Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video reveals plans by landscape firm SLA Architects to create the year-round ski slope and park over Copenhagen's new Amager Bakke Waste-To-Energy Plant.
Bjarke Ingels' firm BIG is behind the new power plant, which completes this year in the Danish capital. The firm asked SLA Architects to design the large park that will cover the roof, which will feature hiking trails, climbing walls, viewpoints and a 600-metre-long ski slope. Image courtesy of SLA Architects
Amager Bakke stands in an industrial zone near the city centre. SLA claims that the park will bring biodiversity to the area, as the vegetation planned for the roof will attract birds, bees, butterflies and insects that will disperse seeds and spread pollen around the surrounding district.
The plant is already in operation but the park is still under construction, slated for completion in September 2018.
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