Spinderiet

{{short description|Shopping centre in Copenhagen, Denmark}} {{infobox shopping mall | name = Spinderiet | image = Spinderiet glass roof.jpg | caption = Spinderiet, the glass roof | architect = Alfred Thomsen (old)<br>[[AK83 Arkitekter (company)|AK83 Arkitekter]] (adaptation and new)<ref name="byggeplads.dk">{{cite web|url=http://www.byggeplads.dk/byggeri/butikscenter/spinderiet|title=Spinderiet|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222544/http://www.byggeplads.dk/byggeri/butikscenter/spinderiet|archivedate=2013-10-04}}</ref> | location = [[Valby, Copenhagen]], Denmark | coordinates = {{coord|55|39|54|N|12|30|38|E|region:DK_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dawiki|display=inline,title}} | opening_date = 15 November 2007 | developer = TK Development | manager = | owner = | number_of_stores = 50 | number_of_anchors = | floor_area = {{convert|19000|sqm|abbr=on}} | floors = 4 | parking = Multi-story car park (500 spaces) | website = {{url|spinderiet.dk}} }} '''Spinderiet''' ({{lit.|The Spinning Mill}}) is a [[shopping centre]] located next to [[Valby station]] in the [[Valby]] district of [[Copenhagen, Denmark]]. Inaugurated in 2008, it incorporates the converted buildings of a [[cotton mill]] from 1907. The [[mixed use development]] also contains office space and apartments.

==History==

===The cotton mill=== The converted cotton mill was originally built from 1905 to 1907 by [[De Danske Bomuldsspinderier|Danish Cotton Factories]], a now defunct company which traced its history back to 1892 when Marius Windfeld-Hansen founded Vejle Cotton Mill in [[Vejle]]. In 1901 the company was merged with Vejle Cotton Factory, also in Vejle, and the Mogensen Mill in [[Odense]]. In 1906 it changed its name to the [[De Danske Bomuldsspinderier|Danish Cotton Mills]]. 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 early 1980s. The buildings were taken over by local craftsmen, two chocolate manufacturers and a retail shop.<ref name=Spinderiet>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinderiet.dk/index.php/om-spinderiet/historien/|title=Historien|publisher=Spinderiet|language=Danish|accessdate=2011-05-22}}</ref>

In the early 2000s it was decided to redevelop the site. In 2004 the plans were unanimously approved by the [[Copenhagen City Council]].<ref name=Spinderiet/> The architectural practice [[AK83 Arkitekter (company)|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.<ref name="byggeplads.dk"/>

==Spinderiet today== The development consists of the old industrial buildings, now adapted, and five new buildings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ue.dk/nyhedsarkiv/1820.aspx|title=Center opføres i Valby|publisher=Ugens Erhverv|accessdate=2011-05-22}}</ref> It combines a traditional, indoor [[shopping centre]] 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 {{convert|4000|sqm|abbr=on}} of office space and {{convert|12500|sqm|abbr=on}} of apartments (mixed condominiums and flats).

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2007]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Valby]] [[Category:Cotton mills]] [[Category:Commercial buildings in Copenhagen]] [[Category:Industrial buildings in Copenhagen]] [[Category:Shopping centres in Copenhagen]]