ABSTRACT
Architectural guidelines were set for materials, colors, spatial effects and building height to ensure that each city block remained coherent and fitted in with the greater ensemble. The importance of the water was enhanced by the addition of an enormous length of new canals in an attempt to give all dwellings a water orientation. For Sluseholmen, so-called block architects were commissioned to sort out the best way to organize an entire block with its public access to the courtyard and, from there, its varied entryways to different apartments and maisonettes, to the parking under the courtyard, to storage units, bicycle parking, and so on. A proposal had to be worked out for the hierarchy of the different places in the public space including functions, activities, etc. The bridges are an important part of the public space.
