Bikuben Kollegium ( Danish: ''Bikuben Kollegiet'') is a privately owned

dormitory A dormitory (originated from the Latin word ''dormitorium'', often abbreviated to dorm), also known as a hall of residence, a residence hall (often abbreviated to halls), or a hostel, is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential qu ...

for students in

Ørestad Ørestad () is a developing city area in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the island of Amager. The area was developed using the new town concept, closely linked with the M1 (Copenhagen), M1 line of the Copenhagen Metro. Economically, income for the plan w ...

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

. Opening in August 2006, Bikuben Kollegium is located on the corner of

Amager Fælledvej Amager ( ), located in the Øresund, is Denmark's most densely populated island, with more than 216,000 inhabitants (January 2022). The protected natural area of ''Naturpark Amager'' (including Kalvebod Fælled) makes up more than one-third of the ...

and Njalsgade next to the

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen (, KU) is a public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia, after Uppsala University. ...

's South Campus. The dorm was designed by the Aart Architects, an

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

based firm having as its ambition to make new forms of student communities possible. Kitchens and common areas are thus distributed on various floors, facing an inner yard. The dormitory has 96 one room dwellings and four two room apartments as well a small number of homes for

handicapped Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, ...

students and families. There are also furnished rooms, reserved for foreign students. The rent is DKK 2,985 per month for the smallest type of room. The

light art Light art or the art of light is generally referring to a visual art form in which (physical) light is the main, if not sole medium of creation. Uses of the term differ drastically in incongruence; definitions, if existing, vary in several aspe ...

which can be seen at the entrance was created by the artist Viera Collaro. Among a lot of dormitories in the area,

Grønjordskollegiet Grønjordskollegiet is a dormitory situated on Amager, Copenhagen, up to natural area Amager Fælled by Grønjordssøen. The dormitory is one of Denmark's largest with 920 rooms and approx. 1000 residents. The College consists of 5 blocks with 8 ...

is located 1 km South of ''Bikuben Kollegiet''.

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* University and college residential buildings in Copenhagen {{denmark-struct-stub