COBE - Our Urban Living Room - 3. opdat. udgave

COBE - Our Urban Living Room. Now in a third updated edition, Cobe – Our Urban Living Room offers a careful examination of Copenhagen and the lives it contains. It takes a look at Cobe’s projects of the past ten years and tells a story about Copenhagen’s architectural development and how it affects the conditions of people’s lives. A birthday party on Israel’s Square, a workplace at the local library or an afternoon in the sun on Queen Louise’s Bridge – for Cobe, the city is our living room and we are increasingly moving our everyday activities into it, where we feel at home.

The book explores the remarkable development of Copenhagen from a poor and unattractive industrial city to one of the most liveable capitals in the world. Through a detailed presentation, readers are invited to investigate Copenhagen’s challenges – from density and social segregation to congested infrastructure and post-industrial redevelopment. Cobe takes the readers on a personal journey through Copenhagen’s past and present, examining the office’s architectural interventions that have contributed to the transformation of Copenhagen into a great urban living room.

The book includes interviews with some of the city’s cultural luminaries, including Dan Stubbergaard, Bjarke Ingels, Jan Gehl, Tina Saaby, Jens Kramer Mikkelsen, René Redzepi, four-year-old Selina and Frej, and many more.

”I dag bruger vi vores by på en helt anden måde end for bare 20 år siden. Havnen er blevet byens største park, og cykelkulturen blomstrer. Byens biblioteker er gået fra at være et sted, man låner en bog, til at være et sted, hvor den studerende tilbringer en hel arbejdsdag, en familie bruger en søndag formiddag og en hjemløs kan læse dagens avis. Byen er blevet vores dagligstue. Mange af os, der bor i København, har ikke kæmpestore lejligheder, så det at bruge byen som opholdssted og udvidelse af vores eget hjem er blevet en naturlig del af livet” (Citat:  Dan Stubbergaard, arkitekt MAA og grundlægger af COBE)

Bogen indeholder interviews med nogle af Københavns kulturelle fyrtårne – herunder Dan Stubbergaard, Bjarke Ingels, Jan Gehl, Tina Saaby, Jens Kramer Mikkelsen, René Redzepi og mange flere.

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