Copenhagen's First Climate Resilient Neighbourhood

Copenhagen’s First Climate Resilient Neighbourhood 2th edition, February 2016

Contents ”We need to make Copenhagen more resilient to future cloudbursts. This will require new ideas and solutions, so we Copenhagen’s first climate resilient neighbourhood 5 can use rainwater to create new recrea- Why climate adaptation? 7 tional urban spaces. We need to have less Greener streets and IMPROVED urban spaces 9

asphalt and more green spaces. That is Tåsinge Plads - Green oasis and local meeting point 11 exactly what is characteristic of the projects in The Climate Resilient Neighbour- Skt. Kjelds Plads - The green heart of the neighbourhood 13 hood of Østerbro. It’s a great inspiration Bryggervangen - ”The green corridor” 15 for the rest of the city and the world.” Cloudburst roads - Green streets 17

future courtyards 19

Morten Kabell CLIMATE RESILIENT BLOCK 21 Mayor for Technical and Environmental Affairs The citizens’ own climate projects 23

The climate resilient neighbourhood - green neighbourhood identity 25

Map of climate resilient neighbourhood 26-27

LIST OF PROJECTS 28-29

LIST OF RESIDENTS’ PROJECTS 30-31

2 3 Copenhagen’s First Climate Resilient Neighbourhood

Green streets, green urban squares, and the first climate adaptation projects are cloudburst streets that diverts rainwater progressing from vision to reality. away from the neighbourhood, these are ways in which we can avoid water Check out our website klimakvarter.dk damages when extreme rainfall events for more information about the projects or cloudbursts occur. This is the vision in the neighbourhood. for Copenhagen’s first Climate Resilient Neighbourhood. THE CLIMATE RESILIENT NEIGHBOURHOOD In this publication you can read more about the Østerbro Climate Resilient Neighbourhood. You can read about the visions for a coherent, green and climate- adapted neighbourhood, see the project drawings and find information about how INTRODUKTION

• Visualization of the future

Skt. Kjelds Plads 02 Visualization: SLA Sommerscenarie på Skt Kjelds Plads: Boboerne fra boligkarréen har rykket børnefødselsdagen ud i solen og børnene leger i bakkerne.

11 4 5 Why climate adaptation?

The climate is changing. We expect Instead of expanding the sewer sys- around 30% heavier rain in the future. At tem the City of Copenhagen therefore the same time, we will experience more wishes to future-proof the city with green extreme rainfall events, like the ones climate change adaptation solutions at Copenhagen has experienced in recent street level. summers. The projects are to lead the rainwater The sewers are unable to cope with the away from streets, homes and basements large volumes of rainwater. We are there- when the cloudbursts occurs, but they fore experiencing sewers overflowing, are also intended to create lush and which leads to great loss and costs for attractive urban spaces to be enjoyed the citizens of Copenhagen. by the people of Copenhagen when the weather is dry. We call these solutions Enlarging the sewer system by conven- ‘green’ and ‘blue’ solutions. tional solutions is expensive and it would cause construction works for a large These solutions are cheaper, easier and part of the city for decades without any more flexible than conventional solutions. further benefits. The green and blue solutions are to disconnect 30% of the rainwater from the sewers in The Climate Resilient • Climate change adaptation is a Neighbourhood. matter of making Copenhagen more resilient to the heavier rainfall in the future. Photograph: Scanpix

6 7 270,000 m2 The area of roads today. Today the streets in The Climate Resilient Neighbourhood are far wider than neccessary to manage the local

8.000 m2 OVERFLADE I DAG greener streets traffic. and improved urban space 270.000m2 50.000m2 220.000m2

In the following years to come Copen- We are using the opportunities of the hagen will experience big changes due to wide streets and proposing that 20% of 16.500 m2 OVERFLADE I MORGEN 50,000 m2 climate change adaptation projects. In The the asphalted areas in the neighbourhood of green space can be created, if Climate Resilient Neighbourhood we are become green spaces that can be used we arrange the streets according taking the first steps. Østerbro Climate for storm water management. In that to present standards, where there Resilient Neighbourhood shows how a way urban quality is also improved. The is traffic in both directions and district is equipped to deal with the in- target is for 30% of the everyday rain to 8.000 m2 OVERFLADE I DAG the same number of parking lots. By doing this we will enhance the creased water volumes in the future, and be managed locally on surface in order to urban life. at the same time shows how to create prevent pressure on the sewers. better conditions for local urban life. This vision is on the way to becoming

