NORDHAVNEN

NORDHAVNEN
COPENHAGEN’S
NEW CITY DISTRICT
THE FIRST PHASE IN THE URBAN
­DEVELOPMENT OF NORDHAVNEN
CAN START IN 2011 IN THE ÅRHUSGADE QUARTER.
NORDHAVNEN WILL DEVELOP INTO
COPENHAGEN’S NEW SUSTAINABLE
CITY QUARTER AT THE WATER.
March 2011. Graphic design: LOOP Associates. Photos: Kontraframe: 1, 11. Jens V. Nielsen: 3. Dennis Rosenfeldt: 4. Lene Skytthe: 5. Ole Ziegler: 9.
AUTHORITIES’ LOCAL PLAN FOR THE ÅRHUSGADE QUARTER
AUTHORITIES’ GENERAL PLANS FOR HARBOUR ACTIVITIES
AND CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL
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Norde Tddbod
KASTELLET
TOLDBODENS
BÅDEHAVN
NYHOLM
THE HARBOUR IS ALIVE
Today Nordhavnen is full of both big and small
companies. Bigger than all the others is CMP,
Copenhagen Malmö Port, which runs Scandinavia’s largest container and bulk port and one
of the largest cruise ship terminals in Northern
Europe. CMP will move to the farthest end of
Nordhavnen when the development of the
­districts closest to the city starts.
There are other companies related to typical
harbour activities, such as shipping companies,
but other branches may also be found in Nordhavnen, e.g. a handful of furniture and design
stores, the pension company PFA and the law
firm Kromann Reumert.
THE FUTURE IN THE MIDDLE OF HISTORY
The big industries in the Port of Copenhagen have gradually
disappeared, but at the same time the city has grown, and there
will be even more citizens. Within the next 14 years, the City of
Copenhagen expects 60,000 more Copenhageners. Therefore,
the city has to grow physically, for instance in the harbours.
Where once were industries and harbour, new city quarters will
appear.
Old fishermen and hard-working dockers have been using
Nordhavnen for more than 100 years. There is still activity in
the harbour, and there always will be, but the districts closest
to central Copenhagen will be incorporated into the city.
The history of Nordhavnen stretches back to the time when industrialization really took hold in Copenhagen and when the
first conglomerates earned money on steamer traffic. Until the
present day, when there is still activity in the harbour, the industry in Nordhavnen always mirrored the industrial development
in Copenhagen. Nordhavnen is carrying Copenhagen’s maritime and industrial history in its heart.
Nordhavnen is full of traces of the harbour industry. Large cranes, old warehouses and silos and worn cables and wires give
evidence of an area much used during the 100 years that Nordhavnen has been lying by the Sound. When the Århusgade
quarter is to be developed, many of the existing buildings will
be preserved. In a more remote future, the container terminal
will be moved further to the north-east.
The new district will literally be built on the old Copenhagen.
For a century, Nordhavnen has expanded countless times using
earth from building sites and construction waste. But the history of Nordhavnen is also very much the history of Copenhagen.
The expansions not only made Copenhagen larger, they also
gave room for business and enterprise, resulting in many jobs.
This is where a good part of tomorrow’s Copenhageners will
live and work.
Even though Nordhavnen is already surrounded by
­water on three sides, the new district will also be
­intersected by small canals and basins. There will be
access to the water via steps, low promenades, piers,
etc. Particularly the expanses facing south will be
­protected against the wind and will have the best access
to the water, but all piers will be open to the public.
A GREEN AND BLUE CITY
Nordhavnen will be a city on small islands. The area is already
characterized by many basins and long piers facilitating the
berthing of large ships. The design of the future Nordhavn and
its position on and at the water will be the great advantage of
this new district – but the very structure will be better adapted
to the needs of human beings. New canals will be dug, new
­islands will emerge.
The island structure has another important function: the small
islands will divide the districts into smaller units, making the
quarter seem smaller than it is. The planning and expansion of
Nordhavnen may take place at a pace in line with every single
small island. This makes the project less vulnerable to economic conjunctures, as the islands are so small that they can be
finished even if finances may be tight.
As it is, Nordhavnen is full of green areas between the many
­historic buildings. When urban development really starts, some
of these green areas will be turned into urban zones, but even
more green zones will appear. Pocket parks, small squares,
playgrounds and small green patches will be interwoven like
breathing holes with the dense city.
NEW CRUISE LINER TERMINAL
Today Copenhagen is one of the most popular cruise destina­
tions in Northern Europe. Every year brings even more cruise
tourists to the Danish capital, and many have Copenhagen as
either the starting point or the final destination of their voyage.
There will be a new cruise liner terminal along the eastern part
of Nordhavnen, which will service the many tourists much
­better. This new terminal is expected finished in 2013.
NORDHAVNEN
– A DISTRICT FOR
PEDESTRIANS,
BIKERS AND
PUBLIC
TRANSPORT
THE FIVE-MINUTE CITY
Distances and speed are crucial in cities. The faster you can
move around, the more attractive it is to live, work and shop in
a city. The position of Nordhavnen is perfect in that respect. The
new district will be sitting end to end with the city quarter of
Østerbro, less than four kilometres from other junctions in
­Copenhagen such as Kongens Nytorv, Nørreport and Nørrebros
Runddel. The S-train station of Nordhavnen is very close to the
new quarter, particularly important during the first phases of
the development – in the long run, this station may be the
­junction that connects the district with the S-train system.
It is the intention that the future traffic in Nordhavnen will be
equally divided between public transport, bicycles and cars.
