TO CLIMB THE SKY (3D TOWN) _ COPENHAGEN DANEMARK _

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2008 - To Climb Copenhagen Sky - Danemark

DESIGN CONCEPT

The kind of town area we propose is not a break-up with the past, it tries to continue historical town plan while offering new kind of public spaces. What has been done through years in urbanism (street urbanism) work usually well! What we propose now is to open the city. To open its perception, its ‘senses’ and the perception (visions) it offers to its users. We want to open the area into the third dimension, the height. This does not mean to create high building but to open the public space into the third dimension. Cobra and Situationist (Constant), Archigram, Japan metabolist, Yona Friedman, Claude Parent, Mvrdv… [non exhaustive list] theorized on the subject. We are inspired by their researches but also by vernacular towns (how a town has been built and extended over ages without plan). We work to go on developing those ideas to improve lifestyle, to incorporate ecology and poetry while making this vision realistic in term of construction and economy.

Copenhagen surface is rare and expensive, so we have to cons-truct multi-storey buildings. But instead of creating, as usual, one public floor (ground floor) and several privates spaces on the other floors, we want to create a district that spread in 3 dimensions. This town typology permits to increase density 1,6 to twice more compared to current town density. It is a good way to make profitable every Copenhagen ground surface. It also improves lifestyle with a public space surface that in-creases at least twice more than today.

Extension in heightxtension in height

In spatial town public spaces and flows, spreads in height dimension.

In traditional towns, public spaces and flows are only on the groundfloor.

Avenue Urban block heart

Fields Roads

OrganisationPublic

GardenPlace

Sports Ground Square

Children’s Play Garden

General Principles •••• Spatial town district / Mixed programs / Indoor and outdoor public spaces with various atmospheres / connexion with the sky, sea and town / Campaign into town / Environment respect / Wild Vegetal river / Sensitive areas.Global idea is to create in Copenhagen a new landscape (new ground floor floating into space) in connection with elements and nature. The district plays with movement created by flow or natural elements. Those energies are captured concentrated and then transformed to be reused (ecology) while generating new atmospheres, new space poetries…The 3 dimensional town we propose construct itself around 4 main ideas to be SOCIAL, PRAGMATIC, ECO-LOGICAL and POETIC. That way it reinvents itself continuously…••••

Project Reamenagement of a Copenhagen districtPlace Nordhavnen, Copenhagen DanemarkTeam Eric Cassar, Emilie Le Cavorzin, Juan Jesus Alfaro Reta, Ghada Chakroun, Christian Svetoslavov, Margaux BordetOwners Copenhagen town

THE PROJECT

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Fields

Green River

Extension of the Green River

Small Places

Hudge Places

Existing Buildings

Ch transforms intrinsic Elements into poetry and useful energy

E = Any ‘intrisic Elements’ that means elements which generates movement into town. Ex : climate (wind, rain, sun, snow...) ; Flow (car flow, bike flow, pedestrian movement...)

Ch = Copenhagen Nordhavnen seen as a matrix function.

Ch (E) = Poetry + Useful Energy

Ex : Ch (wind) = natural air tunnel (wind wall) + Windmill Energy

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Then for us the question is not only what kind of neigh-bourhood we design but what kind of 3 dimensional neigh-bourhoods can we implant in Copenhagen Nordhavnen. How can it be connected with the sea and the existing town? How can it be a secured area where every building can take benefits of natural light? How can it adapts to climate and geography ? How can it trans-form elements power into poetry and energy?We first think that a town should grow progressively de-pending on new need. What we propose then is a scheme, a director plan with structuring elements at several scales (vegetal river, inside ‘lake’, centre place and several pla-ces at different scale).We propose a town ‘morpho’ ‘typo’ logy which permits to create various kind of archi-tecture and to adapt itself to new necessities.We want then to create a social city that will connect people one with each others, from every where. We want a spatial town continuing in every dimensions where every places, connected with others, invite users to discover and discover again.

So we do not start to create street. We start to create town which means meeting places, building, social connec-tions, waypoint, land mark… Our project is an alternation of buildings and void in three dimensions. Building implanta-tion depends on natural light and views. It follows a typo-logy where town areas are connected thanks to several public places of different si-zes, kinds and soul (atmos-phere). Some are inside place for winter or rainy day others are outside places (covered or not) for sun... This place network (garden, square…) in-cluding the wild vegetal river and water spaces become the town body.

Fields

Green River

Extension of the Green River

Small Places

Hudge Places

Existing Buildings

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Cameras and screens permit connections

between places situated at different

city edges.

VISUAL CONNECTIONS

Keeping water from the sea, mecanism can produce vapour and fog, wich create a misty

atmosphere.

FOGGY ATMOSPHERE

Leaning Blancket

allow rain’s flow, which form a rain

curtain which is

collected.

