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The MetroPark: from Metro Line to Social Spine
Name
Sophie Weihrauch Høg
Education degree
Kandidat
Fagfelt
Architecture
Institute
Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape
Program
Urbanism and Societal Change
Year
2026
The project’s main focus is to create more urban life in Ørestad, Copenhagen, engaging with the notion of liveability. It develops a set of strategies and spatial principles aimed at creating spaces for social interaction and fostering a stronger sense of community within the urban environment. Ultimately, the project seeks to transform the site from a place of movement into a place of dwelling and staying.
Three test sites are used to develop a set of strategies that can be applied elsewhere across the 2km long site, and potentially inform future local planning. A cohesive urban identity is established through a more defined aesthetic language informed by the site’s existing conditions. The site itself is approached as a form of archaeology, exploring how urban and landscape strategies can act as portals into its historical ecology and geology.
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Overview of urban logics and principles
Site 1 - 'Metro'
Site 1: 'Metro'
Meeting point 1: 'the marsh-y mounds'
Meeting point 2: 'the thatched metro spine'
Meeting point 3: 'the mobility canyon'
Site 2 - 'Connections'
Site 2: 'Connections'
Meeting point 4: 'the Anthropocene boulder'
Site 3 - 'Neighbourhood'
Site 3: 'Neighbourhood'
Meeting point 5: 'the activation park'
Meeting point 6: 'amongst the sports mounds'
The Royal Danish Academy supports the Sustainable Development Goals
Since 2017 the Royal Danish Academy has worked with the Sustainable Development Goals. This is reflected in our research, our teaching and in our students’ projects. This project relates to the following UN goal(-s)
