Abstract
This paper examines the urban planning preceding the establishment of a new creative district, with the ambition of contributing knowledge about the relation between urban planning and the real life experience of the everyday user and resident. Focused on Musicon, a sprouting new district of Roskilde, Denmark, as its particular case, it explores the preceding urban planning and visions behind the district and examines its significance as to how the district is being experienced by its users and residents.