Constructing Copenhagen in a Time of Economic Downturn: Reevaluating 1990s Postmodernist Urban Development before the City Became “Livable”

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Architecture and Culture Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI:10.1080/20507828.2021.2020966

H. Steiner

引用次数: 2

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Abstract In this article, I argue that despite its limited appearances, stylistic and planning oddities, poor building quality, and current pariah status in terms of building heritage, Copenhagen’s postmodern architecture is an intrinsic part of the Danish welfare architecture urban development. I wish to show that Copenhagen’s postmodernist development has been criticized largely for the wrong reasons, and that the period can offer alternative visions that do not inevitably yoke livability and urban quality of life to economic growth and consumerism. Moreover, I argue that this reinterpretation gives us a more differentiated understanding of the architecture that emerged at the turning point when Copenhagen went from being deprived and anonymous to become the prosperous yet livable urban center we know today, thanks to infrastructural investments following the 1989 government report Hovedstaden, hvad vil vi med den? (“the capital, where should it go?”).

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在经济衰退时期建设哥本哈根——在城市“宜居”之前重新评估20世纪90年代后现代主义城市发展

摘要在这篇文章中，我认为，尽管哥本哈根的后现代建筑外观有限，风格和规划怪异，建筑质量差，在建筑遗产方面处于贱民地位，但它是丹麦福利建筑城市发展的内在组成部分。我想表明，哥本哈根的后现代主义发展在很大程度上因错误的原因而受到批评，这一时期可以提供替代愿景，而不会不可避免地将宜居性和城市生活质量与经济增长和消费主义联系在一起。此外，我认为，这种重新解释让我们对哥本哈根从贫困和默默无闻变成我们今天所知的繁荣而宜居的城市中心这一转折点上出现的建筑有了更为不同的理解，这要归功于1989年政府报告《Hovestaden，hvad vil vi med den》之后的基础设施投资？（“首都，它应该去哪里？”）。

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