"Futuristic imagination!" This is what the sales literature says about Metropolis, a 40-metre-tall residential building. And its round shapes, radiant light-blue colour, and organic look make the description pretty apt. The building is surrounded by water on three sides on Sluseholmen's outermost peninsula, which was expanded by about 2,000 square metres of landfill.

Metropolis commands a distinctive, yet solitary position opposite the rows of new housing blocks and the snug little Valby Boat club lining the waterfront on Sluseholmen. A long gravelled path leads to this curious edifice and continues all the way around the outside along the edge of the water. With its basement parking, the building has a strong aesthetic character, though still somewhat enclosed within itself. An image that may change, though, when a new public harbour lido is established at its foot in a few years.