Nordhavn definitely appealed to me more than Orestad. A big part of that is scale. Another part is that it seemed less out to impress me with “oh wow” buildings. Especially when those buildings are set apart (“big buildings in … Continue reading Nordhavn (viii): some miscellany
The focus of the previous stories about Orestad is on the new “downtown” and the starchitecture buildings around the Orestad Station. Plus some views of the more ordinary apartment architecture for the rest of us. As was obvious from the … Continue reading Orestad vi, a walk in the ‘burbs
Looking again at the aerial photo of downtown Orestad, the Field shopping mall is dead centre. Just above it is an eyebrow shaped street and canal, which forms the spine of a mixed commercial/office district with a bit of residential … Continue reading Orestad (v), business district, & construction notes
My preference in seeing a place is from the walking around eye view. But sometimes a pigeon view helps too. Here is an aerial photo of downtown Orestad of just a few years ago. The giant Field indoor mall is … Continue reading Orestad apartments for the rest of us (iv)
Let’s visit some of the residential buildings in downtown Orestad. These are the prestige structures right along the main transit line. Notice the frequent stairs down and under the building. Many new residential buildings in Europe have apartments that run … Continue reading Orestad, Glamour Architecture, (iii)
Orestad is planned to have 20,000 residences, and 80,000 jobs, and 20,000 university student places when it’s finished. This new suburban city was started in 1993. The city owns 55% of the development corporation and 45% is owned by the … Continue reading Orestad Station / downtown area (ii)
Welcome back dear reader, to start the new year we are going to visit a new urban development in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. To get to Orestad we’re going to take the Metro from downtown Copenhagen. This is the … Continue reading En route to Orestad, Denmark by metro
