Nordhavn Metro Stations

The Nordhavn metro line extension unlocks the potential for the redevelopment of Copenhagen’s Nordhavn area, one of the largest urban regeneration projects in northern Europe. The two stations possess distinct visual characteristics that reflect the local communities they serve. Tracing the outline of a shipping container, the overground Orientkaj Station celebrates the large scale volumes and brutalist features of the dockland’s industrial past, but opens up to reveal a more gentle, human focused detailing on the inside. The underground Nordhavn Station borrows from the Cityringen tradition, with the distinctive red cladding of transfer stations.

Nordhavn is a city of sustainable mobility where it is easier to walk, cycle, or use public transportation than to travel by car. The metro line is a part of the green loop through Nordhavn connecting the various neighborhoods with public transportation, bike lanes and urban spaces.

Tracing the outline of a shipping container, the overground Orientkaj Station celebrates the large-scale volumes and brutalist features of the dockland’s industrial past but opens up to reveal a passenger-focused, human-scaled detailing on the inside. Orientkaj Station has been designed as a prototype for future stations under the ongoing development of Copenhagen’s Nordhavn.

The underground Nordhavn Station, which is also a transfer station, borrows from the design vocabulary of the M3 metro line with the distinctive red cladding of transfer stations.