Guided Tour to Ørestad in Copenhagen
Bjarke Ingels Group in Ørestad
Bjarke Ingels is perhaps the most well-known danish star architect practicing today. So it’s fantastic, that on this tour we can visit tree of his very first buildings, which were established here in Ørestad. As the founder and creative power behind BIG, he is behind of dozens of projects like; CopenHill, Google Head-quarters, Lego House, Via 57 West and two World Trade Center Towers in Manhattan. He is one of The Time’s 100 Most Influential People, and honored by a lot of architecture and design awards. He teaches at Yale School of Architecture & The Harvard Graduate School of Design. He has said, that he don’t want to build buildings that looks like other buildings! The highest point in Denmark is 170 m, but Bjarke Ingels who loves skiing, seems to be determined to give us buildings that looks like mountains. That I’ll show you in Ørestad.
- VM House – The Mountain & 8-House the spectacular trilogy By BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, last one allowing people to bike all the way from the street up to its 10th level, alongside terraced gardens
- Tietgen Youth College by Lundgaard & Tranberg
- IT-University by Henning Larsen Architects
- Crowne Plaza – Copenhagen Towers visit inside the worlds greenest hotel
- Resource Rows & Upcycle Studios by Lendager Group
- UN17 Village – SWECO and Lendager. A sustainable housing community
Practical info
Duration: up to 3 hrs.
Transportation: Metro, tickets not incl.
Max 20 persons
Price: DKK 2.880/ € 384
Additional hours DKK 500/ €66
Visit Ørestaden in Copenhagen
We can begin our tour in front of the large scale model of Ørestaden, which shows 4 neighbourhoods centeret around the Metroline
- Creative and scientific educational institutions; DR, IT University, CPH University
- Residential area with world class architecture; PLOT, BIG, 3 X Nielsen, SWECO, Lendager
- Shopping / entertainment area; inspired by Manchester shopping mall Westfield, The Koncerthall
- Office spaces: Ferring, Bombardier, Wagon–lit , HOFOR, Rambøll.
Sustainability in Ørestaden – worlds greenest hotel and UN17 Village.
Hotel Crowne Plaza is Denmark’s leading hotel in terms of sustainability which permeates every aspect of the hotel. Its green profile means that they consume 65% less energy than other com–parable hotels.
We will go inside and see Black Olive Trees in a dense forest in the lobby, which is public – the hotel wants it to be an open place during day . We will feel the perfect microclimate provided by the glass-roofed structure. It gives a comfy green feeling to the visitors when it’s dark and cold outside during the Danish winter.
In the kitchen all food waste is crushed and sucked into a 10.000 l tank in the basement, from which it is transported to a biogas plant and converted. And a lot of other creative and sustainable initiatives have been completed, which I hardly can wait to show you.
UN17 Village is a living showcase of the UN Sustainable Developments Goals in action. It brings together housing, businesses, culture and community in one experimental urban district. The focus in on sustainability, innovation, and social responsibility in everyday life.
It’s not just a place to live or work, but a model for future cities. Come and get inspired.