Building With Artificial Ski Slope On Roof

The artificial slope will open fully once is has been fully installed and tested.

Building with artificial ski slope on roof.

His firm is behind the design of a new artificial ski slope in denmark s capital copenhagen built on the roof of a huge incinerator that burns waste to produce heat and electricity. The office building would have replaced a plumber s merchants on stockmore street off the cowley road. 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. The 1 480 foot artificial ski slope is covered in synthetic bristles that aim to provide the same friction as a freshly groomed slope though might be a little rougher on the skin.

It was designed by big to double as public infrastructure and is complete with tree lined hiking trails and ski slopes on its roof along with the tallest artificial climbing wall in the world. Last year plans were announced to build an apartment building in kazakhstan with a ski slope running from the roof. Copenhagen joins a long list of unusual places that have artificial slopes. Related story big reveals plans for swiss hotel with zigzagging ski slope on its roof.

Copenhill also known as amager bakke is a copenhagen based heat and waste to power plant. Improbably and this is where the fun part comes in it is topped by a 490m artificial ski slope with a summit 85m high that also incorporates a bar outside gym copenhagen s highest public viewing platform a landscaped hiking trail planted with 200 trees and a climbing wall covering 10 000m all open to the public at a cost of 25 per hour. A ski slope roofed office will not be built because it would overshadow neighbouring houses.