OF ARCHITECTURE COPENHAGEN CITY - Itera

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All four goals involve themes and objectives
that we should pursue to become
a world-class city of architecture. We
will not only focus on individual buildings
but consider the city as a whole
and strive to ensure that quality housing
and urban spaces remain a characteristic
of Copenhagen.
The four sections describe the efforts
needed to accomplish the goals: the
methods, processes and types of
cooperation required in the democratic
context that a municipal administration
is embedded in. Some of these
efforts are already a part of our daily
practice, but we have decided to add
new initiatives to be launched here and
now in order to reach our goals. Thus,
here and now, we will launch initiatives
to explore and develop the character of
Copenhagen, sustainable architecture
and urban spaces and landscapes in the
urban development areas.
Today, the challenge is to preserve and
develop Copenhagen’s architecture in
a complex society with a very advanced
democracy.
Along with the publications listed
in the appendix, Copenhagen City of
Architecture offers guidelines for urban
development and the processing of
building applications. The debate about
architectural quality must take place on
every level, from strategic planning over
building and landscape art to design.
The architecture policy is aimed at planners
and stakeholders in the construction
industry and at the citizens of
Copenhagen. Without a broad aim and
citizen involvement in the process of
city building, we will fail to achieve the
sublime.