Urban space and traffic in Aalborg city centre

Urban Development & Mobility

Aalborg City Centre
Aalborg, Denmark

Gottlieb Paludan Architects has created a proposal to assist the city of Aalborg Local Authority in utilizing mass transit as leverage to improve its urban spaces.

The centre of Aalborg is growing, and the development of the waterfront clearly indicates the city is spreading. There is a need to strengthen connections between the original city centre and a bigger new city centre. Gottlieb Paludan Architects proposes a strategy which allows mobility and urban life to work together.

Client
The City of Aalborg
Status
Project
Size
1750 m2
Year
2016
Collaborators
VIA TRAFIK
Areas of Expertise
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Gottlieb Paludan Architects
Aalborg Local Authority is planning to establish a bus rapid transit line which will traverse the city centre. To supplement this, Gottlieb Paludan Architects proposes re-routing some of the existing bus lines so that the city centre is primarily served by the BRT system whereas the periphery is primarily served by city buses. The mobility flow of people and activities will be utilized in this context as an urban-life generator. The bus stop will be relocated closer to the waterfront and slightly further from the city’s central high street, but in return new links and easier access for pedestrians and cyclists will be achieved in the centremost part of the city.

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The proposal designates strategic focus points in the area where it will be particularly profitable to invest in upgrades of vegetation, paving, lighting and cycling connections.

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