COBE, an architecture firm<\/a>, designed the square. Starting at the canal by KUA 1, the L-shaped space passes the Royal Library on one side and KUA 2 on the other. It then turns 90\u00b0 continues past KUA 3 before ending at Amager F\u00e6lled.<\/p>\nOne unavoidable feature of the new square are the three enormous spherical mounds that will serve as roofs for bike-parking areas with room for 2,100 bikes in total \u2013 and which have already earned the nicknames \u201cDeath Stars\u201d and\u00a0 \u201cTeletubby<\/secret>.
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\nThe mounds have steps up the side that the designers call an \u201cinformal auditorium\u201d, which means that they can be used by students to relax on and that they can use used as seating for outdoor lectures and other events.<\/p>\nThe steps are just one of the details the designers added to the square that Petersen thinks will result in it being used.<\/p>\n
\u201cThink the Spanish Steps in Rome during the summer,\u201d he says. Other details he\u2019s keen on include Wi-Fi coverage and outdoor charging points for people\u2019s devices. In general, he thinks the square will add a dimension of mobility to the campus.
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\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to make the various faculties and the various forms of student life more integrated. It\u2019s going to give students and faculty a place to meet each other informally. I can\u2019t see how anyone that uses the square won\u2019t appreciate it. If the neighbourhood\u2019s residents also start using it, it could help create some of the life \u00d8restad Nord has lacked.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grand. Not so green<\/h3>\n
If there is one thing the square doesn\u2019t lack, it is hard surfaces. There are plenty of paving stones \u2013 especially on the Njalsgade side \u2013 but there are few trees. And all of them are consigned to small, round planting beds.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my opinion, this is going to be a big, spectacular square. The downside of adding a lot of greenspace is that it needs to be tended. Besides, there\u2019s a lot of grass and greenery at the Gr\u00f8nningen end (out towards Amager F\u00e6lled, ed),\u201d Petersen says.<\/p>\n
Once turned over to the school, the square, Petersen expects, is going to have a significant impact on life at South Campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve seen so many improvements in the buildings here. And I think you\u2019ll find they feel the same way in the Law and the Theology faculties. There\u2019s a lot more life here now, but once the square is finished we\u2019re going to see even more.\u201d
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But while their buildings were completely built when they moved in, others studying or working at the university\u2019s Amager campus are still dealing with construction crews working to complete Karen Blixens Plads.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the building site will become an L-shaped quad that will be bordered by S\u00f8ndre Campus\u2019s\u00a0 <secret text=\"which most people call KUA 1, 2 and 3, even though the university no longer officially uses the term\">three building complexes<\/secret> and the Royal Library.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, construction was to have been finished and the square handed over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/studerende-skal-sidde-i-det-groenne-paa-nyt-universitetstorv\/\">university on December 1<\/a>. Now, though, it\u2019s looking as if that will be delayed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re two months behind schedule, in part because we found some things we weren\u2019t expecting when we started digging,\u201d says Lasse Bang, of the Buildings and Property Agency, which is responsible for overseeing construction.<\/p>\n<p>The unexpected finds include old foundations, pipes, wires and concrete chunks from previous construction projects at KUA that, instead of being hauled away, were used as fill \u2013 none of which was hinted at by the information the contractors were given.<\/p>\n<p>The revised plan now calls for the contractor to be done on 31 January \u2013 if all goes according to plan. The last thing that crews will do is lay the concrete tiles and brick that will form the surface of the square. But the delay means the work will be carried out during the winter, making it susceptible to further delays. If the weather turns bad enough for long enough, it may be spring before they are done.<\/p>\n<h2>Death Stars and outdoor outlets<\/h2>\n<p>Kristian Boye Petersen, the director of the Faculty of Humanities, brushes aside the impact of any potential delay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure it would have been nice of the square had been finished on 1 December, and to have been able to put up a Christmas tree, but I\u2019m sure we will find some other theme for the ribbon-cutting when it finally happens. The most important thing for us when we do the ribbon-cutting is that we have a completed square,\u201d Petersen says.<\/p>\n<p>One possible date for the ribbon-cutting, he suggests, is 14 April, Karen Blixen\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cobe.dk\/project\/karen-blixens-plads\">COBE, an architecture firm<\/a>, designed the square. Starting at the canal by KUA 1, the L-shaped space passes the Royal Library on one side and KUA 2 on the other. 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Other details he\u2019s keen on include Wi-Fi coverage and outdoor charging points for people\u2019s devices. In general, he thinks the square will add a dimension of mobility to the campus.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Quote","quote":"I think the square will be a big hit for everyone out there","quotee":"Kristian Boye Petersen, faculty director at the Faculty of Humanities","style":"extended"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to make the various faculties and the various forms of student life more integrated. It\u2019s going to give students and faculty a place to meet each other informally. I can\u2019t see how anyone that uses the square won\u2019t appreciate it. If the neighbourhood\u2019s residents also start using it, it could help create some of the life \u00d8restad Nord has lacked.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Grand. Not so green<\/h3>\n<p>If there is one thing the square doesn\u2019t lack, it is hard surfaces. There are plenty of paving stones \u2013 especially on the Njalsgade side \u2013 but there are few trees. And all of them are consigned to small, round planting beds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my opinion, this is going to be a big, spectacular square. The downside of adding a lot of greenspace is that it needs to be tended. Besides, there\u2019s a lot of grass and greenery at the Gr\u00f8nningen end (out towards Amager F\u00e6lled, ed),\u201d Petersen says.<\/p>\n<p>Once turned over to the school, the square, Petersen expects, is going to have a significant impact on life at South Campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen so many improvements in the buildings here. And I think you\u2019ll find they feel the same way in the Law and the Theology faculties. 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