270.000m2 50.000m2 220.000m2 Our work is based on a green vision reality. With a focus on the water through made by Tredje Natur. A vision repre- the neighbourhood, the urban spaces,

206% med optimeret Byrumsﬂade sented at The Venice Biennale 2016. streets and courtyards are all connected. In that way we ensure that rain that falls We are creating a green living district in the neighbourhood can flow through

16.500 m2 OVERFLADE I MORGEN in a neighbourhood with old and worn the various projects. The water which x2 Improved urban out streets with large asphalt surfaces can’t infiltrate through the ground will space without any function. A neighbourhood have an outlet to the next system. In that way we create space for that literally has space for improvement, green corridors,trees, gardens and lush urban spaces. Without as it was originally laid out for wide and This approach is unique and a model for reducing the amount of parking green avenues. But the trees were never climate change adaptation solutions in lots. planted, therefore the wide streets appear the rest of Copenhagen and the rest of empty. the world. The Climate Resilient Neigh- bourhood has won several international The winning concept: 1/5 of the road is trans- prizes, and recently the City of New York formed from asphalt to green space. From has implemented the concept. 270.000m2 50.000m2 220.000m2 the Europan competition 2012, illustration 206% med optimeret Byrumsﬂade from the master plan for The Climate 8 Resilient Neighbourhood. 9 Illustration: Tredje Natur. x2 Tåsinge Plads green oasis and local meeting point

Tåsinge Plads is Copenhagen’s first The square is centrally located in The Cli- climate change-adapted urban space. It mate Resilient Neighbourhood, and it has was officially opened in December 2014. become a green oasis and a new meeting The square has been created as part of point for the inhabitants. Where there Sharing Copenhagen, where Copenhagen used to be a large asphalt area, there as the European Green Capital presented is now a large green area with water the best solutions to future environmen- activities and a sunny slope. Altogether tal and climate challenges. more than 1.000 m2 of asphalt has been greened, with more than 50 new trees, The square responds to a need for rain- reused cobblestones and granite stones. water management and it is at the same time an investment in a better urban life. The shops in the building of Solgården were previously hidden behind rows of parked cars. But today it is possible to see the shops from the new vibrant square. The residents around the square take part in a residents’ association which will Tåsinge Plads after the transformation. form activities on the square in the future. Constructed by Malmos and designed by GHB. Orbicon and ViaTrafik as consulting engineers. Photograph: Charlotte Brøndum • Tåsinge Plads before the transformation.

10 11 Skt. Kjelds Plads The green heart of the neighbourhood

Skt. Kjelds Plads is a large roundabout, allowed to spread to a greater extent and which serves as a traffical centre in the become the special characteristic feature neighbourhood. Here the roads meet in of the square. a roundabout with trees. The roundabout is 13 metres wide. Today many cars drive Because of its central location and enor- too fast, why residents are cut off from mous size of 8,000 m2, Skt. Kjelds Plads using the green space in the middle of the has potential to set an example for how square. we adapt our urban spaces to climate change in Copenhagen. It should serve Our vision is to transform Skt. Kjelds as an inspiration at home and abroad, Plads into a living green urban space with and give the neighbourhood a new green room for nature, insects and butterflies character. but most important a space for residents in the neighbourhood. There still has to The square is designed by SLA Architects be space for traffic, but nature has to be in cooperation with ALECTIA, and is expected to be completed by the spring of 2018.

A local monitoring group of residents and businesses is following the project closely, and is in dialogue with the architects on the design of the project. Visualization of the future Skt. Kjelds Plads. INTRODUKTION Visualization: SLA • Skt. Kjelds Plads before the 02 transformation.

