secretrepublic:

Copenhagen Redesigns City for Stormwater Management (and then some)

A month before I arrived in Copenhagen in the summer of 2011, I watched news footage of the worst flood the city had seen since at least 1955 (when systematic flood measurements began). It cost the city over $1 billion USD.

The same year, Copenhagen failed to earn the European Green Capital award despite pristine performance across the board of sustainability indicators except one; public green space. 

Copenhagen is now rolling out a new plan to address its challenges of both stormwater management and insufficient green space. 

Note: Darth Vader on a Segway in the last image. Well played, municipal architects.

haha i was just about to mention the segways in the renderings!

nice that they now design for rain/flooding, too. more architectural/design renderings need to include images of days when it’s not so sunny and pretty.

pervious parking lot at the danish academy of fine arts.

(Source: Flickr / jeremyashaw)

secretrepublic:

Copenhagen, March 13, 2013

Photos by Lars Gemzøe

bicycling in denmark.

copenfuckinghagen:

My bicycle takes me to Ikea. #cyclechic #copenhagen #ikea #bullitt

copenfuckinghagen:

Really comfortable.

we’re definitely jealous. 

every bart train should have a car like this.

copenfuckinghagen:

Winter Wonderland. #vikingbiking #copenhagen #bullitt 

More for less — A generous welfare state that does not cost the earth.

from the economist’s special report on the Nordic countries. (but excludes Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands from “Nordic”.) 02.02.13.

copenfuckinghagen:

Viking Biking in Snowpenhagen.