In 2012, the first of a planned network of 28 “cycle superhighways” opened in Copenhagen, with a second route opening in 2013. These upgraded bike paths connect the central city with suburban areas and link residential neighborhoods, schools, and business districts.
The cycle superhighways were planned to meet the needs of commuters in outlying parts of the Copenhagen region by creating long-distance routes with consistent, high-quality design standards. The project is intended to entice thousands of daily commuters to switch from driving to bicycling, thereby decreasing traffic congestion, carbon emissions, and health care costs, while increasing the quality of life of area residents.
Mountain Dwellings is the second of three projects built by Hoepfner and Danish Oil Company and designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) alongside the Metro in Oerestad, a new neighborhood planned for 40,000 inhabitants on the south side of Copenhagen and close to Copenhagen Airport. This community serves as a bridge to older housing […]
A 1.6 million-square-foot (150,000-square-meter) industrial area along the harborfront in Copenhagen, Denmark, that is currently being transformed into a new urban development that at buildout will include between 800 and 1,200 residential units and almost 10.5 million square feet (975,000 square meters) of commercial space. The project not only is an innovative example of how a significant postindustrial, brownfield remediation was accomplished through a process that was self-financing, but also is projected to net a handsome financial return of approximately DKK225 million, or approximately US$32 million.
A 74-acre housing development under construction in the town of Horsholm, 20 minutes north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The project, which will include 320 units at buildout, comprises nine independent clusters of townhomes, each enclosing shared parking/service courts and separated by green “fingers” linking them to the landscape. The environmentally sensitive project employs green building and design techniques. Each cluster is laid out longitudinally, and most are narrower toward the open green areas and wider toward the town, allowing allows more units to stretch out into the landscape while allowing the landscape to reach far into the development. The clusters are oriented to ensure that maximum natural light reaches all units.
