This year, the Norhavn district connected the northern section of the M4 metro line with the city center. Now you can get there in just 4 minutes, which is very important: already now in the former "northern harbor" there are such large institutions as the International School (building - designed by CF Møller), and in the future 40,000 people will live there and work - also 40,000.
Norhavn has long had a light train station, but the Danish capital's strategy to develop alternatives to private vehicles required a more comprehensive solution. This is how the Norhavn station and (currently) the final Orientkai appeared there. Both are designed by the Danish bureau COBE in cooperation with the architecture division of Arup, which is responsible for many of the new stations of the Copenhagen metro.
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zooming 1/3 Norhavn Metro Station Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST
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zooming 2/3 Norhavn Metro Station Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST
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zooming 3/3 Norhavn Metro Station Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST
The underground "Norhavn" is visually connected with them - the stations of the City Ring Line (M3) that opened last September, at the same time constituting the central segment of M4. In Norhavn, the walls of the platform hall are covered with the same red ceramic panels as there. At the same time, the ceiling resembles origami, and this is not just a decorative device: its edges distribute the daylight that enters the room throughout the room. The transition to the above-mentioned light train station is also decorated with ceramics: zigzag panels alternate in color - a shade of red - a shade of white, as a result, depending on the direction of travel, the walls of the tunnel appear either red or light.
"Orientkai" is an overground station in the literal sense of the word: it is erected on powerful concrete supports so as not to take up space on the ground: it is used for bike paths and public space. Vigorous concrete forms keep the structure from getting lost in an industrialized area, and the use of aluminum is a nod to the planned high-rise complex next door.
To passengers, however, the station turns the other side: a white mosaic, as if with a shed ceiling and panoramic windows, allowing you to admire the Øresund Strait while you wait for the train. It is planned that the project will become typical for the following stations of the northern section of M4.
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zooming 1/4 Orientkai Metro Station Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST
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zooming 2/4 Orientkay Metro Station Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST
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zooming 3/4 Orientkai Metro Station Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST
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zooming 4/4 Orientkai Metro Station Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST
