14
15 DSB (Danish State Railways) open their new central workshop
DSB outsource railway freight transports
Otto Busses Vej is named after Otto Busse, a DSB manager
Jernbanebyen (The Railway City) becomes the areas official name
Architectural competition commences with bids to develop the area
Freight railway station is modernized
New freight railway station is built
1901
The Yellow Town is built
1910
WWII breaks out. Area around the Central Workshop is refurbished for allotments
1939
Unused railway buildings are sublet
Oehlenschlægersgades School temporarily moves into The Railway City. Expected to remain until 2021
Office communes, entrepeneurs and creative workshops moves in 1944
Food market opens
CPH Village (student housing) is established
1959
1.2 Histor y of Railway City
Analysis: context • Creating with light
The Railway City, historically, is a very interesting space. And it has gone thorugh many changes in the last century (fig. 1.5). When the central workshop opened in 1909 it consisted of different workshops, each with their own function. All of it powered by a power station in the middle. All the workshops were mutually connected by more than 10 km of railways. All the buildings built up until 1922 were drawn by the architect H.E.C Wench, who also drew the Copenhagen Central Station and Østerport Station. He was the chief architect of DSB (Danish State Railways) and therefore his architectural style is prominent all over the area. Physically the area presents as a self-sufficient unit. In this unit there is also a small ”town” of small yellow terraced houses. The Yellow town, as the housing area is called, was built in 1910. It consists of around 30 housings for the employees of DSB´s workshops. It was for the employees that had to be on standby 24-7 to move to train accidents etc.. The histories of the individual buildings and surroundings contributes to a larger narration of a modern industrial area. In 2009 the unused railway buildings were sublet and offices and creative workshops moved in. As an example the old Locomotive workshop is transformed into housing large events and conferences. The old wood storage depot as well, has been transformed into an eco village with food
2000
2010
Fig. 1.5: Historical timeline (source: Jernbanebyen.dk, 2021)
courts, cafes and shops under the name Banegaarden (old railway station). The area got its official name Jernbanebyen (The Railway City) in 2019, and in 2020 CPH Village, a student housing, was built. In the coming years, the entire DSB’s old workshop area will be transformed and repurposed as a new district as a part of The Railway City. So there’s a deep rooted cultural heritage in the area. The entire area is built up around the railways and refers and relates to its historical heritage as a core element of past and future developments. (source: Jernbanebyen.dk, 2021). SUMMARY: There is a deep-rooted cultural heritage in the area, built around its historical heritage related to the railways.
2020
