AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities & Communities
KEYWORDS
islands, climate change, floodings, urban planning
COUNTRY
Denmark
DESIGNED BY
Statens Kunstfond and Havnekulturpuljen
WEBSITE
https://www.copenhagenislands.com/
Copenhagen Islands
a completely new type of public parks in Copenhagen - a “parkipelago”
The Copenhagen Islands introduce a completely new type of public parks in Copenhagen - a “parkipelago” focusing on the place and function of public spaces in the city - both in a local context with rapid urban development along the harbor side, threatening the recreational spaces, but also in a global context with rising sea levels creating new challenges for urban environments.
The islands will be dispatched on suitable locations around the inner harbor, but also find their way to more forgotten and underused corners of the harbor, catalyzing life and activity. Hopefully giving back a little bit of space for whimsey and wonder to the old industrial harbor sides.