the Vision of BispeBjerg Bakke - Realdania Byg

knowing that there has been a lot of focus
on the construction, because then you
are sure that it has been done well”, says
Malene, who was carried away by Bispebjerg
Bakke’s innovative shapes from the
very beginning.
“In the beginning, we looked at the web
site, which only showed us what the buildings
would look like on the outside. I
was crazy about the roofs – just the fact
that they are made of copper. It will turn
all green in time. I also really like the windows
done in dark wood. We felt it was
cool that you could live in the city, but
at the same time be somewhat secluded.
And in addition, you get a setting that no
one else has. It is nice to be part of something
that has been given this much
thought. It is great to live in a place that
has a human touch, and isn’t just some
cold concrete box”.
Malene has great expectations as to what
the surroundings will look like when Bispebjerg
Bakke is completed, and summer
comes. “It really is amazing here,
and I believe that once they finish the
gardens, and everything becomes green
again, this will become an oasis. There
aren’t any roads that pass close by“. As
she speaks, as a fitting comment on Malene’s
hopes for quiet surroundings, the
train passes by right outside the window
– so quietly that all you hear is a faint
whisper.
At the completed end of Bispebjerg Bakke’s
great snake, the Skov Sørensens have
moved in on the second floor. The family
consists of Ann (44), her husband Jørgen
(42), and the children Nana (11), Thomas
(7) and Maja (3). The family has moved
from a 90 square metres flat in Århus.
Now they have 151 square metres – and
for the first time the two oldest children
have their own room.
“It was somewhat by chance that we ended
up living here. We were out looking
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