CPH Field Trip ‘26

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Written By Tin Phan

LAA350 goes to Copenhagen for the second time. Read more about the trip in our digital itinerary!

 

WEDNESDAY

Go Nordic Cruiseline

  • Checkpoint - Akershusstranda 31, Oslo.
    NOTE! Remember to bring this:

    • Passport/ID.

    • Boarding info.

    • Bathing suit, speedo, bikini etc.

    • Keep your limbs inside the carriage at all times.

  • Boarding passes are collected from Tin (45030748), you’ll find him in the lobby in a fashionable attire. Remember that everyone must check in individually and bring valid ID:

    • Passport,

    • National ID card

    • Driver’s License.

  • Tin goes on cruise, and leaves behind those who do not show up in time.

  • Make sure your bunk buddies/cabin mates are fully checked in and on board with their luggage.

  • We recommend either turning mobile network off completely or buying th WiFI package. Tin ended up with a hefty bill when he tried turning mobile network on/off as needed and when he “doom scrolled” here and there.

  • Entertainment (pre-Go Nordic rebrand):

    • Northern Lights: music and dancing, also out on deck.

    • Treasure Hunt: scavenger hunt for young adults.

    • Game Room / Casino: classic slot machines, video games.

    • Bubble Zone: pool, hot tubs, jacuzzi, and also sauna.

    • Tax Free: cheap alcohol and various goods.

    Restaurants:

    • 7 Seas: buffet 420 NOK. Seafood, traditional dishes, salads, cheeses, desserts, etc.

    • Little Italy: pizza, pasta, and Italian dishes.

    • NORD Restaurant: sharing dishes, romantic setting.

    • Blue Riband Restaurant: formal 3-course meal for those who want it (depending on the ship).

    • Coffee Crew: café offering coffee, pastries, snacks, etc.

GO NORDIC CRUISELINE
TUR - FRA OSLO 30.09
BUNK-BUDDY 01 BUNK-BUDDY 02 BUNK-BUDDY 03 BUNK-BUDDY 04
CABIN 01 Dennis Tønseth Nikolai Wanderås Wilhelm Amlie Fredrik Andersen
CABIN 02 Eirik Olsen Rogne Siri Nordland Mathilde Skomsvold Marie Måge
CABIN 03 Henrik Tinjar Trygve Kongsbakk Alireza Tahernian Sølve Lia
CABIN 04 Jens Strand Johnny Ho Gustav Seglsten Eirik Damhaug
CABIN 05 Anna Teppan Andrine Jensen Ingrid Nygaard Louise Reitan
CABIN 06 Embla Vines Martine Nikolaisen Liv Tomter Ninni Apeland
CABIN 07 Ragnhild Damhaug Ane Byrkjeland Ingrid Andersen Mathea Mortensen
CABIN 08 Tuva Øderud Maria Kuljic Rikke Johnsen Julie Grape
CABIN 09 Marius Lindsetmo Kasper Andersen Mads Krogh
CABIN 10 Tin Phan
CABIN 11 Anja Standal
 

THURSDAY

Arrival

  • Arrival. Wakey wakey! NOW! Packup your bathing suit, speedo and/or bikini… and all your other stuff.

  • For those who want to eat before disembarkation. Price: 225 NOK.

  • Remember to hand in your boarding pass before leaving. From the ship it’s a 10-minute walk to Østerport S-train station. The S-train goes directly to Carlsberg Station. The trip takes 11 minutes. You pay for your own travel in Copenhagen.

    • Unload luggages.

    • powder noses.

    • Fix hair.

    • Put on a smile.

 

Ørestad Tour

  • RELEVANCE TO FORNEBU!:
    Ørestad provides a relevant comparison to Fornebu as a new urban district where landmark architecture has been used to generate identity and attractivity. Projects by BIG and other prominent architects have given Ørestad a strong architectural profile, raising the question of whether individual signal buildings can act as catalysts for wider urban development. In comparison, Telenor has played a similar anchoring role at Fornebu. The visit provides an opportunity to examine whether such flagship projects generate lasting urban qualities and activity—or primarily create isolated destinations within the larger district.

    DAC TOUR INFO:
    Join the Danish Architecture Center (DAC) in exploring Ørestad, a local neighborhood with some of the most talked-about and Instagrammed buildings in Scandinavia. Discover how these contemporary buildings reflect Denmark’s cultural values to design with nature and share common spaces. Our DAC guides share the design stories behind this remarkable collection of new residential buildings, daycare centers, schools, and an arena – with more under construction.