Efterårsscenarie på Skt Kjelds Plads: 3.A fra Kildevældsskolen har temadag om bynatur og er ude og plante træer på pladsen med studerende fra KU Life

13 12 13 • Bryggervangen today

Bryggervangen ”The green corridor”

The vision for Bryggervangen is to cre- green spaces, and in this way enhance the ate a “green corridor” - a continuous urban picture. green space that links Fælledparken and Kildevældsparken and acts as a infiltra- We will arrange the street of Bryggervan- tion and detention area for rainwater. We gen more effectively, so there is space took the first steps in transforming Bryg- for urban life rather than cars. We will gervangen in 2014, when we supported not remove parking spaces but will make the establishment of a climate adapted the street narrow in order to slow down green “entrance” at Bryggervangen 56. the traffic to the benefit of residents and the neighbourhood as a whole. At the Bryggervangen is a street that is charac- corners where there is a large amount of teristic of many street areas in the neigh- space where green spaces can spread and bourhood. There are large unused asphalt become lush meeting points. surfaces which can be transformed into Vision of Bryggervangen, green space and in that way enhance Bryggervangen and Skt. Kjelds Plads are nature experiences and urban quality. being constructed as a one project, and

corner at Landskronagade. ETAPER Visualization: SLA At the same time, the green spaces can is designed by SLA Architects, consulting function as retention areas. When it rains engineers ALECTIA and Jens Rørbeck. heavily, the rainwater will flow into the 04

Skybrudssenarie ved Landskronakrydset: En lokal topografi skaber et legefuldt grønt ø-rige, mens løbeklubben stadig kan komme tørskoet forbi

14 59 15 Vandopland Østerbro

Projekt ID Projektnavn OS1 Strandboulevarden OS4 Middelfartsgade, vardegade m.fl. OS5 rothesgade, Gammel kalkbrænderivej m.fl. VandoplandOS6 Stockholmsgade OS7 Løgstørgade OS8 Brumleby ØsterbroOS9 Østerbrogade OS10 Carl nielsens allé OS11 vennemindevej, kildevældsgade og Marthagade OS12 Hesseløgade og otto Mallings Gade OS13 Sankt kjelds Plads og Bryggervangen Projekt ID Projektnavn OS14 reersøgade, Hjortøgade, Stakkesund, Skaøgade m.fl. OS1 Strandboulevarden OS4 Middelfartsgade,OS15 vardegadetåsingegade m.fl. og Masnedøgade OS5 rOS16othesgade, Gammel kalkbrænderivejjagtvej m.fl. OS6 StockholmsgadeOS17 Øvrige mindre forsinkelsespladser Indre Østerbro OS7 LøgstørgadeOS19 nordre Frihavnsgade j. e. ohlens Gade OS8 Brumleby OS9 ØsterbrogadeOS20 Willemoesgade og ringstedgade OS10 CarlOS32 nielsens allé Christiansmindevej OS11 vOS38ennemindevej, kildevældsgadeØsterfælled og Marthagade torv OS12 HesseløgadeOS42 og otto Mallingsrensning Gade af frakoblet daglig regn ved kildevældssøen OS13 Sankt kjelds Plads og Bryggervangen OS14 reersøgade, Hjortøgade, Stakkesund, Skaøgade m.fl. OS15 tåsingegade og Masnedøgade OS16 jagtvej OS17 Øvrige mindre forsinkelsespladser Indre Østerbro OS19 nordre Frihavnsgade j. e. ohlens Gade OS20 Willemoesgade og ringstedgade OS32 Christiansmindevej OS38 Østerfælled torv OS42 rensning af frakoblet daglig regn ved kildevældssøen

Cloudburst roads Green streets

We are establishing cloudburst roads in cloudburst pipe. In the longer term, The Climate Resilient Neighbourhood. A Nygårdsvej and Kildevældsgade will also cloudburst road is a public road that, in become cloudburst roads. the situation of a heavy rain event, also acts as a channel, diverting rainwater When the rainwater is transported from safely away from the buildings. the high-lying areas (upstream) of the neighbourhood, around Tåsinge Plads, In The Climate Resilient Neighbourhood, Skt. Kjelds Plads and Bryggervangen the first cloudburst roads will carry the through the neighbourhood and out into water in Landskronagade and Tåsingegade the harbour, the risk of flooding is re- towards Østerbrogade, where it is col- duced in the low-lying areas (downstream) lected and in the end discharged into the of the neighbourhood around “Komponist harbour through an underground kvarteret” and the Øresund Hospital.

