ARCHITECTS PROJECT
KAREN BLIXENS PLADS
PUBLIC SQUARE
At more than 20,000 m2 Karen
Blixens Plads is one of the largest
public squares in Copenhagen.
Situated between the University
of Copenhagen and the Danish
Royal Library’s buildings at the
university’s South Campus, the open
and welcoming urban space is an
innovative, spectacular and multi-
functional architectural design
that accommodates and promotes
green transportation, climate
change adaptation, and biodiversity.
The project was supported by a
generous donation from the private
foundation A.P Møller Fonden.
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Innovative bicycle parking
The combined public square and
university plaza are designed as a
carpet that covers an undulating
terrain of small hills and breaks the
large space up into smaller zones
with room for activities both on and
inside the hills (domes). The three
bicycle hills were created as cast
concrete shells clad with hand-laid
tiles in colors echoing the exteriors
of the surrounding university
buildings. In addition to serving as
an active meeting place for students,
employees, and locals, the square
also contains a high-capacity bicycle
parking space for the many users
of the university, including 16,000
students and 2,000 employees.
The innovative and unique design
has room for 2,000 bicycles.
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