    Here you’ll learn about the future of sustainable buildings that creatively recycle and upcycle materials. We’ll also see BIG’s innovative 8 House – surprisingly built within sight of beautiful fields of grazing cows – which claimed the prize for Housing Building of the Year by the World Architecture Festival.

    Our tour begins outside Ørestad Metro Station, at Kay Fiskers Plads. From there we’ll walk south, exploring the highlights of Ørestad. Practical info:

    • The tour route is approx. 3 km.

    • The tour starts on time, so please arrive min. 10 minutes before the agreed time.

    • DACs guides are professionally qualified, competent, and dedicated professionals – typically students within architecture, design, and urban development, who are themselves a part of the city’s life.

    • All tour tickets include free entrance to DAC and our current exhibitions.

    • Keep an eye on the weather and bring an umbrella or a sun hat. We carry out the tour regardless of the weather.

  • Ørestads Boulevard 91, 2300 København S.

    TYPE: Metro station / station square / central urban space
    SCALE: Part of the wider Ørestad City development
    VOLUME: Large open plaza framed by commercial buildings and elevated metro infrastructure
    URBAN SPACE: Major interchange between metro, regional rail, Field's and Ørestad City; intended as a central meeting point
    CONSULTANTS: Ørestad masterplan by ARKKI; subsequent public realm and buildings by multiple design teams
    CLIENT: Ørestadsselskabet / public development authorities; wider development subsequently managed by By & Havn
    DATE: Ørestad masterplan selected 1995; station and major development from early 2000s

    AMBITION: Kay Fiskers Plads expresses the fundamental planning idea behind Ørestad: concentrating substantial new development around high-capacity public transport while preserving the surrounding landscape. The square was intended to become a metropolitan centre where metro, regional rail, shopping, offices and public space converge.

    RECEPTION: Its performance as an everyday public space has been more contested. The scale, wind conditions and relatively inactive edges have contributed to criticism of the space as inhospitable. It introduces one of the central questions of Ørestad: is accessibility and development density enough to generate urban life?

  • TYPE: Metro station / station square / central urban space
    SCALE: Part of the wider Ørestad City development
    VOLUME: Large open plaza framed by commercial buildings and elevated metro infrastructure
    URBAN SPACE: Major interchange between metro, regional rail, Field's and Ørestad City; intended as a central meeting point
    CONSULTANTS: Ørestad masterplan by ARKKI; subsequent public realm and buildings by multiple design teams
    CLIENT: Ørestadsselskabet / public development authorities; wider development subsequently managed by By & Havn
    DATE: Ørestad masterplan selected 1995; station and major development from early 2000s

    AMBITION: Kay Fiskers Plads expresses the fundamental planning idea behind Ørestad: concentrating substantial new development around high-capacity public transport while preserving the surrounding landscape. The square was intended to become a metropolitan centre where metro, regional rail, shopping, offices and public space converge.

    RECEPTION: Its performance as an everyday public space has been more contested. The scale, wind conditions and relatively inactive edges have contributed to criticism of the space as inhospitable. It introduces one of the central questions of Ørestad: is accessibility and development density enough to generate urban life?

  • TYPE: Office / headquarters / hotel and business complex
    SIZE: Approx. 14,000 m² for the Foster + Partners phase
    VOLUME: 22-storey high-rise + low-rise office volume, connected by a large glazed atrium
    URBAN SPACE: Large planted atrium forms an internal street and social meeting space; externally the complex forms part of Ørestad's large-scale commercial district
    CONSULTANTS: Foster + Partners — architecture; specialist engineering and sustainability consultants
    CLIENT: Copenhagen Towers / development consortium
    DATE: 2015

    AMBITION: Copenhagen Towers was conceived as a highly sustainable workplace and a landmark for the emerging business district. Rather than treating the tower purely as an object, the large planted atrium creates an internal social environment and pedestrian connection through the complex. Environmental systems and reused materials were integrated as part of the architectural concept.

    RECEPTION: The project has been recognised particularly for sustainable commercial architecture and workplace design. Urbanistically, however, it illustrates Ørestad's wider tension between successful individual buildings and the spaces between them. For Fornebu, it raises a familiar question: can a major corporate building act as an anchor for an entire neighbourhood, and does corporate attractiveness translate into wider urban attractiveness?

