COBE architects has completed karen blixens plads, one of the largest urban plazas in copenhagen, situated between the newly built university of copenhagen and the nature reserve amager commons. a hybrid between a park and a public square, the project comprises a unique undulating landscape of bicycle hills and plant beds, spanning across 20,000 sqm and offering room for more than 2,000 parked bicycles ? two-thirds of them in covered spaces inside the bicycle hills.all images by rasmus hjortshøj ? COAST
 
with more than 40% of the city?s inhabitants riding their bike for their daily commute, copenhagen is one of the world?s leading bicycle cities, thus requiring a large amount of urban spaces for bicycle parking. COBE architects? karen blixens plads urban plaza has been designed to provide an adequate solution for the university of copenhagen?s bicycle parking problem, creating room for approximately 2,000 bikes. ?for a decade, the university of copenhagen has faced a big challenge: how to provide an adequate solution for the massive amount of bicycles parked in front of the main entrance to the university,? explains the danish studio. ?the result is a combined urban space and park area that accommodates and promotes green transportation, climate change adaptation and biodiversity.?
 
 
now one of copenhagen?s largest public spaces, karen blixens plads is designed as a carpet that covers an undulating terrain of hills. bicycle pockets and covered parking have been de...