This ambition will be realized by creating optimal conditions for
bikers and pedestrians and by emphasizing the planning of
public transport from the very beginning. The main traffic
­artery in Nordhavnen will be ”the green loop” – a series of traffic junctions starting and ending in Århusgade. Public transport
– probably the metro – will connect these junctions into a loop
in combination with a super-bicycle path. This loop will cover
the entire district so that there will never be more than a
400-metre walk to public transport. 400 metres equal the
­distance a pedestrian covers in five minutes.
The road system of Nordhavnen will be fairly simple, giving more
space to green and pedestrian areas. The main access for cars will
be Sundkrogsgade, as it is today. Furthermore, it may be ­necessary,
though, to construct an approach lane at the f­ uture road Nordhavnsvej that will connect directly to the motorway ­system.
NORDHAVNEN
SUPPORTS
SUSTAIN­ABLE
­ENERGY AND
TRANSPORT
THE SUSTAINABLE CITY QUARTER
Nordhavnen will be a low energy district, emitting low quan­
tities of CO2 due to its buildings, infrastructure and energy
­supply forms.
The new buildings in Nordhavnen will require less energy in
themselves compared with today’s building standards. In the
urban development we allow for the energy supply forms of the
future, which may include local and collective energy, e.g. sun
and wind energy, geothermal energy and possibly also groundwater cooling.
The energy supply as a whole will be planned using the best
possible solutions but also so flexibly that future energy solu­
tions can be easily implemented.
All in all, the collective traffic planning in Nordhavnen will
make it a district where CO2 emissions are thought to be as low
as possible.
Four principles for the
­Århusgade QUarter PROJECT:
– a rather low and dense city with a few large buildings
– open and active ground floors
– varying building heights, between 3 and 6 floors
The Århusgade quarter, covering the area between
the existing Århusgade until the waterfront at
­Redmolen, will be the first quarter to be urban
­developed. All parts of the new Nordhavnen will
­consist of a mixture of dwellings and commercial
­activities, including a vibrant urban environment
connected to local shops and the waterfront. The
area is still a free port today, but that will change
when the Copenhageners bring the new flats and
commercial buildings by the water into use.
– varying façades forming small units
THE ÅRHUSGADE QUARTER
– THE FIRST NEW QUARTER IN NORDHAVNEN
The heavy industry dominated the harbour previously – now the
sustainable city of tomorrow will be built here, dwellings and
­offices side by side with appealing squares and harbour promenades. The urban spaces in Nordhavnen will resemble the
”bro”-quarters (Østerbro, Nørrebro, Vesterbro) of central
­Copenhagen with dense, low buildings with a few taller, tower­
ing buildings. As in the rest of Copenhagen, there will be shopping streets and a blend of broad and narrow streets. But in the
middle of the new city, the old, renovated building and cranes
will remind you that the district smelled like lubricating oil and
sailors’ sweat for more than hundred years!
From the very beginning the new quarter in Nordhavnen will
stretch out towards old Østerbro. Århusgade has been divided
for ages by Frihavnsgitteret, which separates Østerbro from the
water. Now this fence will be torn down, and the part of Århusgade situated in Nordhavnen will be reconnected with Østerbro.
The new quarter will mix offices and dwellings. Thus, there will
always be life and customers in the shops during the daytime
and in the cafés at nighttime – a dense, vibrant city life!
The skyline of today’s Copenhagen is dominated by towers and
a few tall buildings rising from the relatively low city. That will
also be the picture in Nordhavnen: Old silos will stick out,
­accompanied by a few other, architecturally significant tall build­
ings. On the street people used to Østerbro will feel at home: the
buildings will be between three and six storeys tall, and the
blocks will be regular, running from one corner to the next, just
as it is in the former working-class quarters of Copenhagen.
Selected warehouses, silos and the existing office buildings will be
renovated and preserved in Nordhavnen. They will colour the new
district so that the original maritime background of Nordhavnen
will stand out here and there among the many modern buildings.
TIME PERSPECTIVE
The plans to start urban development in Nordhavnen were stipulated by law in 2007. It is the intention to develop the area over the
next couples of decades, but it will not take long before the first
changes and the first signs of a new, sustainable city quarter can
be seen.
Before development really starts, the City of Copenhagen must
adopt the local plan for the Århusgade quarter. That is expected to
happen at the end of 2011. There will be about 350,000 sqm of new
buildings, while some of the existing buildings will be preserved.
Nordhavnen will be developed by CPH City & Port Development,
which also develops future city quarters elsewhere in Copen­
hagen’s harbours and in Ørestad. The work of CPH City & Port
­Development is based on the project Nordholmene – Urban Delta,
which won the great Nordhavn competition in 2009. Read more
about the project and follow the urban development at:
WWW.NORDHAVNEN.DK/EN
TIMELINE
2007
2009
2011
THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE
URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF
NORDHAVNEN OFFICIALLY
RECOGNIZED
THE COMPETITION FOR
THE FUTURE OF NORDHAVNEN CLOSES
THE LOCAL PLAN FOR THE
DISTRICT ADOPTED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL
APPROX.
2011
BUILDING CAN START IN
THE ÅRHUSGADE QUARTER
APPROX.
2025
THE ÅRHUSGADE
­QUARTER IS FINISHED
APPROX.
2060
BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED
ON THE LAST SITES IN
NORDHAVNEN
CPH City & Port Development
Nordre Toldbod 7
Postbox 2083
DK-1013 København K
Denmark
Tel. +45 3376 9800
Fax +45 3376 9801
www.byoghavn.dk
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