  • TYPE: Multi-purpose arena — concerts, sports and events
    SIZE: Approx. 35,000–37,000 m²
    CAPACITY: Approx. 12,500 seated / up to 15,000–16,000 for major events
    VOLUME: Large freestanding oval arena, organised as a monumental bowl above a lower plinth
    URBAN SPACE: Plinth creates smaller plazas, entrances and gathering spaces around the building and connects the arena to the surrounding Arenakvarter
    CONSULTANTS: 3XN + HKS Architects — architecture; Arup + ME Engineers — engineering; Planit-IE — landscape; Vandkunsten — surrounding masterplan
    CLIENT: Arena CPHX P/S, owned by Copenhagen Municipality and Realdania; site provided by By & Havn
    DATE: Completed 2016, opened 2017

    AMBITION: Royal Arena was explicitly conceived as more than an event building: it was intended as an urban growth stimulator for Ørestad. The architects attempted to mediate between the enormous scale of an international arena and the scale of the neighbourhood through transparency, an inhabited plinth and smaller public spaces around its perimeter.

    RECEPTION: The arena has been successful as a metropolitan destination and has received architectural recognition. Its urban effect is more ambiguous because activity changes dramatically between event and non-event days. It therefore provides a useful test of event-driven placemaking: can a landmark generate everyday urbanity, or primarily periodic intensity?

  • TYPE: Public school / sports / community facility
    SIZE: 11,560 m²
    CAPACITY: Approx. 750 pupils, plus after-school and club facilities
    VOLUME: Compact five-storey circular building organised around a central sports hall
    URBAN SPACE: Positioned between the neighbourhood and Kalvebod Fælled; landscape and community facilities connect the school to its surroundings
    CONSULTANTS: Lundgaard & Tranberg — architecture; BOGL — landscape; JJW Arkitekter — collaborator; specialist engineering and acoustics consultants
    CLIENT: Copenhagen Municipality / Byggeri København
    DATE: 2018

    AMBITION: Rather than separating the school and sports facilities, the design combines them within a single circular structure. The sports hall forms the social heart of the building and is visible from multiple levels. The circular form also avoids a conventional front and back, allowing the school to address both the emerging neighbourhood and Kalvebod Fælled.

    RECEPTION: The project received the 2019 Copenhagen Building Award and has been recognised for combining educational, architectural and community ambitions. Unlike Ørestad's more spectacular landmarks, its attractiveness is generated through everyday civic infrastructure rather than destination architecture.

  • TYPE: Residential — apartments + townhouses
    SIZE: 9,148 m²
    UNITS: Approx. 92 homes — 63 apartments + 29 townhouses
    VOLUME: Mid-rise residential block combined with lower townhouse elements
    URBAN SPACE: Shared courtyard, roof gardens and communal spaces connect the different housing types and encourage neighbourhood interaction
    CONSULTANTS: Lendager — architecture and circular-design strategy; engineering and specialist consultants
    CLIENT: NREP + AG Group
    DATE: 2019

    AMBITION: Resource Rows was conceived as a full-scale experiment in circular construction. Brick facade sections from demolished buildings were reused directly, alongside waste timber and other reclaimed materials. Rather than hiding sustainability within technical systems, the architects made reuse visible in the physical character of the buildings.

    RECEPTION: The project has become an internationally referenced example of circular architecture and received significant professional recognition. Its importance lies less in spectacular form than in demonstrating that material constraints can themselves become generators of architectural identity, environmental performance and market attractiveness.

  • TYPE: Residential — flexible townhouses / live-work housing
    SIZE: Approx. 3,900 m²
    UNITS: 20 townhouses
    VOLUME: Three-storey terraced housing with individual entrances, workspaces and roof terraces
    URBAN SPACE: Fine-grained residential street edge with individual entrances; considerably smaller scale than many of Ørestad's large perimeter blocks
    CONSULTANTS: Lendager — architecture and circular-design strategy; BOGL — landscape; engineering consultants
    CLIENT: NREP + AG Group
    DATE: 2018

    AMBITION: Upcycle Studios was designed as a prototype for circular and adaptable housing. Recycled concrete, discarded windows and surplus timber become primary construction materials, while the houses themselves can accommodate different combinations of family life, rental space and workplace over time.

    RECEPTION: The project won the 2019 Danish Design Award – Save Resources and has been widely used as a demonstration that circular construction can move from experimental prototypes into commercial housing. It asks whether environmental constraints can become a source of architectural innovation rather than a restriction on design.

