The 8 Number lies at the Southern most end of Ørestaden – a new city district being built on Amager, a few kilometers from the center of Copenhagen. The complex overlooks Vestamager – a nature reserve. What you see in the picture is the café and the view of Vestamager. A row of artifical lakes have been established at the edge of Ørestaden.
Bonusinfo: In the summer cows from other parts of Denmark spend the summer on Vestamager to keep the grass down.
The apartment complex, The 8 Number, is inspired by a village placed on a hill. We have few (if any) hills in Denmark, but in this case the complex opens to two courts with about 1/3 of the apartments being town houses with a tiny ‘garden’ facing out to a path that can lead you all the way up, all the way down , and all the way around…
I couldn’t resist calling this picture “Stairway to Heaven”. It shows the begiing (or end) of one the loops you can walk, with the little town house “gardens” facing the flow of people passing by.
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