Field Study to Malmo

So, this past Monday we took a field study to Malmo, Sweden with my Urban Design theories class. It was a lot of fun. We started out with a boat tour of the new harbor which took off from Nyhavn (which translated means new harbor).

This harbor is known as the post card district of Copenhagen which you can see why from the pictures.

We got off in a new development in Copenhagen. It is mixed residential. The building was designed as a whole, but the facades were designed by about 30 different architecture firms.

This way it doesn't all look the same and it keeps it exciting. Those Danes sure know what they are doing. After that we boarded a bus and crossed over into Malmo, Sweden. That was quite a site to be driving over a huge straight.

We also got our first glimpse of the twisting torso from here which is designed by Calatrava.

He also designed the new Milwaukee art museum. The twisting Torso is part of a new development in Sweden that is mostly residential and is also really well designed. The life in the place is just like being in the old city center of Copenhagen.


Europeans just get smarter and smarter the longer I'm here. We than made a couple more stops on the way back to Copenhagen. One a small village placed next to a train stop and the other a beach that was created by adding sand to a low part on the sea. It sounds weird, but works well. The whole day was a lot of fun and it just went to show me how great design is over here. The US has a lot to learn from the Europeans.