Location Copenhagen, Denmark Client/operator City of Copenhagen, Greater Copenhagen Utility (HOFOR) Architect Tredje natur – Third nature DK – 2200 Copenhagen www.tredjenatur.dk Team Flemming Rafn Thomsen (Partner in charge), Anders Juul Jensen, Kirstine Lorentsen, Christian Kuczynski, Anna Sissela Michalsdotter, Sofie Mandrup Andreassen, Jeppe Ecklon, Max Moriyama, Manabu Yamaya, Liane Filtenborg Laustsen Consultant COWI Public participation process Platant Author Tredje natur Photos Flemming Rafn, Tredje natur Drone photos: Astrid Maria Rasmussen Official opening December 2019 Construction costs DKK 125 million (EUR 16.8 million)
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READY FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS MODERNISATION OF ENGHAVEPARKEN INTO A CLIMATE PARK The historical Enghaveparken has been transformed in accordance with the masterplan by Tredje Natur and is now the largest climate project in Copenhagen. With a 22,600 m³ water reservoir, the park responds to the need to handle future water challenges. The challenges are positively transformed into a large variety of new recreational, relaxation and sensory opportunities to be used both in an everyday situation and in the event of cloudbursts. The park will continue to be a unique space with its own poetic, lush, fairy-tale-like atmosphere. Historical breathing space in the city Enghaveparken has been an important green space at Vesterbro for more than 90 years; a place of refuge for the working class living in the neighbourhood. The park is built as a strict neoclassical park with a reflecting pool, geometric axes, playground and stage. With such challenges as rising population growth and more frequent heavy rain events, there is a need to rethink our urban spaces in a smarter and more multifunctional way.
Enghaveparken looks like its (old) self The large green and popular park is fenced off and protected from the outside world. The avenue of trees creates space and room for each function: the foyer, the Fountain Garden, Rose Garden, Multi Pitch, stage, playground and Library Garden. Everything in its place. Everything is like before, and yet not. Time and climate change have caught up, which is why some of the parks spaces have been lowered to collect water during heavy rain. A levee has been sb 4/2021
