Ørestad

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Ørestad station for regional trains and the Metro (2001).

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Ørestad is a developing city area in Copenhagen, Denmark on the island of Amager. The area is being developed using the new town concept with the Copenhagen Metro, as the primary public transport grid, connecting the area with the rest of Metropolitan Copenhagen. The central part of the Ørestad region, Ørestad City, is dominated especially by the Ferring building and the second largest shopping center in all of Scandinavia, Field's.

The area of Ørestad is 3.1 million m² being about 600 metres wide and five kilometres long. It borders Tårnby on the eastern side and Amager Fælled and Kalvebod Fælled on the western. The area is divided into four districts: Ørestad Nord, Amager Fælled kvarteret, Ørestad City, and Ørestad Syd.

The legislation regarding Ørestad was enacted in 1992 because the unused areas were regarded as being too valuable. Ørestadsselskabet I/S (Ørestad Development Corporation) was founded March 11, 1993 to manage the growth of the city district. The corporation is owned 55% by Copenhagen municipality and 45% by the Danish state. The development is expected to take 20 to 30 years at a cost of about €175 million, and it is expected that 20,000 people will live in Ørestad, 20,000 will study, and 60,000 people will come to work in the area.

[edit] Buildings in Ørestad

Examples of significant buildings under construction in Ørestad:

Copenhagen Concert Hall - Architect Jean Nouvel
NCC development - Plan made by Daniel Libeskind
Ørestad Gymnasium - Located across Field's, this high school is meant to show a new way of education. This includes open environments, and IT as an important way of learning.

Examples of significant buildings that have already been built: