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| Country | Denmark | |
| City | Copenhagen | |
| Name | Orestad district | |
| Date | – | |
| Description of the project | The district of Orestad in Copenhagen, situated on Amager Island was partially made up as an experiment and a showcase for new and sustainable nordic architecture. Its plan, realized by the ARKKI company was comprising four mini-districts with dense habitation straddled by two canals and separated by green areas(Andrew Mellor, “Smart City” of the past, present and future). Although the first decade of the project focused on the construction of offices (Stan Majoor, 2015), the results did not reach the expectations neither in terms of quality nor in terms of quantity. Also, in the second decade, even if the district was designed to host numerous residential building such as the VM Mountains and benefitted from good public transportation, it did not manage to attract as many people. In great part because of the Housing crisis (Stan Majoor, 2015), that led to a drop in housing prices in Copenhagen and left the buyers of the unbuilt plots without much chance of getting developing proposals. Besides, and still because of the financial crisis, the development company found itself pressured to devaluate the value of their still unsold land and extend their debt repayment periods (By & Havn, 2013). The planning crisis was amplified by the increasing competitive environment and coincided with the dissolution of the Ørestad Development Corporation (ODC) and the set up of the CDP company allowing for a new management in particular with sub-departments allowing for bottom-up activities and specific tasks (Stan Majoor, 2015). | |
| Urban Co-Governance | Moderate | |
| Enabling State | Strong | |
| Pooling | Weak | |
| Experimentalism | Moderate | |
| Tech Justice | Weak | |
| Project Website | – | |
| References, sources, contact person(s) | Article by Andrew Mellor, scientific literature | |
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