{"id":3709,"date":"2010-01-28T05:41:25","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T05:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/?p=3709"},"modified":"2010-01-28T05:41:25","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T05:41:25","slug":"liveability-understanding-quality-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/liveability-understanding-quality-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Liveability: understanding quality of life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/scala_tower_copenhagen_big101108_viz1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/scala_tower_copenhagen_big101108_viz1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/scala_tower_copenhagen_big101108_viz3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/scala_tower_copenhagen_big101108_viz3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/scala_tower_copenhagen_big101108_viz3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/scala_tower_copenhagen_big101108_viz3-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/scala_tower_copenhagen_big101108_viz3-768x721.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/scala_tower_copenhagen_big101108_viz3-624x586.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/a>The Danish architects BIG (the Bjarke Ingels Group) have designed an extraordinary hybrid tower <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archicentral.com\/scala-tower-copenhagen-denmark-bjarke-ingels-group-big-8707\/\">Scala Tower<\/a> to house the municipal library, conference centre, shopping and a luxury hotel. It also provides public space to the city of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.copcap.com\/content\/us\/living_working\/living_in_copenhagen\">Copenhagen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although it seems not quite fully resolved as to the programmatic and landscape elements, the way the building emerges from the ground<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2007\/08\/05\/scala-copenhagen-by-big\/\"> &#8216;like a tree&#8217; <\/a>with a glassy bark trunk and yet sits well within the traditional urban fabric like a sinuous counterpoint is truly inspirational.<\/p>\n<p>With a population of just over a million people and the famous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/garden\/tivoli_garden\">Tivoli Garden<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/kottke.org\/photos\/copenhagen0603\/Thumbs\/Kongens_Have.jpg\">Kongen&#8217;s Have<\/a> in the city centre\u00a0 and the <a href=\"http:\/\/members.virtualtourist.com\/m\/4c7a8\/27f87\/\">Fredericksborg Slot<\/a> Baroque gardens in Hillerod the Danes have the benefit of aesthetics, cultural and <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.skyscraperpage.com\/showthread.php?p=4466534\">recreational<\/a> opportunities aplenty.<\/p>\n<p>So apart from contributing to Denmark&#8217;s already stellar reputation for being on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambottawa.um.dk\/Publikationer\/UM\/English\/FactsheetDenmark\/Architecture\/html\/chapter01.htm\">the forefront of design<\/a> how does Scala Tower contribute to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/denmark\/2098269\/Copenhagen-named-worlds-best-city-for-quality-of-life-by-Monocle-magazine.html\">quality of life<\/a> in Copenhagen? Political measures of quality of life in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quality_of_life\">liveability<\/a> terms are both objective [divorce rates, safety and infrastructure]\u00a0 and subjective [life satisfaction surveys].\u00a0 So, the Danes have gained a great piece of civic infrastructure in a city which is already considered relatively crime free. I wonder whether that will show up on the next life satisfaction survey!<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Danish architects BIG (the Bjarke Ingels Group) have designed an extraordinary hybrid tower Scala Tower to house the municipal library, conference centre, shopping and a luxury hotel. It also provides public space to the city of Copenhagen. 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