ABSTRACT
Mixed-use megaprojects on public land are increasingly occurring around the world under a narrative of economic competiveness. These projects represent a common approach to city-making in vastly different contexts and are routinely criticized as favouring a mobile elite, being disconnected from the host city, and projecting an image different from the “old city” in order to symbolize new economic growth. In contrast, at Copenhagen’s North Harbour efforts have been made to reconcile local identity, and traditional ways of life within a competitively positioned mixed-use megaproject. The planning codes formulated to achieve this could be seen as an attempt to operationalize authenticity.
