NORDIC DESIGN RESEARCH CONFERENCE
May 29 – 31 2005, Copenhagen Denmark
VENUE & TRAVEL
The conference will be held from May 29th to May 31st, 2005 at the Kunstakademiets
Arkitektskole – or Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture
– in Copenhagen, Denmark (www.karch.dk).
Directions and maps may be found below to orient you to Copenhagen and
the conference venue.
The Conference is hosted by the Center för Designforskning (Center
for Design Research), Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole.
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Visiting address
Center for Designforskning
Magasinbygningen
Bygning 68, Opg. D, Stuen
1435 København K
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Post address
Philip de Langes Allé 10
1435 København K
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Contact
Telephone +45 3268 6368
Fax +45 3268 6348
liselotte.spliid@karch.dk
dorte.friis@karch.dk
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Copenhagen travel & transportation information
Getting to Copenhagen
There are frequent train connections between Copenhagen, the rest of
Denmark, Sweden and other parts of Europe. Trains depart from Copenhagen
Central Station or the station at Copenhagen Airport - the train for
Malmö, Sweden, can also been caught from Copenhagen Airport. Copenhagen
Airport is located eight kilometres (five miles) from the city centre
and is the main hub serving Scandinavia. Copenhagen has the fastest
and cheapest airport-to-city-centre rail link of any European capital.
It costs DKK 22,50 (remember to purchase the ticket before getting on
the train) and takes just 20-30 minutes.
• Copenhagen
Airport, www.cph.dk
• DSB,
The Danish State Railway, www.dsb.dk
• Maersk
Air, www.maersk-air.com
• Scandinavian
Airlines/SAS, www.scandinavian.net
Getting around Copenhagen
The Metro, buses and trains in Copenhagen and surroundings operate on
a one fare system, where tickets are valid for all three types of transport,
and where transfer between the three is free.
• Traffic
information, trafikinfo.hur.dk/koreplaner
• Travel
Planner, www.rejseplanen.dk
• Copenhagen
Metro, www.m.dk
• Danish
Road Directory, www.vd.dk
• HUR,
Greater Copenhagen transport, trafikinfo.hur.dk
Accomodation information
Pre-reserved rooms
Because of the number of visitors to Copenhagen this time of year, the
conference organizers have arranged for a limited number of pre-reserved
rooms during the conference. These are not reduced-rate rooms, but are
pre-reserved for conference participants:
Other convenient accomodations
Several other hotels are close to the conference venue along the harbor,
and in convenient reach via Harbour bus 902 and Bus 66. No pre-reservations
have been made here, but they may be contacted directly to arrange accomodations:
• Copenhagen Admiral Hotel, www.admiral-hotel.dk
• DANHOSTEL Copenhagen City, www.danhostel.dk
• Hostel Amager, www.danhostel.dk,
link to More information
• Hotel Nyhavn 71, www.71nyhavnhotel.com
• Hotel Phoenix Copenhagen, www.phoenixcopenhagen.com
Of particular interest for design interested
• Hotel Fox, www.brochner-hotels.dk,
link to More Information
• Radisson SAS Royal Hotel,
www.radisson.com/copenhagendk_royal
Further suggestions
• Accomodations
guide, www.visitcopenhagen.dk
The conference venue
The conference will be held at the Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, or
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, in Copenhagen (www.karch.dk)
– the school is marked in orange on the map below.
Transportation routes to the conference venue
Upon arrival, come to the Center för Designforskning, Kunstakademiets
Arkitektskole – or Center for Design Research, Royal Academy of
Fine Arts, School of Architecture – for registration and further
information about the events and venue. Events will be held in various
spaces on the campus.
The conference venue is in the landmark Holmen neighborhood in Copenhagen
- this area which formerly belonged to the navy dates back to the second
half of the 17th century, and has been the site where the Danish naval
fleet was built, repaired, equiped and maintained. In 1989 it was decided
to move these institutions to other locations in the country, and the
site was converted to house other cultural and educational institution.
• History
of Holmen, www.orlogsbasen.dk
• Pictures
of Holmen, www.megazinet.dk/2000/holmen.htm
• Nearby is the new Copenhagen
Opera House, designed by Danish architect Henning Larsson.
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General things to do and see in Copenhagen
Of design interest
• ARKEN
Museum of Modern Art, www.arken.dk
• Danish
Architecture Centre, www.dac.dk
• Danish
Design Center, www.ddc.dk
• Danish
Museum of Decorative Art, www.kunstindustrimuseet.dk
• Experimentarium
- the Danish Science Center, www.experimentarium.dk
• GL
STRAND (Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art), www.glstrand.dk
• Louisiana
Museum of Modern Art (Located just north of Copenhagen), www.louisiana.dk
• Rorholmsgade
Arts and Crafts, www.roerholmsgade.com
• Royal
Scandinavia Porcelain Factory, www.royalcopenhagen.com
• Scandinavian
Furniture Fair, May 19-22, www.scandinavianfurniturefair.dk
• The
National Museum, www.natmus.dk
• The
Royal Academy School of Architecture, www.karch.dk
Links to more information about Copenhagen
• Alt
om København, www.aok.dk
• Wonderful
Copenhagen - the official tourism site of Copenhagen and the surrounding
area, www.visitcopenhagen.dk
• video
introduction to the city, provided by Wonderful Copenhagen, www.woco.dk/composite-757.htm
• Copenhagen
this Week, www.ctw.dk
• Danish
Architecture Centre's interactive guide to architecture in Copenhagen,
www.dac.dk/guide
• Danish
Crafts, www.danishcrafts.dk
• Danish
Culture website, www.kulturnet.dk
• Danish
Design Center, www.ddc.dk ; More
information on 2 exhibitions open in May-June
• DENMARK.DK:
DANISH DESIGN, danishdesign.denmark.dk
• Museum
guide, www.mik.dk
• Official
Travel Guide to Denmark, www.visitdenmark.com
• Tivoli,
tivoli.dk
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