The Sustainable city
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Ørestad as it is - a compact green city.
Photo: By & Havn
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If Ørestad was a city of detached houses, there would be no nature left on the island of Amager. |
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The compact green city
- short distances - less transportation
- more bicycle transportation
- more efficient public transportation
- large buildings are more energy efficient
- better exploitation of green public energy supply
- water and plant = lower peak temperatures = less need for cooling
The compact city is a precondition for the open land
Ørestad will have:
- 20.000 inhabitants
- 50.000 employees and students
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- 20 km2 protected nature
If Ørestad was a city of detached houses, there would be:
- 20.000 inhabitants
- 50.000 employees and students
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- 0 km2 protected nature
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| Photo: Lene Skytthe / By & Havn |
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“The Mountain” is a multi-storey carpark with town houses on the roof. Architects BIG.
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| Photo: By & Havn / Ole Ziegler |
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Ørestad and transportation
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| The ambition has been to have less transportation by car - and more transportation by public transport and bicycle. |
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The Metro
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The Metro is a major enviromental intiative in Copenhagen and will have a large impact.
The distance from the 4D to the nearest Metro station (Bella Center) is only 500 m. It takes 10 minutes to go to the City Centre. During rush hours, the metro runs every 4 minutes.
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The Metro in figures 2008
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Planning for Bicycles
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The distance from the 4D building to the City Centre is 6 km flat road (no hills). For many Danish cyclists, it is a suitable cycling distance.
In the Ørestad planning, each developer must provide parking for bicycles according to these figures:
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Parking in Ørestad
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There are less parking lots in Ørestad than in other new built neighbourhoods. Parking cost considerably more, and most of the parking are in multi-storey carparks, planned as spectacular buildings.
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| The Ørestad carparks are planned as spectacular buildings. |
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Water
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In case of heavy rain, domestic sewage can mix with rainwater and exeed the capacity of the treatment plant.
To avoid this, Ørestad has a 3-stringed sewage system
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- Only domestic sewage are led to the sewers.
- Runoff from roofs and other surfaces are led to the channels, and -incase of severe rain - to an underground water reservoir.
- Runoff from the streets is led trough a filter for treatment.
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The subserface in Ørestad is clay which makes percolation of rainwater impossible.
The average Copenhagener consumes 115 l freshwater per day for domestic purposes.
The average inhabitant in Ørestad has consumption of 90-100 l.
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