Nørrebro Tour a Livable & Sustainable Neighborhood?
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Nørrebro Tour A livable & Sustainable Neighborhood?ROVSINGSGADE VERMUNDSGADE ALDERSROGADE g)Nørrebropark/ ROVSINGSGADE h)BanannaPark Superkilen HARALDSGADE This local neighborhood park has since its opening in 2009 found international NørrebroPark: Walk through this park. TAGENSVEJ interest. This park has become perticularly well recieved by local users. We nd a Notice the greenery, aesthetics and visual MJØLNERPARKEN very high amount of daily users. The three surrounding institutions (day-care, identity. Does this park correspond with grade school and after school activity center) use the park as their extended the demoraphics of the people using it? SKJOLDS schoolyard/gym/playground. Note the functions/programs of the park. Notice Which elements of the park stand out to PLADS the interaction/overlapping of the programs and thus also the user goups. Does you? Why? overlap of programs promote social interaction across user goups? Does diver- Superkilen: Continue across Hillerødgade sity of activity promote user goup diversity? Notice the visual identity of the and Nørrebrogade. You will get to a red HEIMDALSGADE park. Notice the surrounding windows, the park has 24-7 ’natural surveillance’ HERMODSGADE thermo-plast square; this is Red Square. JAGTVEJ (Jane RÅDMANDSGADEJacobs term). Note if the kids are accompanied by parents or on their Notice the urban furniture and the BORGMESTERVANGEN own? Does it feel safe? Does it feel livable? Can you tell this use to be a gang design of the square. Notice the peole and dealer hot spot? Would you consider this gentried or livable? HAMLETSGADE using it; is there social interaction bet- ween people? Continue further on to LYNGSIES Black Square. Notice the urban furniture PLADS and the design of the square. Notice the NANNASGADE ÆGIRSGADE peole using it; is there social interaction MIMERSGADE between people? The surrounding neigh- TAGENSVEJ borhoods house more than 50 dierent h. d)Sjællandsgade Skole nationalities, each nationality goup has end This is a public grade school. Traditionally the palygrounds of picked out a piece of the urban furniture, BALDERSGADE schools are fenced of for security reasons. This school took thus the very eclectic appareance of the BRAGESGADE down their fence, and all there is left seperating the school pre- squares/parks. What do you think of this mises and the public square is a bike rack/ bench. Notice how type of public space? Does it feel inclu- the kids play and how/if they interact with the people passing sive? Does it feel socially sustainable? ÆGIRSGADE RÅDMANDSGADE NØRREBROGADE DAGMARSGADE MIMERSGADE by/using the square. Does this feel safe? Does this feel livable? Can you tell you are in a ’rough’ neighborhood? REFSNÆSGADE LUNDTOFTEGADE ARRESØGADE THORSGADE HILLERØDGADE g. NORDBANEGADE JAGTVEJ GULDBERGSGADE STEVNSGADE FENSMARKGADE STEFANSGADE TAGENSVEJ NØRRE ALLÉ SJÆLLANDSGADE SANDBJERGGADE KROGERUPGADE NØRREBROS PRINSESSE CHARLOTTES GADE e)Nørrebrogade RUNDDEL Start at the right side of the street, walk 100 meters and count ÅGADE the amount of dierent facades: does this street live up to the Jan Gehl standard in terms of stimulus every 4 seconds? Notice d. the generous width of the bike lane, as well as the side walk. Pace out the layout of the street; how wide is the bike lane? the side walk? the car lanes? the bus stop median? Would you consi- f. der this aBLEGDAMSVEJ livabile street? MEINUNGSGADE HELLEBÆKGADE MØLLEGADE GULDBERGSGADE BORUPS ALLÉ e. HUMLEBÆKGADE STEFANSGADE Shortcut through Assistentens Cem- etary. Former classical european cemetary, PETER FABERS GADE c)Elmegade/Skt. Hans Torv now a lush grren Walk up this street. Compare this to the pedestrian street ELMEGADE you just visited. Note the dierences and similarities if public park. NØRREBROGADE there are any. Notice the trac patterns. How do they c. FÆLLEDVEJ impact the use of the street? Does this street feel gentri- ed or selfgrown? End at Sankt Hans Torv Square. This is a HANS EGEDES GADE ÅGADE HANS TAVSENS GADE reclaimed tarmac island, now a sucessful public space. JAGTVEJ But is this a space for everyone? Or only for the cafe latte f)Jægersborggade STRUENSEEGADE segment? Walk down this residential street. Notice STENGADE the shops and caees. Notice the prices and the customers. Is this franchise or BAGGESENSGADE local business? Is it corporate or micro- business? Is this an aordable shopping street? Is this a gentried or selfgrown RANTZAUSGADE KORSGADE KAPELVEJ b. street? This is in fact a co-op street, where GRIFFENFELDSGADE the residents living in the street formed a a. board that now decides who gets to set start up a business in their street. This street WESSELSGADE used to be a gang hang out street. Is is ÅBOULEVARD BLÅGÅRDSGADE now widely considered a livable street. The process is exclusively bottom-up. But is the result also bottom-up or is it gentri- cation? b)Blågårdsgade/ PEBLINGE DOSSERING nørreport Blågårdsplads THORUPSGADE Walk down this pedestrian street. Notice the shops and caes. Notice the prices and ÅBOULEVARD a)Dronning Louises Bro/ train station the customers. Is this franchise or local business? Is it corporate or micro- Nørrebrogade business? Is this an aordable shopping Start at the right side of the brigde, where you will nd a bike street? Is this a gentried or selfgrown counter. Make a note of the amount of bicyclists when you are street? Notice the connection from the there. In average 37.000 bikes go over this bridge in a day. This square to the street: is this a street -by use strech from the brigde up Nørrebrogade, is currently the busiest - a street or a public space? bike route in Europe. Notice the generous width of the bike lane, Can you tell that you are in a former as well as the side walk. Pace out the layout of the street on the ghetto area? brigde; how wide is the bike lane? the side walk? the car lanes? Would you consider this a street or a perhaps even a public space?.