Danish studio Dorte Mandrup has designed a city-centre IKEA store with a public rooftop park that will act as a "green lounge" for Copenhagen, Denmark.
Slated to open in the Vesterbro neighbourhood in 2023, the store has been designed by Dorte Mandrup with IKEA to suit the behaviours of urban consumers.
It will be easily accessible by foot or by bike and topped with a tree-lined roof that will offer "much-needed green space to the busy centre" of the capital city.
Top image: Dorte Mandrup has unveiled visuals of IKEA Copenhagen. Above: it will be topped by a rooftop park
"Vesterbro is a densely populated and active district of the city that only has a few green pockets and walkways available," said the studio's founder and creative director Dorte Mandrup. "With the new rooftop park, we want to give back a green lounge to the local community and create both intimate resting places and opportunities for spontaneous meetings," she added.
"From the top of the roof, you have a beautiful undisturbed view over Vesterbro, the canal, and the inner city."
It will be accessible by bike or by foot
Externally, the Copenhagen IKEA store will be distinguished a wavy white facade, designed by Dorte Mandrup to challenge the traditional classic blue and yellow facing of other IKEA stores.
The facade intends to evoke a curtain, with folds that open to reveal product displays and lifts to create shaded seating areas at street level.

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