WATER CATCHMENT AREA OF ØSTERBRO

DESCRIPTIONSSkybrudsveje • The water flow to the harbour, Fælledparken Forsinkelsesveje or other receiving bodies of water. The vision is Forsinkelsespladser to protect the entire neighbourhood against Skybrudsveje GrønneCloudburst veje roads the consequences of cloudbursts by arranging SkybrudsledningerForsinkelsesvejeRetention roads green urban spaces for detention and infiltration ForsinkelsespladserRetention roads of storm water and cloudburst roads, conveying GrønneGreen vejeroads the masses of water to areas where it doesn’t SkybrudsledningerCloudburst roads cause damage.

16 17 Future green courtyards

In The Climate Resilient Neighbourhood Future Green Courtyard with local storm Cloudburst Heavy rain event we use rainwater as a resource to create water management is a renewal project green courtyards and improve the where three courtyards are transformed. • The diagrams show the collection of rainwater on conditions for social life. The goal is to develop rainwater solu- ground, Future Green Courtyard at Skt. Kjelds Plads. tions which can be replicated to other In the the Future Green Courtyards, courtyards in Copenhagen. rainwater from the courtyards and roofs is collected and utilised as a resource to Courtyards make up a third of the total create greener courtyards. This provides surface area in the neighbourhood. The better growing conditions for grass, plants courtyards have great climate change and trees. The courtyards are known as adaptation potential, and provide many the Future Green Courtyards with local opportunities to link local storm water rain water management. In the future we management with improved life quality will manage and utilise the rainwater at for the people of Copenhagen. At the the spot instead of conveying it to the same time, the rainwater can enhance sewers. biodiversity.

The Future Green Courtyard at Skt. Kjelds Plads and the the courtyard at Askøgade are demonstration projects in The Climate Resilient Neighbourhood Østerbro. • Future Green Courtyards utulise rainwater as a ressource in order to create a lush atmosphere. Visualization: Arkitema

18 19 CLIMATE RESILIENT BLOCK

The Climate Resilient Block, which is The Climate Resilient Block is a project located in the Østerbro Climate Resilient where both building and green spaces are Neighbourhood, has been designated as a renovated and climate change solutions demonstration project for innovative scal- are adapted. Rain water is managed on able solutions. The project aims at finding the plot through retention basins and ar- sustainable climate and energy solutions eas suitable for infiltration. The collected for buildings. rainwater is also used for washing laundry and for watering the green spaces. An innovative solution has been developed for the building in the form of a Today the block consists of many smaller new facade which integrates insulation courtyards. These will be merged togeth- with technical solutions as a new ven- er into a common courtyard with better tilation system. The new solutions offer settings for people to relax and play, more the residents home improvement with light and green spaces. The diversity of greater incoming light or balcony doors. the courtyards is retained, but they are The building facade will have vegetated linked together by a depressed surface walls, bricks or other surface materials. which will be filled with water when it The facade will contribute the environ- rains and serve as a recreational space ment by both reducing the energy con- when it is dry. sumption and improving the quality of housing.

18 • Example of the multifunctional courtyard in The Climate Resilient Block. Visualization: Henning Larsen Architects

20 21 The citizens’ own climate projects

The residents of The Climate Resilient area on Bryggervangen and the water is Neighbourhood take part in climate utilised for watering the plants. change adaptation with their own green projects. Local enthusiasts create plant- At Bryggervangen 56, committed resi- ing beds, rain beds and green roofs in the dents have transformed a big asphalted neighbourhood. area in front of the building into a luxuriant green space. The Urban Renewal Office of The Cli- mate Resilient Neighbourhood provides At Askøgade the residents have created finacial support (grants) and knowledge a green oasis with planting beds, with to projects initiated by locals. raspberry bushes, perenials, strawberries and herbs. An example is the urban garden at Bryg- gervangen 12-16, where the residents Since the renewal project started in 2011, have joined forces to create an urban citizens have applied for funding (grants) garden made of 30 planting beds.The in order to create their own green pro- beds contains schrubs, perenials and small jects and create greener streets, court- trees. The garden also has a small terrace. yards and local meeting points. The urban garden collects rainwater from 90 square metres of roof Actions taken by the residents make an important contribution to a better and greener urban life. • The residents at Bryggervangen 12-16 have built their own urban garden, which is watered by rainwater. Photograph: TagTomat

22 23 CLIMATE RESILIENT NEIGHBOURGHOOD A GREEN IDENTITY

A few years ago, the area north of Fælled- sustainable urban solutions, published by parken was a nameless and overlooked the C40 network of the world’s leading area of Østerbro. cities.

