork and significant quantities of concrete. Even after all this work, the finished surface does not always achieve the appearance that was intended, and cracking can still occur.

ScandiCurb/KantDesign offers a different approach.

We form reinforced concrete directly on-site over a properly prepared and compacted base, with minimal excavation and without conventional formwork or a traditional continuous footing.

Sand and cement are delivered to the project and the concrete is mixed on-site. This allows the concrete to be formed directly where it belongs, following straight lines, curves and flowing shapes.

For the landscape architect, this provides greater freedom to design benches, seating walls, edges and other concrete elements without being limited by standard precast sections or conventional formwork.

The system is designed to accommodate natural ground movement rather than trying to resist it. Two continuous longitudinal steel cables reinforce the concrete, while correctly positioned control joints allow controlled movement.

Does it work?

The system has been used in Scandinavian conditions for more than 22 years, across more than 300 projects and nearly 60.000 feet (20,000 metres) of completed work.

That experience includes hard winters, frost and repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Because the concrete is placed only where it is needed, the system also uses considerably less concrete than many traditional solutions. This means less excavation, less material transport and a lower overall environmental impact, with significantly lower CO₂ emissions

Less concrete. Less site work. Greater design freedom.

Every project shown on this website was constructed using this method. The photographs are not concepts or computer-generated illustrations. They show what has already been designed, built and proven.

The first ScandiCurb project in the U.S. is already completed.

If you have an idea for a concrete bench, seating wall or landscape element that is difficult to realise using conventional methods, we would be pleased to look at it with you.

Rob Huffman
President
(202) 421-9941
[email protected]
https://curbsgonewild.com/

09/11/2026

We will showcase our system: Lower CO₂. Greater Design Freedom.
Create strong, durable concrete curbs - water gullies and seating walls without traditional footings — a proven system we have successfully used across Scandinavia for more than 22 years.

08/31/2026

One of the advantages of the ScandiCurb system is that we can custom-make molds to meet the customer’s exact requirements.
For this project, the owner wanted a custom curb that was 10" wide, 8" high at the back, and 4" high at the front.
This flexibility is one of the reasons we now have more than 70 different molds available for our machines.
We build what the customer wants — not simply what happens to be available in our mold selection.

08/14/2026

A great project for the ScandiCurb machine - all curbs was 40 cm high and 30 cm wide