  • TYPE: Mixed-use residential / office / commercial development
    SIZE: Approx. 61,000 m²
    UNITS: 476 residences plus commercial and office functions
    VOLUME: Monumental figure-eight perimeter block, rising from townhouse scale to approximately ten storeys
    URBAN SPACE: Two internal courtyards, central passage and approximately 1 km continuous elevated promenade connect the building vertically and horizontally to the surrounding landscape
    CONSULTANTS: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group — architecture; engineering and landscape consultants
    CLIENT: St. Frederikslund Holding
    DATE: 2010

    AMBITION: BIG reinterpreted the conventional Copenhagen perimeter block as a three-dimensional neighbourhood. Apartments, townhouses, offices and commercial functions are layered rather than separated, while a continuous path climbs around the building and allows pedestrians and cyclists to move between ground level and upper floors. The project attempts to combine suburban qualities—gardens, townhouses and proximity to landscape—with urban density.

    RECEPTION: 8 House became Ørestad's clearest international architectural success, receiving major awards and becoming a destination in its own right. That success also makes it particularly relevant to Fornebu. Can exceptional architecture generate attractiveness for an entire district, or does the success of an individual landmark expose the difference between creating a great building and creating a great piece of city? In this sense, BIG and 8 House in Ørestad can be compared with the anchoring role of Telenor at Fornebu.

  • TYPE: Metro station / transport infrastructure
    SCALE: Southern terminus of Copenhagen Metro M1
    VOLUME: Elevated metro station and infrastructure
    URBAN SPACE: Transition between the dense development of Ørestad Syd and the open landscape of Kalvebod Fælled
    CONSULTANTS: Part of the wider Copenhagen Metro and Ørestad infrastructure programme
    CLIENT: Public metro and development authorities
    DATE: 2002

    AMBITION: Vestamager demonstrates the infrastructure-led logic underlying Ørestad. The district and its metro were conceived together, concentrating new development along a linear public-transport corridor rather than extending Copenhagen through conventional incremental growth.

    RECEPTION: The metro has unquestionably provided Ørestad with strong regional accessibility. The more contested issue is what happens around the stations. Ending the tour here therefore returns to the question raised at Kay Fiskers Plads: how does a new metro line move from being transport infrastructure to becoming an instrument for building a city?

 

Pico Nordvest

  • ADRESS: Hejrevej 8–10, 2400.

    Group dinner, 3 courses.

    • Appetizer: some kind of bread.

    • Dinner: a selection of three pizzas.

    • Dessert: tiramisu or gelato. Tin recommends the tiramisu.

    • Drinks: unlimited filtered water and soft drinks for two hours.

    Note! Alcoholic drinks are at your own expense. Ordering at the table is not allowed – the restaurant requires one person per table to purchase drinks/pay on behalf of their group to reduce pressure on bartenders and servers.

  • 1 out of 36 guests did not respond to Tin’s Google sheets and e-mails on which of the two options for dessert (tiramisu or sorbet). The 1 student will by-default get the gelato:

    • Martine Tonås Nikolaisen.

  • To be continued.

FRIDAY

Nordhavn Tour

  • RELEVANCE FOR FORNEBU!:
    Nordhavn is the transformation of Copenhagen’s former industrial harbour into a dense, mixed-use urban district. Rather than prescribing a finished city, the masterplan was conceived as a robust and flexible framework of compact neighbourhoods that can develop incrementally over time. The approach combines the preservation and reuse of industrial structures with new architecture, public waterfronts, cycling and walking infrastructure, mixed functions and metro connectivity.

    Urban and architectural design are closely connected. Existing structures such as The Silo are treated as resources and anchors for identity, while new public spaces and buildings are intended to create a fine-grained, active neighbourhood rather than an isolated redevelopment project. The broader ambition is a “five-minute city”, where everyday functions are accessible by walking, cycling and public transport.

    For Fornebu, Nordhavn raises an interesting question: can a large redevelopment become an ordinary, integrated piece of city rather than remain a distinct development enclave? Nordhavn has received considerable public and professional recognition—DAC describes Copenhageners as having “taken the district to our hearts”—but its continued expansion also means that the model is still being tested. Public dialogue remains part of planning subsequent districts, including the forthcoming Nordsøkvarteret.

