nordhavnpanoramic
nordhavnpanoramic

Urban Regeneration

The City of Copenhagen launched an international ideas competition for Nordhavn, a new district on the northeastern waterfront of Copenhagen. The selected site comprises 200ha of existing reclaimed land, with an additional 100 ha to be reclaimed. Nordhavn can be a sustainable leisure district, a district where residents have a wealth of leisure opportunities at their doorsteps. Nordhavn can become a leisure destination in itself for the wider Copenhagen area. It can also be a sustainable place, where people want to live, which meets Copenhagen’s stated eco-targets. The spatial concept for the district are three stems of movement, which flow as a sequence of spaces. The leaves from each stem represent the open space structure, which is the leading element in the spatial hierarchy.