Copenhill
Copenhagen, Denmark
Architecture
Florian Guillaume: “A power plant you can ski down is a bold idea, and I respect that they show its tensions honestly too.”
Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), CopenHill is Copenhagen's waste-to-energy power plant topped with a 490m ski slope, the world's tallest climbing wall (85m) and a hiking trail, opened 2019. It processes 440,000 tonnes of waste per year, heating 150,000 homes. Bjarke Ingels coined the concept 'hedonistic sustainability': infrastructure that is not only good for the environment, but enjoyable for citizens. Controversy: the plant now imports waste from the UK and other countries to fill its o
Place Making · Resolve · Human Imagination · Architecture · Renewable energy · Circular economy
Website · Curated by Florian Guillaume
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