    TEXT AND THE NOW DISCONTINUED TOUR INFO I STOLE FROM DAC CENTRE. ONE PERSON’S LOSS IS LAA350’s GAIN!!!!:
    Just 15 years ago, the Århusgade neighborhood in Nordhavn was surrounded by fences and checkpoints as it was a part of Copenhagen’s free port. Today, the neighborhood is the city’s foremost example of a modern transformation of a harbor area. And we have taken the district to our hearts.

    Art studios are moving to Nordhavn, different housing types mix with each other, the location by the water is attractive, and the traces of the old industrial harbor fascinate us. The area has been developed on the basis of a comprehensive plan dating back to 2008, when thinking about social, economic and environmental sustainability was a completely new approach. Today we are starting to see the results.

    Good infrastructure, dense city, mixed functions, new meeting places, classic and recycled materials and preservation of existing buildings, supplemented by new ones. Come and let yourself be carried away by silo, sunshine and Sundkaj.

  • TYPE: Metro station square / gateway to Århusgadekvarteret
    SCALE: Part of the wider Nordhavn transformation, planned as a new mixed-use extension of Copenhagen
    VOLUME: Open urban square framed by existing and new perimeter-block development, with Nordhavn Metro Station as its infrastructural anchor
    URBAN SPACE: Arrival space connecting the metro, Århusgade and the pedestrian network of the new neighbourhood
    CONSULTANTS: COBE — architecture and urban design; Sleth, Polyform and Rambøll — collaborators on the wider Nordhavn masterplan
    CLIENT: By & Havn / Copenhagen Municipality
    DATE: Masterplan competition 2008–2009; subsequent development from the 2010s onward

    AMBITION: Nordhavns Plads introduces the basic planning philosophy of Nordhavn: rather than creating isolated developments around individual architectural objects, the ambition has been to extend Copenhagen's existing urban structure into the former harbour. Compact blocks, short distances, mixed functions, cycling and public transport are combined with retained industrial structures and waterfront spaces.

    RECEPTION: Nordhavn has generally received substantial professional recognition for its urban strategy, particularly the human scale of Århusgadekvarteret. Nordhavns Plads provides a useful starting point for asking whether the district succeeds in feeling like an extension of Copenhagen rather than a separate development enclave—a central question for the future development of Fornebu.

  • TYPE: Residential / transformation of former industrial building
    SIZE: Approx. 10,000 m²
    UNITS: Approx. 90 apartments
    VOLUME: Large existing industrial structure converted into a residential perimeter-block element
    URBAN SPACE: Retains the scale and material character of the former harbour while contributing residential entrances and activity to the surrounding streets
    CONSULTANTS: Entasis — architecture
    CLIENT: Private residential developer / property owner
    DATE: Transformation completed during the first major phase of Århusgadekvarteret in the 2010s

    AMBITION: Kanonhuset demonstrates Nordhavn's strategy of allowing the industrial harbour to remain legible within the new neighbourhood. Rather than clearing the site and starting again, the existing structure is adapted to a new residential function. Its scale, materiality and irregularities become resources for creating identity.

    RECEPTION: The approach is characteristic of what has been positively received about the first phase of Nordhavn: new development does not entirely erase what came before. For Fornebu, it raises the question of whether existing buildings and traces of previous uses can become generators of identity rather than obstacles to redevelopment.

  • TYPE: Predominantly residential / apartments with commercial and public functions at ground level
    SCALE: Several separate developments rather than one architectural project
    VOLUME: Predominantly mid-rise perimeter blocks, generally around five to seven storeys, forming a continuous waterfront edge
    URBAN SPACE: Long public waterfront promenade with seating, bathing opportunities, ground-floor activity and direct contact with the harbour basin
    CONSULTANTS: Multiple architectural offices and developers; coordinated within the wider COBE-led Nordhavn masterplan
    CLIENT: Multiple private developers within the By & Havn development framework
    DATE: Primarily developed during the 2010s

    AMBITION: Sandkaj illustrates how Nordhavn attempts to produce urban quality through the relationship between many relatively ordinary buildings and a strong public realm, rather than relying exclusively on landmark architecture. Residential blocks define a continuous street and waterfront while variation between individual projects creates architectural diversity.

    RECEPTION: The waterfront has become one of the most heavily used public spaces in Nordhavn, particularly during summer. Its popularity suggests that attractiveness can emerge from ordinary housing + water + active ground floors + high-quality public space, rather than from a single spectacular building.

