The Opera Park in Copenhagen (in project)
Architect: COBE
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Category: Landscape architecture / Urban planning / Park
Status: Built
About
Imitating each one of the strata of an opera stage, the park is a composed landscape with a foreground, a middle ground, and a background. The plants and trees are placed so their natural heights create the scenic setting facing the harbor. Urban parks must be seen not only as places for people, but for life in the broadest sense. The variety of plant species spanning all seasons turns the park into a rich environment for insects and birds to find food and shelter in the increasingly dense city... [+]