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Public Space: Putting a Soul into Copenhagen’s Problem Child Superkilen

by Valentin Schipfer Together with ideas from 62 different nations Copenhagen turned a former undefined, urban strip into a vivid, permanent, open-air exhibition. Where riots got out of hand in recent years, youngsters play basketball alongside elderly chess players now. … Continue reading

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Second Hand Spaces – Recylcling Sites with Temoporary Use

by Valentin Schipfer It all began at Vienna’s Ur3anize! Festival which lasted for a week in October this year. There I attended an evening discussion on temporary use of abandoned or vacant urban spaces. The two guys and discussants from … Continue reading

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Copenhagen really is wonderful, for so many reasons | World news | The Observer

  Copenhagen really is wonderful, for so many reasons | World news | The Observer.

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Copenhagen: cycling and place branding

by Hans Pul Copenhagen is well-known as a bicycle-friendly city internationally. The city is known for the high share of cycling in commuter traffic (36%), its wide cycling lanes (in Copenhagen 2,5-2,8 metre wide cycling lanes are the new standard, … Continue reading

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Orestad: Laboratory for the City of the Future?

By Caspar Lundsgaard-Hansen Orestad is a new borough on the island of Amager in the south of Copenhagen. It represents the first extended public-private partnership in Danish city planning. Furthermore, Orestad was not only conceived as an extension to an … Continue reading

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