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04 PROCESSES / FOCUS AREAS
FOCUS AREAS/
URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
ARCHITECTURAL CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS
ARCHITECTURAL ADVISORS
ARCHITECTURAL DEBATES
NETWORKS AND COOPERATION
Urban sustainability
Copenhagen wants to be one of the
world’s leading sustainable cities, thriving
economically, socially and environmentally.
We aim to make Copenhagen
the global Environmental Metropolis
as a model and an inspiration for cities
the world over. Hence, the sustainability
of all new urban development
projects must be assessed. This should
be a key theme in the dialogue with
project developers from the initial idea
until a new residential area has been
completed. Sustainability is expressed
in many different ways. A key task
for planners, architects and landscape
architects will be to integrate sustainability
in architecture in the best way
possible, making it a feature that
heightens the architectural expression.
Architectural challenges
All architectural assignments and challenges
of any significance should be
assessed from several points of view.
This may be achieved through competitions
or, in some cases, public or invited
workshops that involve politicians,
local committees, residents and users.
In each case, the City of Copenhagen
will assess which competition format
or other creative process is the most
appropriate for the assignment in
question. The goal is to arrive at the
right project, the right idea or the right
concept for the given assignment and
its location.
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All architectural assignments
and challenges of any significance
should be assessed from
several points of view
”
A key task for planners,
architects and landscape
architects will be to integrate
sustainability in architecture in
the best way possible, making it
a feature that heightens the
architectural expression
Nordhavn
Competition 2009
Architects: COBE, SLETH and Rambøll
The development and conversion
of Nordhavnen in the northern
harbour was the topic of an open
international architectural competition
with more than 200 participants.
A team of young architects
and landscape architects won the
competition with a project that
combines an urban and landscape
strategy with original traffic
concepts and action plans for
ensuring sustainability.