Trejde Natur and PK3 have an ambition to make Copenhagen Harbor
a living, accessible, useful and recreational area in Copenhagen. With a vision,
we take an look at the urban harbor and inscribe the development of the port of
the city's historical development, but also show the port's current
recreational potential and utility functions.
House of Water
"The desire for a better reputation will not create a
better country, but if you can create a better country, it goes automatically
to reputation." Said one of the world's leading experts in nation
branding. Imagine if the Danish water sector worked together to create a water
house in Copenhagen harbor. A place that all visitors could experience while
learning about global water challenges and solutions. Knowledge, water and
nature merge in a new type of contextual architecture that gives more to the
city and the harbor than it takes. A notable architecture in soft concrete
folds, creating both space and landscape to interact with the water.
Bird Island
Imagine if there was a Bird Island middle of the harbor. A
green island surrounded by reefs that takes you back to the landscape that
surrounded the first settlements in Copenhagen, an island where the diverse
biodiversity and natural unregulated development is the focal point. Bird
Island is the dream of creating an unregulated island in Copenhagen harbor, which
can act as a facilitator of the historic landscape Copenhagen built, and could
attract a rich birdlife to be used as an experimental station for the
development of the resort's biodiversity. The island will be the ideal
destination for bird lovers, anglers, seashell collectors, biologists, school
classes to be taught in biology, history, geography and ordinary citizens who
simply want to enjoy the possibility of the long afternoon, while also
experiencing the unregulated nature in the middle of Copenhagen harbor.
Krøyer Pøl
Imagine if Copenhagen harbor invited us to stay close to the
water's edge, the water and under the water's surface. Krøyer Pøl dream is a performing
space that combines next-generation harbor bath with the water utility. A part
of the blue plan is to make the area around Krøyer Pøl an attractive place for
the port’s many fish and plant species. Combined with the direct access to the
water surface Krøyer Pøl can be an attractive place for fishing, harvesting of
aquatic plants and steam use. The project's location next to the world famous
Michelin restaurant Noma will present the Copenhagen harbor as a clean and
attractive resource for the restaurant's many national and international
guests. A port that supports the Nordic gastronomic ambition of a minimal
distance from farm to fork - from the port to Noma. With Krøyer Pøl, the harbor
can showcase the Nordic ingredients and Copenhagen sustainable development.
Sports Sea
Imagine if there was a recreation area in the middle of the
harbor. An island where the water surface is stretched with activities that
invite the townspeople into the water and creates new exciting recreational
opportunities close to nature. Sports Sea is the dream of a continuation of
Copenhagen's historical legacy in a contemporary and activity-based context,
linking the experience of nature and sport closely. Sports Sea will draw life
into the harbor that makes this an attractive place for swimmers, kayaker,
divers, winter bathers and other water sports. The port "soft" users
need a safe place where they should not fear the big, fast sailing boats and
harbor buses.
Opera Park
Imagine if a wealth of sounds were audible in an Opera Park,
connecting the opera with its water surroundings. An Opera Park offering
seductive, sensual music experiences on the edge of the harbor. Opera Park is
the dream of a temporary, recreational use of the large grass area at the Opera
House. A educational dream of making high culture by turning the Opera House inside
out, and giving park visitors an opportunity to listen to opera enchanting the dramatic
world. Opera park will bring with music, its flowering cherry trees, magnolias
and plans that can withstand the salty microclimate offering a sensory whole
experience out of the ordinary. Arising in the coming years will be new
connections across Copenhagen via the four new bike and walkways that will
connect Nyhavn with Christianshavn island. Opera park will in continuation of
these compounds to islet constitute a new public destination that can attract
life to the area and support efforts to bind the city closer together across
the harbor.