  • TYPE: Parking structure / sports facility / public recreation space
    SIZE: Approx. 20,000 m²
    CAPACITY: Approx. 485 parking spaces
    VOLUME: Large multi-storey rectangular parking structure wrapped in a distinctive red facade
    URBAN SPACE: Roof transformed into a publicly accessible exercise and play landscape approximately 24 metres above street level
    CONSULTANTS: JAJA Architects — architecture; Rama Studio — landscape; Søren Jensen Consulting Engineers — engineering
    CLIENT: By & Havn
    DATE: 2016

    AMBITION: Konditaget Lüders challenges the idea that parking infrastructure must be a purely technical object. Instead of hiding the structure, its roof becomes an elevated public space containing running, climbing, training and play facilities. The external stair simultaneously becomes circulation, exercise equipment and an invitation to enter the building.

    RECEPTION: The project has received extensive international attention and architectural awards for transforming mundane infrastructure into a neighbourhood amenity. It asks whether necessary infrastructure can perform several functions simultaneously and contribute positively to public life.

  • TYPE: Residential / adaptive reuse / restaurant and public functions
    SIZE: Approx. 10,000 m²
    UNITS: 38 apartments
    VOLUME: 17-storey former grain silo, retained as a dominant vertical landmark
    URBAN SPACE: Visual anchor for the waterfront and Nordhavn skyline; publicly accessible functions at the top establish a relationship between the private residential building and the wider city
    CONSULTANTS: COBE — architecture; engineering and specialist transformation consultants
    CLIENT: Klaus Kastbjerg + NRE Denmark
    DATE: Original silo 1962; transformation completed 2017

    AMBITION: COBE's approach was to preserve the enormous concrete structure rather than demolish it. The existing silo becomes the structural and historical core, while a new faceted metal facade is wrapped around it. Internally, the unusual dimensions of the industrial structure generate apartments that differ substantially from conventional residential construction.

    RECEPTION: The Silo has become one of Nordhavn's most recognisable architectural landmarks and has received significant international recognition. Unlike a completely new icon, however, its identity derives from transforming something already embedded in the site's history. For Fornebu, this raises an alternative to conventional starchitecture: can transformation itself produce a landmark?

  • TYPE: Residential / adaptive reuse
    SIZE: Approx. 6,000 m²
    UNITS: Approx. 40 apartments
    VOLUME: Existing cylindrical concrete grain silo incorporated into a larger residential structure
    URBAN SPACE: Forms part of the dense urban fabric around Helsinkigade while retaining a visible industrial object within the new neighbourhood
    CONSULTANTS: Praksis Arkitekter — architecture; specialist engineering and transformation consultants
    CLIENT: Private developer
    DATE: Transformation completed 2017

    AMBITION: Frihavnstårnet takes a different approach to industrial transformation than The Silo. Rather than treating the original structure as an isolated monument, the former grain silo is incorporated into a new residential composition. New housing and the existing industrial structure remain deliberately distinguishable.

    RECEPTION: Seen immediately after The Silo, the two projects illustrate different degrees of preservation, intervention and architectural authorship. Frihavnstårnet demonstrates how industrial structures can become ordinary components of a new residential neighbourhood rather than stand only as monuments to the site's past.

  • TYPE: Social / affordable housing
    UNITS: Approx. 130 dwellings
    VOLUME: Large mid-rise perimeter block, broken into differentiated facade sections and housing typologies
    URBAN SPACE: Internal courtyard provides a shared residential landscape, while entrances and facade variation establish a finer-grained relationship with surrounding streets
    CONSULTANTS: Dorte Mandrup — architecture; landscape and engineering consultants
    CLIENT: Lejerbo / social-housing organisation
    DATE: 2018

    AMBITION: Orienten introduces an important social dimension into Nordhavn. In an area characterised by high land values and extensive private development, the project was intended to ensure that the emerging district also contained non-market and more affordable housing. Architecturally, the large block is fragmented into smaller expressions to avoid appearing as one monotonous housing complex.

    RECEPTION: Its significance is therefore as much urban and political as architectural. Nordhavn's success cannot be evaluated only through attractive waterfronts and expensive apartments; it also raises questions of who can actually live in the new city. For Fornebu, Orienten makes housing diversity, tenure and social inclusion part of the redevelopment discussion.

