Porcelænshaven

Porcelænshaven in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark, is the former premises of the Royal Porcelain Manufactury, an industrial complex dating from the 1880s which was converted into a mixed-use neighbourhood in the 2000s. Located on the corner of Søndre Fasanvej and Smallegade, adjacent to Frederiksberg Gardens, it has an area of about five hectares and consists of a mixture of dwellings, commercial space and premises for Copenhagen Business School, whose main campus is located nearby. Many of the historical buildings have been retained, including a landmark chimney and the listed director's residence from 1908.

E. F. Nobel built a tobacco factory in the grounds in 1860 but Aluminia acquired the site in 1868 to build a new faience manufactury which opened in 1870. In 1882, Aluminia purchased the Royal Porcelain Factory which was based in Købmagergade but in 1884 joined its new owner at their site in Frederiksberg.

The original factory was designed by Valdemar Ingemann. The director's house was designed by J. E. Gnudtzmann. In 1908. Anton Rosen designed a second direcvtor's residence in 1908 when the two companies get separate managements.

Aluminia closed in 1969 while Royal Copenhagen continued to have their production at the site until 2004 when they moved to more modern facilities in Glostrup in the western suburbs of Copenhagen. Since then most of the production has moved to Thailand.

Sjælsø Group purchased the Frederiksberg site in 2002 when Royal Copenhagen first made the decision to move. The transformation of the area was completed in 2007.

Porcelænshaven has an area of 72,000 square metres and contains several minor greenspaces. The development also has its own entrance to Frederiksberg Gardens.

Since its foundation in 1882, many trees have been gifted and planted by prominent foreign guests during their visits to the porcelain facility. The local plan for the area stresses that some of the trees are in the two highest categories of preservation value and required the developers to move them to another location in the area if they could not remain in their original place.

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