In the fall of 2009 six small movies were produced for an international exhibition on Nordhavnen. Watch the six movies where different consultants talk about the future Nordhavnen.

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Consultants for the Nordhavn Development Project Appointed

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(2nd of March 2009)

Three winning projects for the future Nordhavn

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(18th of December 2008)

Film about the area

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Welcome to Nordhavnen:

SCANDINAVIAS LARGEST METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT


ENORMOUS POTENTIAL

Nordhavnen is probably the most extensive and most ambitious metropolitan development project in Scandinavia in the years to come. Nordhavnen is a 200-hectare area currently used for a number of harbour-related activities. Located on the Øresund coast, the district will offer direct access to the sea, as well as a multitude of recreational urban spaces and public facilities, and with its location only four kilometres from the city centre of Copenhagen and its easy access to the city’s infrastructure, Nordhavnen is likely to become a unique city district in Copenhagen. 

SUSTAINABLE CITY – THE COPENHAGEN WAY

The new district will be developed over the next forty to fifty years. When fully developed, the site will feature buildings with a total floor area of up to four million square metres, providing living space for 40,000 inhabitants and workspace for another 40,000 inhabitants.

Nordhavnen will be a district of small islets close to the waterfront and a a diverse, mixed city with room for everyone. As an urban development project, Nordhavnen spearheads efforts to improve climate conditions and show how cities can help reverse climate change without losing out on quality of life, welfare and democracy.

The new city district will be based on a holistic approach so as to ensure that the whole will be bigger and better than the sum of the individual elements.


OPEN INTERNATIONAL IDEAS COMPETITION

In late May 2008, the CPH Port and City Development launched an open international ideas competition for Nordhavnen, the competition for the layout of Nordhavnen was concluded in March 2009. The ‘Nordholmene – Urban Delta’ entry was selected as the winning entry, to form the basis for further work. At the same time, it was decided to appoint COBE, SLETH Modernism, Polyform and Rambøll consultants to assist in the development of Nordhavnen.

In the summer of 2009, quality assurance of the design and the development strategies on which it is based was carried out in close collaboration between CPH City & Port Development, the consultants and the City of Copenhagen. In parallel, a number of public meetings, open house events and exhibitions were arranged to involve local residents.

In 2010-11 a Municipal Plan supplement and a local plan for Nordhavnen will be made. Realisation of project can start in 2011.



 

The booklet NORDHAVNEN - URBAN STRATEGY provides a general presentation of the project at its
current stage and describes the six themes that constitute the core of the development strategy.

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