Rødovre
Rødovre Centrum
Development and master plan for tomorrow’s shopping centre
Krystallen – the latest addition to Rødovre Centrum – is a new expansion of the shopping centre designed as a covered atrium with parking and shopping facilities.
At the same time, the extension and the master plan for the area will ensure that Rødovre Centrum remains a modern, unifying and innovative shopping centre well into the future.
- Location
- Rødovre
- Year
- 2016
- Developer
- Rødovre Centrum
- Area
- Ca. 27.500 m² shopping | 32.500 m² parking
Krystallen – The Crystal
Krystallen is Rødovre Centrum’s new landmark, and is designed as a glass-covered atrium which is bathed in natural light to create a light and pleasant environment for visitors.
The design of Krystallen harmonises architecturally with the rest of the complex. It has a glass facade that allows daylight to penetrate from all angles, but to shade visitors from direct sunlight, we have clad the facade with perforated sunshade panels – adding architectural interest to the facade, while creating a comfortable influx of light into the large interior space.
The room is naturally cooled by means of windows opening in the facade, where the focus has been on allowing in light rather than heat. Vertically, the atrium is connected by escalators from the lower basement car park to the uppermost car park at rooftop level. Here, the roof is covered with Sedum, planters and creepers, drawing references to Rødovre Centrum’s past as a market garden.
New master plan for the entire area
Today, Rødovre Centrum plays an active role in Rødovre, a Copenhagen suburb, and in addition to numerous new functions and experiences, the master plan drawn up by Årstiderne Arkitekter will ensure greater coherence between the shopping centre and its surroundings – for example the plan focuses on ensuring better parking facilities and infrastructure as well as more residential and retail units.
Following the extension, Rødovre Centrum has 160 shops, but the aim of the project has also been to develop and future-proof the centre by increasing its attraction both locally and regionally as more than just a shopping centre.
