Five new metro stations

From the very outset, the Copenhagen Metro has been an ambitious project, linking the city by means of elegant, future-proof metro lines and stations. The latest stage of the project is the Sydhavn Metro (M4), which connects the city to new urban development areas in southern Copenhagen. As a result, the terminal station of the Sydhavn Metro, Copenhagen South, will become the second largest traffic hub in Denmark, offering access to metro lines; international, regional, and local railway lines; as well as buses, cars, and light rail in one integrated transfer hub.

As is the case with the existing metro, the stations are designed as one coherent work of art repeating a 5.5-metre module on floors, walls, and ceilings. A module derived from the exact distance between the doors of the Copenhagen metro trains. For the Sydhavn Metro, we have developed a new type of skylight that leads daylight down onto the platforms, acts as a smoke evacuation system, and offers users possibilities for making active and engaging stops on the new front areas.

Along the entire line, the stations influence their local communities, fostering new possibilities. One example is Mozarts Plads, where we worked closely with Metroselskabet, the City of Copenhagen, and local citizens’ associations to develop the urban space, which involves including parts of an existing road to create a new, larger attractive square to the benefit of the local community.

These works of art help passengers distinguish between the different stations. The works of art will be carried out by selected Danish contemporary artists in cooperation with the Danish Arts Foundation. The Sydhavn Metro is designed in very close cooperation with Metroselskabet, and we are part of a project office where architects, landscape architects, engineers and the client work side by side.

Arkitema's services in use: Concept design and tender design; station design; stations surface area design; urban space analysis; passenger flows; wayfinding; architectural finishes; day- and artificial lighting concept; design lead and discipline lead of Architecture and Landscape, including coordination with the client, other disciplines, municipality, artists and stockholders.