Building With Ski Slope On Roof

A ski slope on the roof copenhagen denmark the new waste to energy power plant created on the island of amager officially opened in october 2019 is an example of copenhagen s sustainability based urban policies environmental focus and war on climate change that culminate in its aim to become the first zero carbon city in the world by 2025.

Building with ski slope on roof. View from the water. Amager bakke a first of its kind public utility topped with an artificial mountain resort is the danish capital s latest landmark. Access to the ski slope is provided by an elevator adjacent to the smoke stack. No other building in the world is using its roof for a slalom track he says.

The office building would have replaced a plumber s merchants on stockmore street off the cowley road. Thus some storeys disappear below ground and provide the skiers with more space. For this reason several roof slabs for example in the ski slope area were formed at a 25 angle. We also had to allow for a higher live load factor on the roof for the ski slope which can accommodate 1 500 people.

The slopes are green at copenhagen s first ski hill. The ski surface incidentally is an artificial plastic material not snow. The roof of the factory is turned into an artificial ski slope. Copenhill s ski slope measures 400 metres and runs from the top of the 90 metre high building to its base with a 180 degree turn halfway down the piste.

The slope starts on top of the roof and circles around the building. A ski slope is built on the roof of the new waste management centre amager resource center in copenhagen niels christian vilmann ritzau scanpix afp via getty details of the power plant ski slope hybrid were first teased in 2010 and it reportedly cost 550m 600m. Certain measures however were taken to ensure that the ski slope and park could be accommodated above a building that remains highly hazardous and dangerous. A ski slope roofed office will not be built because it would overshadow neighbouring houses.

Overall the new building situated on the hillside was designed so that it blends into the terrain. We ramboll to accommodate the ski slope did have to stack the building higher to get the right slope for a 300 meter ski run.