Aprenent de Copenhague / Learning from Copenhague

Laboratori per arquitectes innovadors (Bjarke Ingels, Lundgaard & Tranberg, etc.), nomenada “Best Design City” al 2008, “Most Liveable City” al 2013, i premiada en la nova categoria per a ciutats al “Premi Europeu de l’Espai Públic” d’enguany, Copenhague es pionera en arquitectura i disseny urbà. Mes enllà de produir increïble arquitectura contemporània, sota la influència de reconeguts urbanistes (Jan Gehl) ha implementat a Europa novedoses normatives urbanístiques, regulant l’encontre entre edifici i ciutat, per tal de millorar la vida urbana.

El curs farà èmfasi en la condició urbana de l’arquitectura –tant residencial com cívica- i en la relació entre arquitectura, espai públic i activitat. Copenhague ofereix oportunitats úniques per analitzar de manera crítica la qualitat d’aquestes relacions en: plans d’extensió urbana (Ørestad district), projectes de renovació urbana en recintes industrials (Carlsberg District) i als marges de l’aigua (als Ports). Es pararà especial atenció a la transició entre espai públic-col·lectiu-privat a nivell de planta baixa de ciutat, en l’articulació, a escala humana, entre arquitectura i espai urbà.

Laboratorio para arquitectos innovadores (Bjarke Ingels, Lundgaard & Tranberg, etc.), nombrada "Best Design City" en el 2008, "Most Liveable City" en 2013, y premiada en la nueva categoría para Ciudades en el "Premio Europeo Espacio Público" de este año, Copenhague es pionera en arquitectura y diseño urbano. Más allá de producir increíble arquitectura contemporánea, bajo la influencia reconocidos Urbanistas (Jan Gehl) ha implementado en Europa novedosas normativas urbanísticas, regulando el encuentro entre edificio y ciudad, para mejorar la vida urbana.

El curso hará énfasis en la condición urbana de la arquitectura -tanto residencial como cívica- ya la relació entre arquitectura, espacio público y actividad. Copenhague ofrece Oportunidades únicas para analizar de manera crítica la calidad de estas relaciones en: planes de extensión urbana (Ørestad distrito), proyectos de renovación urbana en recintos industriales (Carlsberg District) y los márgenes del agua (los Puertos). Se pondrá especial atención en la transición entre espacio público-Colectivo-privado a nivel de planta baja de ciudad, en la articulación, a escala humana, entre arquitectura y espacio urbano.

Laboratory for innovative architects (Bjarke Ingels, Lundgaard & Tranberg, etc.) named “Best Design City” in 2008, “Most Livable City” in 2013, and awarded as a city for this year’s “European Public Space”, Copenhagen is a pioneer in architectural and city design. Beyond offering incredible contemporary architecture, Copenhagen’s influence by prominent urbanists (Jan Gehl) has promoted cutting-edge urbanism policies in Europe, regulating how building and city meet, to improve urban life.

The course will point out the urban condition of architecture –both residential and civic- and the relationships between architecture, public space and public life. Copenhagen provides unique opportunities to critically compare these qualities in urban extension projects (Ørestad district), urban renewal projects in industrial precincts (Carlsberg District) and urban water edges (the Harbors). We will especially focus the attention on the transition between public -collective-private space at the city’s ground floor, at the articulation between architecture and urban space at a human scale.

The course instead of being taught in a traditional class setting will have Copenhagen as a course’s living classroom as a travelling workshop. The students will organize and pay for the trip to Copenhagen by themselves, as well as the city public transportation ticket, food and accommodation in the city. Relatively centric accommodation is encouraged for the good functioning of the workshop.

Previous to the course, the student should at least be familiar with a specific urban project as a case study to be presented to the rest of the class. Using hand sketching, digital drawing and photography, students will document and produce an analytical, graphic representation and thoughtful verbal/written reflection of the qualities of Copenhagen’s urban space and architecture through specific case studies. Emphasis will be placed on abstracting into diagrams and personal cartographies how architecture influences and is influenced by the larger scale of the city to create qualitative urban life. A parallelism and critical comparison between Copenhagen and Barcelona, its strategies and urban projects, will be enhanced.

The goal of the course is to promote sensitivity to the urban dimensions of architecture and awareness to contemporary city transformation strategies and provide students with multidisciplinary and trans-scalar design guidance that leads to the design of a more integrated physical environment.

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Historic city_ architecture (Roundtower, City Hall, Amalienborg), streetscape and people (Nyhavn:old harbor, Strøget Street, Kongens Nytorv).

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Urban extension_Ørestad: a) housing, living at the city edge (Tietgen Dorms, Mountain Dwellings, 8 House, V&M House, Boligslangen); b) university, a new centrality (IT university)

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Urban renewal_industrial areas into new neighborhoods: open precincts (Carlsberg) and livable water edges (Central, South and North Harbors) with a) housing, living near the water (Havenholmen, Slussenholmen, America Plads, Unicef Plads) and b) waterfront civic architecture, and water as leisure (SEB headquarters, Harbor Baths, Havnegade public space, DAC, Holmens, Opera House, Play House, Kanonbadsvej)

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Urban green-line_ green route and belt structuring across ‘diverse’ neighborhoods: linked centralities (Superkilen Park, Kilen Frederiskberg Campus: Business School and public space, Niels Bohr building)

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