  • TYPE: School / educational and community facility
    SIZE: Approx. 25,000 m²
    CAPACITY: Approx. 1,200 students
    VOLUME: Four interconnected mid-rise towers rising from a shared base, differentiated according to age groups
    URBAN SPACE: Positioned directly on the waterfront; outdoor learning and recreation spaces create a transition between the school, harbour and surrounding district
    CONSULTANTS: C.F. Møller Architects — architecture; Nordisk Solar and specialist engineering / landscape consultants
    CLIENT: Copenhagen International School / Ejendomsfonden CIS
    DATE: 2017

    AMBITION: The school was conceived as both an educational environment and a highly visible sustainability demonstration. Its facade consists of approximately 12,000 individually angled solar panels, making energy production part of the architectural expression. Internally, four towers divide a very large institution into smaller educational communities.

    RECEPTION: The project has received considerable international attention for integrating renewable-energy technology directly into architecture rather than treating it as an addition. Urbanistically, the school demonstrates the importance of civic and educational anchors in transforming a development area into an actual neighbourhood.

    For Fornebu, this may be one of Nordhavn's most relevant lessons: successful redevelopment depends not only on housing, offices and transport, but on the gradual accumulation of schools, public spaces, everyday services and institutions that allow a district to function as a piece of city.

  • TYPE: Metro station / transport infrastructure
    SCALE: Terminus of the M4 Nordhavn branch and part of Copenhagen's wider metro network
    VOLUME: Elevated metro station positioned within the former harbour landscape
    URBAN SPACE: Major arrival and interchange point connecting the developing outer parts of Nordhavn with central Copenhagen; the elevated infrastructure leaves the ground plane relatively open for pedestrian and urban connections
    CONSULTANTS: Arup + COWI + SYSTRA — engineering and metro systems; architectural design developed as part of the Copenhagen Metro programme
    CLIENT: Metroselskabet, owned by Copenhagen Municipality, the Danish state and Frederiksberg Municipality
    DATE: Opened 2020

    AMBITION: The extension of the M4 to Nordhavn was conceived as an integral part of the district's long-term urban development rather than simply as transport infrastructure added afterwards. Orientkaj establishes high-capacity public transport relatively early in the transformation of the former harbour, allowing subsequent neighbourhoods to develop around an existing metropolitan connection.

    RECEPTION: The station represents one of the clearest parallels between Nordhavn and Fornebu. Both raise the question of how a major new metro investment can become a structuring instrument for urban development, influencing density, development sequence, mobility and the location of future neighbourhood centres.

    Ending the tour at Orientkaj therefore completes the Nordhavn narrative: from an established inner neighbourhood at Nordhavn Station to infrastructure intended to support the next phases of city building further into the harbour.

 

Go Nordic Cruiseline

  • Dampfærgevej 30, København.

  • Rendezvous for the students to meet up with Tin.

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  • Item description

  • All you can eat with Anja and Tin (optional but recommended). Unknown if Anja and Tin can be bothered going through a food binge.

GO NORDIC CRUISELINE
RETUR - FRA CPH 02.10
BUNK-BUDDY 01 BUNK-BUDDY 02 BUNK-BUDDY 03 BUNK-BUDDY 04
CABIN 01 Eirik Rogne Siri Nordland Mathilde Skomsvold Marie Måge
CABIN 02 Henrik Tinjar Trygve Kongsbakk Alireza Tahernian Sølve Lia
CABIN 03 Embla Vines Martine Nikolaisen Liv Tomter Ninni Apeland
CABIN 04 Ragnhild Damhaug Mathea Mortensen Julie Grape Ane Byrkjeland
CABIN 05 Dennis Tønseth Nikolai Wanderås Fredrik Ørstavik
CABIN 06 Mads Krogh Marius Lindsetmo Wilhelm Amlie
CABIN 07 Tuva Øderud Maria Kuljic Rikke Johnsen
CABIN 08 Tin Phan
Anja Standal (MIA?)

SATURDAY

Arrivederci

  • The course LAA350 - Projects in Urban Planning is a 20 ECTS course, focusing on the urban development of the city centre in the medium-sized city Sarpsborg. The course encourages studies of structures, massing and in-between spaces. LAA350 was conceived and previously led by professor Elin Børrud, before her departure this year. The teaching staff consist of Anja Standal, the new course responsible (BYREG), and Tin Phan (EIEJUSS)

  • 26-27th of September 2024

  • Anja Standal, BYREG
    Mads Juel Engh (LA)
    Tin Phan, EIEJUSS


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