Amager Resource Centre, Waste-to-Energy Plant Copenhagen, Danish Artificial Hill Design
Amager Resource Centre
Waste-to-Energy Plant Copenhagen Building, Denmark: Opening – design by BIG architects
4 Oct 2019
Ski, Hike And Climb The World?s Cleanest Waste-to-energy Plant Designed By BIG And SLA
CopenHill, also known as Amager Bakke, is a 41,000m2 waste-to-energy plant with an urban recreation center and environmental education hub, turning social infrastructure into an architectural landmark:
Copenhill Copenhagen: Amager Ski Slope
17 Sep 2019
Copenhill / Amager Bakke by BIG
Official opening of BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group’s Copenhill / Amager Bakke from October 4 – 6.
27 Nov 2018
Amager Resource Centre Design: Bjarke Ingels Group Architects – BIG
Amager Hill – Copenhagen Waste-to-Energy Plant
A revolutionary new project in Copenhagen designed by Bjarke Ingels Group Architects has turned a waste-to-energy plant into a 95,000 square metre tourist attraction.

Located on Amager island, the Amager Resource Centre incorporates a ski slope into the roof, walking trails and a rock-climbing wall up one face. All this build on the island?s reputation for extreme sports enthusiasts, thanks to its parks, beaches, dunes and lagoon for kayaking and windsurfing.

Nicknamed Amager Bakke, or Amager Hill, the 100m building will incinerate over 435,000 tons of waste per year and serve about 140,000 local households. Given the potential dangers of such a mass...