Johanna Bendlin

Johanna Bendlin (DE) is a landscape architect based in Brussels. Her work explores unintended landscapes through careful observation of existing conditions, revealing the latent qualities of places and the potential for transformation. Grounded in the relationship between architecture and landscape, her practice fosters shared environments that evolve over time through use, ecology, and collective experience. She runs projects through her independent practice Openfield and previously worked at the Belgian architecture office 51N4E (2021–2025). She has collaborated with institutions and cultural organizations including deSingel Arts Centre and Horst Arts & Music Festival, contributing to projects that engage the intersection of landscape, architecture, and contemporary culture. Her work has been presented at conferences and institutions including the Aarhus School of Architecture (DK), In Practice at CIVA Brussels (BE), and HafenCity University Hamburg (DE), and has been published in smaller magazines and exhibition catalogues.