Spinderiet ( lit. "The Spinning Mill") is a

shopping centre A shopping center (American English) or shopping centre (Commonwealth English), also called a shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof. The first known collec ...

located next to

Valby station Valby station is an S-train and railway station in the Valby district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of the most used stations, and hence regional trains also stop here. It is located in a highly populated area, where the Tåstrup and Frederiks ...

in the

Valby Valby () is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is in the southwestern corner of Copenhagen Municipality, and has a mixture of different types of housing. This includes apartment blocks, terraced housing, areas with single ...

district of

Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

. Inaugurated in 2008, it incorporates the converted buildings of a

cotton mill A cotton mill is a building that houses spinning (textiles), spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system. Althou ...

from 1907. The

mixed use development Mixed-use is a kind of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning type that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions are to some ...

also contains office space and apartments.

History

The cotton mill

The converted cotton mill was originally built from 1905 to 1907 by Danish Cotton Factories, a now defunct company which traced its history back to 1892 when Marius Windfeld-Hansen founded Vejle Cotton Mill in

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and the R ...

. In 1901 the company was merged with Vejle Cotton Factory, also in Vejle, and the Mogensen Mill in

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...

. In 1906 it changed its name to the Danish Cotton Mills and the following year the production site in Odense was closed, replaced by the new cotton mill in Valby which was constructed from 1906 to 1907 to the design of Alfred Thomsen.

Later history

By the late 1950s, production of cotton was no longer a profitable business in Valby and the factory closed in the start of 80's. The buildings were taken over by local craftsmen, two chocolate manufacturers and a retail shop. In the early 2000s it was decided to redevelop the site. In 2004 the plans were unanimously approved by the

Copenhagen City Council The Copenhagen City Council (Danish: ) is the municipal government of Copenhagen, Denmark, and has its seat at Copenhagen City Hall. The city council is Copenhagen's highest political authority and sets the framework for the committees' tasks. ...

. The architectural practice AK83 Arkitekter was charged with the assignment, and the shopping centre was inaugurated on 15 November 2007. The architecture was praised for a modern overhaul of the old cotton mill.

Spinderiet today

The development consists of the old industrial buildings, now adapted, and five new buildings. It combines a traditional, indoor

and a street level, outdoor shopping street, partly covered by a glass canopy and opening onto a large central space. Apart from the retail area, the development also includes of office space and of apartments (mixed condominiums and flats).

References

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