Karen Blixens Plads, Copenhagen Landscape Design Project, Danish Public Architecture, Images
Karen Blixens Plads in Copenhagen
Architectural City Landscape Project on Sjælland, Denmark – design by Cobe
23 Oct 2019
Karen Blixens Plads
Architects: Cobe
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

Late August was the official opening of a new, major square in Copenhagen: Karen Blixens Plads. The square has a unique undulating landscape with hollow hills and low bicyclebeds creating a new and innovative way to park bicycles. It is one of the largest public spaces in Copenhagen and has room for more than 2,000 parked bicycles. COBE, under Dan Stubbergaard?s leadership, created the design in close collaboration with EKJ Consulting Engineers.
At more than 20,000 sqm Karen Blixens Plads is one of the largest public squares in Copenhagen. Situated between the University of Copenhagen and the Danish Royal Library?s buildings at the university?s South Campus, the open and welcoming urban space is an innovative, spectacular and multi-functional architectural design that accommodates and promotes green transportation, climate change adaptation and biodiversity. The project was supported by a generous donation from the private foundation A.P Møller Fonden.

Innovative bicycle parking The combined public square and university plaza is designed as a carpet that covers an undulating terrain of small hills and breaks the large space up into smaller zones with room for activities both on and in...