Copenhill will be an alpine ski slope on the roof of the tallest and biggest building in Copenhagen, BIG's powerplant. The large park will cover the roof, featuring hiking trails, climbing walls, viewpoints and a 600-metre-long ski slope.The factory produces no toxins from the chimney only water vapour and CO2. Ingles described this as 'Clean mountain air that you can be near and enjoy' not something you have to stay away from. The chimney on the top blows out rings of steam turning the chimney into a celebration rather than a symbol of pollution.
ARC is one of the steps towards Copenhagen’s goal of becoming the world’s first carbon neutral capital. And here comes the explanation of the smoke rings. These will be emitted and be visible to Copenhageners every time 250 kilos of carbon dioxide has been released into the atmosphere.
Amager Bakke
SLA's design of a green rooftop park for Copenhagen's new Waste-to-Energy Plant combines hiking trails, playgrounds, vantage points, climbing walls and street fitness - along with a 500+ m. ski slope designed by BIG. All of it created within a wild and sensuous mountain nature with plants, rockscapes, bushes and 130 trees. The experimenting use of the roof of an 88 m. high power plant with a very steep pitched roof, makes high demands on the plant and landscape design. In SLA's solution the challenges have been solved through a range of nature-based design solutions and 1:1 tests of vegetation and materials. The planting is specially chosen to meet the challenging living conditions and create optimal micro climate and wind conditions. The result is a lush and robust nature design that provides the visitors with the opportunity to use the park all year round and a sensuous and varied environment for all the activities of the roof park.
Site Copenhagen, Danmark
Service Urban space
Client Amager Ressource Center
Area 16.000 m2
Design 2016-2017
Realization 2018
Partners BIG, Moe & Malmos
Statitics
300 feet high at the top
600 metre long ski slope
Audience
Tourists and residents of Copenhagen of all ages.
Aims
Ingles described a project like this as a beacon in showing the world the utopian possibilities where you can take things that are considred infastructure and cross breed it so it has positive social and environmetnal side effects like the power plant. These combinations are very powerful because you are taking a very strong force, necessity utility and giving it poetry and possibility, there is something there that can be taken much further.
Nature
The rooftop’s nature is designed to attract and shelter a wide selection of birds, bees, butterflies and insects, which in itself will mean a dramatic increase in the biodiversity of the area. Through utilizing natural pollination and seed dispersal the rooftop nature can also spread and benefit the adjacent industry area, parking lots and infrastructure. In this way, Amager Bakke will function as a generous ‘green bomb’ that will radically green-up the entire area.
Key Words
'It's a building not a mountain', utopian, possibilities, poetry, beacon, cross bread, celebration, positive, social, environmental, powerful.
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