The identity of the area is changing be- In 2014 and 2015 countless foreign cause of notable projects such as the new delegations and Danish municipality, firms, Tåsinge Plads and the ØsterGRO rooftop schools, etc. visited The Climate Resilient farm. Neighbourhood to see the inspirational green projects in climate change The Climate Resilient Neighbourhood adaptation. Østerbro is known as the place where climate adaptation projects are tried out Today it is possible to discover small are characteristic of the neighbourhood. green oases and temporary urban gardens in The Climate Resilient Neighbour- People abroad have also discovered The hood. In the future, Bryggervangen will Climate Resilient Neighbourhood, and become the backbone of the neighbour- foreign delegations regularly visit for hood, where Skt. Kjelds Plads will serve inspiration visits, which enhances local as the green heart of the neighbourhood, pride. Since it started, the project has giving the neighborhood identity in a won a number of international prizes, physical form. most recently in 2015, when The Climate Resilient Neighbourhood was placed in Get further information about the “Cities100” - a list of the 100 best Climate Resilient Neighborhood at:

• The ØsterGRO rooftop farm has KLIMAKVARTER.DK become part of the identity of the neighbourhood. Photograph: Charlotte Brøndum

24 25 1 Svanemøllen St. 11 4

Thomas Laubs Gade Bellmansgade 7 Ryparken St. Kildevældsparken Kildevældsgade

5 4 7 3 Landskronagade 3 4 Carl Nielsens Allé

Beauvais- Vennemindevej grunden Vognmandsmarken

3 Østerbrogade

Nygårdsvej Gasværks- 9 grunden Bryggervangen 1 8 7 2 Reersøgade Skt. Kjelds F.F. Ulriks Gade Plads 1 10 Tåsinge Tåsingegade Sejrøgade 2 Plads 6 Strandboulevarden 2 Poul Henningsens Plads Lyngbyvej Metro (2019)

Bryggervangen 5 Haraldsgade 3 Climate Resilient Haralds Lersø Parkallé Plads 6 Neighborhood

Samsøgade

Jagtvej x RESIDENT x URBAN x COURTYARDS/BUILDINGS PROJECTS SPACES SMALL RESIDENT PROJECTS COURTYARD AND URBAN RENEWAL Fælledparken 26 27 Vibenshus Runddel Metro (2019) PROJECTS KULTURCENTER KILDEVÆLD

KULTURCENTER KILDEVÆLD

VÆRKSTED

BEVÆGELSE CAFÉ MØDE

INTRODUKTION OPLEVELSE BIBLIOTEK 02

Sommerscenarie på Skt Kjelds Plads: Boboerne fra boligkarréen har rykket børnefødselsdagen ud i solen og børnene leger i bakkerne. 3 Visualisering af Kulturcenterets funktionsområder, aktiviteter og stemning. 1 TÅSINGE PLADS 2 SKT. KJELDS PLADS 11 7 ØSTERBROGADE / CARL N. ALLÉ 1 KILDEVÆLD CULTURE CENTRE The Climate Resilient Neighbourhood’s first A green square full of character, the future The streets ensure that the rainwater is trans- A new place for people to meet in Østerbro. urban space adapted to climate change. Here gathering point of the neighbourhood, and ported to the harbour and at the same time The Kildevæld Culture Centre is expected to rainwater from an area of more than 7,000 at the same time a pilot project in climate green spaces is developed. be completed in 2018. m2 is managed, while a multifunctional green change adaptation. The project is expected to urban space is created for the neighbourhood. be completed in 2018.