RAIN CURTAIN POETIC

ECOLOGIC

The Vegetal River is accessible from the groundfloor, except for the maintenance. The only access is from the first level, The Vegetal River is accessible from the groundfloor, except for the maintenance. The only access is from the first level, going down into the forest. Vegetal River acts like green lung with wild forest spreading (flowing) into the town. Maintenance is minimum. Fauna and wild forest spreading (flowing) into the town. Maintenance is minimum. Fauna and flaura grow there peacefully.

Each roof is reused as Each roof is reused as public or private place. public or private place. Glass roof always Glass roof always integrates photovoltaic integrates photovoltaic cells.

ENERGY

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Maintenance AccessMaintenance Acce

A sensible townTo stimulate every senses / To surprise / To identify / To animate /

To create various atmospheres changing in time and space. Copenhagen Nordhavnen becomes an area which can surprise

reinventing itself again and again.

A sustainable town To take benefits of every site potentialities (geography, climate) / To implant building and public spaces smartly

to save energy / To include wild nature (fauna, flora) and cultivation in town / To reuse energy, water

Public Place

PRAGMATIC

Housing / Offices / Shops ...Parkings

Merchandises

Raw Material

Vegetal River offers a hudge void on the towns

Reflect ive elements on frontpage VIEWS

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Main level permit to find your way into the town. It proposes several bike way to rove.

A practical townFunctionality / Security / Structure / Networks and flow organization /

Natural light necessities depending on the program / Economy / Transport and moving simplicity / Supply and waste optimization…

Increasing density (while improving lifestyle) permits to limit cost and pollution.

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Children’s play garden

Permanent rooting with photovoltaic

panels

closed place

Musical Place

Rugby CourtWindmill

Football Court

PlaygroundInterior Lift

FieldsMaintenance Parking

(Tractors) Road

Car Park

Fields Road

Cinema Vegetal River With Only Vertical Access

Public Garden

No Light ProgramCinema, Car Park, Mall ...

Square

Children’s Play Garden

Maintenance Parking

(Tractors)

Collect Rainwater of all roofing for

Reuse

Punctual View

Car Park Delivery

Fields

Road

Car Park

Fields

WalkExterior Lift

Shared Garden

Passage

Covered Place

Removable Roofing

Private Garden

Scented Place

Winter Garden

Permanent Roofing With Photovoltaic

Panels

Tennis Court

Soft Place

Camping

Volley Court

Opening the town to the height permits to clear the ground. Ground becomes then a campaign into town. It is planted with different

species (wheat field, sunflower…) depending on sun need. Farmers cultivate fields... in the city.

Between the fields, there are few roads reserved for rapid transport (bus, taxi, deliveries cars or trucks, emergencies…) and for parking. They respond to town needs. Car traffic is limited. [A big car park is created for inhabitants and tourist at the entrance of Copenhagen Nordhavnen. Drivers park their car and use public transportation or bike.]. That way, ground floor also offers huge surfaces of safe place for children to run, to play and to discover nature.

Opening the town to the height also permits to increase both density and public space surfaces. It permits to limit motion (sustainable development) and to incorporate programs that were used to disappear from town centre such as workshop, artisan... Every roof is used as a square, private or public garden, inside, covered or outside place. It permits to gather inhabitants at anytime and any weather. Moving in the height dimension offers views on the surrounding areas at different levels thanks to footbridges or big public elevators (including bike transport) connecting buildings together.

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Children’s play garden

Permanent rooting with photovoltaic

panels

closed place

Musical Place

Rugby CourtWindmill

Football Court

PlaygroundInterior Lift

FieldsMaintenance Parking

(Tractors) Road

Car Park

Fields Road

Cinema Vegetal River With Only Vertical Access

Public Garden

No Light ProgramCinema, Car Park, Mall ...

Square

Children’s Play Garden

Maintenance Parking

(Tractors)

Collect Rainwater of all roofing for

Reuse

Punctual View

Car Park Delivery

Fields

Road

Car Park

Fields

WalkExterior Lift

Shared Garden

Passage

Covered Place

Removable Roofing

Private Garden

Scented Place

Winter Garden

Permanent Roofing With Photovoltaic

Panels

Tennis Court

Soft Place

Camping

Volley Court

Disabled persons and bikes can access to every terraces thanks to elevators outside or inside the buildings. Bike parking are on every levels. Public spaces are varied. They are connected with others and with private spaces (mixed program) in every dimension. Each space includes an architectural or cultural theme with its own specification: skate park, fog, perfume, beach, gardens in the sky... Each place has its own atmosphere moving through time and space, it reinvents itself continuously because town is not static anymore.

TYPOLOGIE PUBLICS SPACES

Closed PlaceOpen Place Crossing Place

Place with Central Element

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Network Place

Split PlaceFlowsViews

GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1 / 10 000TRAFFIC PLAN

Cars, trucks and tractors

SubwayBus

Waterbus

Tunnel

Car park

Shuttle

Underground (bus)

Underground (cars)

Central place

Entrance carpark

Nordhavn Station

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