INTEGRATED URBAN RENEWAL - Itera

The square
facing Rantzausgade
with "The
Secret Garden"
The area is part of Nørrebro, a densely populated district of
Copenhagen. The flats in the area are small and the newly
renovated courtyards are small and insufficient to meet the
needs of residents – and families with children in particular
– for open spaces close to their homes.
Why
The streets in the neighbourhood are run down and are not
generally suitable for social interaction. The closely built
blocks of flats with small courtyards and the traffic of the
surrounding streets give the neighbourhood a cramped impression.
As the area is largely a residential neighbourhood,
the streets are usually filled with parked cars when people
are at home, preventing them from being used for other
purposes. The main streets surrounding the area – Ågade and
Jagtvej – plague the neighbourhood with noise and pollution,
as they are charactarised by heavy traffic.
With respect to building renewal, the overall objective of the
strategy is to improve the many flats which lack privatetoilets
and to minimise noise impacts from Ågade and Jagtvej
in particular. The projects concerning urban spaces were
implemented in 2010 – as were most of the urban renewal
projects.
How
As the neighbourhood was greatly affected by traffic noise
from Jagtvej and Ågade, the project ensured that noise-reducing
asphalt was laid on relevant stretches of these roads.
In particular, the street corners facing the new park were
given special treatment in the new plan. The three corners
were physically designed in cooperation with the artist
Morten Stræde, who created sculptures specifically for these
sites.
The sculpture is
a focal point of
the square by
Laurids Skaus
Gade
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