PRINCIP NR. 2: REGNVAND I DET GRØNNE

Strandboulevarden indgår i Københavns Kommunes skybruds- 3 4 strategi for Østerbro.2 Boulevarden er central i strategien, da 3 BRYGGERVANGEN KILDEVÆLDSPARKEN der ved kraftig regn ophobesFUTURE vand på Strandboulevarden. GREEN I COURTYARD FUTURE GREEN COURTYARD ETAPER strategien etableres et parkstrøg på Strandboulevarden, så Illustration: Østerbro Skybrudsstrategi, Strandboulevarden - et nyt parkstrøg. Marianne Levinsen Landskab Aps og Niras A/S AT SKT. KJELDS PLADS AT ASKØGADE A green connecting link, where raingardens, forFrisporet Københavns Kommune, is Konkretisering a new af skybrudsplan activity Østerbro 2013.space north of den både kan modtage vand ved normalt nedbør og under 04 skybrud. Skybrudssenarie ved Landskronakrydset:swales En lokal topografi skaber et legefuldtetc. grønt ø-rige, provide mens løbeklubben stadig kan komme experience tørskoet forbi of nature in Kildevældsparken. The focus is on nature, play A pilot project on rainwater management in A pilot project in rainwater management in 59 Regnvandet, der løber til fra gaderne helt fra Østerbrogade, the centre of the city. The project is expected and discovery. In addition, there is a park for kan med fordel anvendescourtyard som et rekreativt spaces. grønt element i courtyard spaces. hele boulevardensExpected længde. Der indpasses to be forsinkelsesanlæg, completed in 2016. Expected to be completed in 2017. to be completed in 2018. dogs and new playing fields. vandhaver og små åløb og satses på nedsivning og fordampning. Det overskydende vand fra skybrud føres over i en underlig- gende skybrudsledning til udløb i Kalkbrænderihavnen – helt som det beskrives i Københavns Kommunes Skybrudsstrategi.

De store, gamle og sunde træer bevares. Lindetræerne ud- skiftes med de mindre skyggefulde plataner, og der tilføres planter og træer, der kan modstå et klima, der er under forandring. Høj biologisk diversitet og mangfoldighed skal kendetegne den grønne boulevard.

5 HARALDS PLADS Illustration:6 Liv RidderSTRANDBOULEVARDEN Storgaard og Sune Ankergren 4 CLIMATE RESILIENT BLOCK COURTYARD AND URBAN Haralds Plads was renovated in the autumn Strandboulevarden will in the future become A sustainable project where rainwater RENEWAL PROJECTS of 2015. A large green bed with perenials and a blue and green street that both protects the management, and rainwater collection and Larger courtyards and urban renewal schrubs has been created and benches have area against flooding and creates a liveful and energy optimisation of buildings. projects in The Climate Resilient Neighbour- been installed, including urban furniture for green space. hood, supported by the City of Copenhagen. skating. 28 29 RESIDENT PROJECTS

1 ØSTERGRO 2 BRYGGERVANGEN 12 7 GREEN ROOF 8 SENSORY GARDEN The first rooftop farm in Denmark. Here or- Temporary and mobile urban garden with Green roofs in the courtyard of Thomas In the block of Bryggervangen 34-40 a peace- ganic vegetables are grown, hens are kept and self-watering raised planting beds. Citizen Laubsgade contribute to increased biodiver- ful sensory garden is being established in the beehives are tended. The rooftop farm is run involvement, climate change adaptation in sity and retention of rainwater, so it doesn’t courtyard with herbs and perenials. Expected by the founders, members and volunteers. a fine combination. impose pressure on the sewers. to be completed in the spring of 2016.

3 BRYGGERVANGEN 56 4 ASKØGADE 9 ÆBELØGADE 10 TÅSINGEGADE

Green urban space with a raingarden, her- Open gardens with raised planting beds and In Æbeløgade, traffic safety and climate change Tåsingegade has been chosen as a cloudburst Tredje NaTur baceous banks and cherry trees now covers space to spend time together, replacing unused adaptation are combined in traffic islands street. The properties on the street have what was before asphalt. and fenced-off lawns. consisting of green beds. formed a street association to influence the development of the street.

5 LAND-ART in front of 6 SAMSØEGADE 11 THOMAS LAUBS GADE SMALL RESIDENT PROJECTS Kildevældskirken (church) The Jagtgården cooperative will renovate the Green street renovation at a private street. Examples of inovative resident projects in The Temporary artwork made of tree truncks street and is working on an ambitious model, The street has been established with trees and Climate Resilient Neighbourhood: Rain from Skt. Kjelds Plads, contribute to biodiver- making the street greener and disconnecting extra parking space. gardens, planting beds and green roofs, a sity and the experience of nature. rainwater from the sewer. bicycle workshop and a noise barrier.

30 31 Read more about the projects, at klimakvarter.dk

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