Apartment complex: Urbanplanen, Copenhagen (West Amager district)

Feb 17, 2023

Description: A modernist apartment complex from the 1960s/70s, currently undergoing urban revitalization/transformation, where a mixed residential development with many public services is being constructed. The heart of the complex is to be the Remiseparken city park with so-called “farm gardens,” playgrounds and recreational areas intended, for example, for barbecues.

Process: The creation of a new district called an urban laboratory. A self-sufficient and sustainable district, where respect for nature is an important element. The design activities were supported by a public participation process.

Community: ethnically diverse, economically diverse.

NBS tools used: the park has an alder forest which retains rainwater, as well as community gardens. Fruit tree have been planted here.

Developed by the University of Warsaw – research (June 2022 Copenhagen)

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Fig. 1 “Interior of the revitalized Urbanplanen apartment complex ” – author: Agnieszka Dudzińska – Jarmolińska
Fig. 2 “Interior of the revitalized Urbanplanen apartment complex – dry retention reservoir” – author: Agnieszka Dudzińska – Jarmolińska
Photo by 3 “Alder forest in the park of the Urbanplanen apartment complex” – author: Agnieszka Dudzińska – Jarmolińska
Fig. 4 “Farm in the Urbanplanen apartment complex ” – author: Agnieszka Dudzińska – Jarmolińska
Fig. 5 „Community garden on the Urbanplanen apartment complex ” – author: Agnieszka Dudzińska – Jarmolińska