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COBE's Adaptive Reuse of Nordhavnen Silo Marks Beginning of Redevelopment

COBE's Adaptive Reuse of Nordhavnen Silo Marks Beginning of Redevelopment - Featured Image
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Danish firm COBE is transforming the largest industrial building in Nordhavnen - a silo - into an apartment building with both private and public functions. For COBE, who also created the urban development plans for Nordhavnen, this project marks the beginning of the post-industrial area's future. Nordhavnen is a harbor area located only 4km from Copenhagen's city centre.

 "The exciting thing about old industrial property is how to preserve their soul and at the same time use them for something else," said Klaus Kastbjerg, the owner of the silo, commenting on the adaptive reuse project. To preserve the soul of the silo, the architects will maintain a raw industrial feeling on the interior. Each of the 40 retrofitted apartments will contain visible historic remnants such as existing concrete columns and walls.

Keep reading after the break for more information and images...

JAJA Designs "Park 'N' Play" Parking Garage in Copenhagen

With the intention of creating a beautiful public space from what is usually a one-function building, JAJA architects are redefining what a parking deck can be. Their recent competition entry for a parking garage in the city of Nordhavn, Copenhagen is an inviting structure that incorporates green facades and a rooftop playground, making full use of its placement in an up-and-coming urban neighborhood. Read all about the aptly named “Park ‘N’ Play”, after the break.

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House of Peace / Svendborg Architects + junya ishigami + associates

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  • Architects

    Svendborg Architects, junya ishigami + associates

  • Location

    Nordhavnen, 2150 Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Photographs

    junya ishigami + associates

  • Area

    3000.0 m2

Bicycle Snake / DISSING+WEITLING Architecture

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Bridges
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Copenhagen, Denmark

The Birds Nest / Primus Arkitekter

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Extension, Day Care
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Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Architects: Primus Arkitekter
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  130 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2014
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Armstrong Ceilings, HTH, Okholm Lighting
  • Professionals: JB construction ApS, Okholm ApS

Copenhagen Hospital Draws Competition Entries from Snøhetta, Mecanoo, & More

After choosing British firm BDP to design its masterplan (over proposals from Mecanoo and seven others), Copenhagen's Bispebjerg hospital has now announced the all-star shortlists of firms who will compete to design two of the hospital's new buildings.

The “New Hospital and Mental Health Bispebjerg” is a complex 10-12 year project involving the construction of new buildings, the preservation/renovation of listed buildings, and the mergers of the current Frederiksberg and Bispebjerg Hospitals and the Mental Health Centre Copenhagen with the Children’s Mental Health Centre Bispebjerg. All construction will occur while the hospitals remain in operation and at full capacity.

Learn more about the project - including the architects vying to design its new buildings - after the break.

LLAMA / KILO + BIG

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Restaurant
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Copenhagen, Denmark

Trollbeads House / BBP Arkitekter

Trollbeads House / BBP Arkitekter - Houses, Facade
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Houses
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Copenhagen, Denmark

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Copenhagen's Mayor Reveals What Makes His City So Enviably Green

In an enlightening interview on Future Cape Town, the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen discusses what it is that makes Copenhagen, and Denmark as a whole, such a green-focused society. The key it seems goes beyond simple politics, stemming from a combination of early adoption, a robust and widely appreciated welfare system and a culture of collaborative innovation. You can read the full interview here.

Tietgen Dormitory / Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects

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Housing
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Copenhagen, Denmark

Soil Centre Copenhagen / Christensen & Co Architects

Soil Centre Copenhagen / Christensen & Co Architects - Institutional Buildings, Door, Facade
© Adam Mørk
Industrial Architecture, Institutional buildings
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Copenhagen, Denmark

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ØSS 5 – Ørestad Housing / Mangor & Nagel A/S

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Housing, Apartments
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Copenhagen, Denmark

Livsrum - Cancer Counseling Center / EFFEKT

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healthcare center
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Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Architects: EFFEKT
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  740 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  EQUITONE, STENI, Troldtekt, Etex Colombia, Skinco
  • Professionals: Hoffmann, Lyngkilde

KUA2 – University of Copenhagen / Arkitema

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University
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Copenhagen, Denmark

Trylletromler / Fabric Architecture

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Public Space
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Copenhagen, Denmark

Video / Superflex: A Cool Urban Space

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"Let’s meet on the red square.” The artists behind Superkilen explain how this colorful wedge shaped public park in Copenhagen, Denmark, was a collaboration based on extreme civic participation.

A public park in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, Superkilen was developed by artists’ group Superflex in collaboration with architectural firms Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Topotek1. The park was officially opened in June 2012.

In this interview two members of Superflex, Jakob Fenger and Bjørnstjerne Christiansen, tell us about the ideas behind the project, and how it came about as an extreme example of citizen inclusion and collaboration: "We found it interesting to look at this very diverse group of people in regard to culture, social standing, nationality, etc., and then see it as a rich and significant foundation for impacting the area these people live in."

More after the break.

BIG's David Zahle Talks Sustainability

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David Zahle, a partner at Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Lead Architect on the recently opened Danish National Maritime Museum, spoke to Mies. UK earlier this year. The practice, widely known for its creative approach to the issue of sustainability (sustainability should be experienced rather than hidden), recently won an an international competition to design a new Waste-to-Energy plant in Copenhagen.

Read more and watch the interview after the break...

Copenhagen in 2050

As explained by this article in the Guardian, planners in Copenhagen are thinking ahead - to the years 2050 and even 2100 - to propose plans that will cope with the storms and floods that will threaten the low-lying city due to climate change. From "percolating pavements," "pocket parks" and "cloudburst boulevards," read about some of the innovative measures they are proposing, many of which are now being adopted around the world, here.