Skovshoved Sailing Roof

Skovshoved Sailing Roof

Located at the tip of Skovshoved Harbor -- a former fishing village 5 miles north of Copenhagen, Denmark -- the project aims at creating a beacon of Danish seafood culture that pays homage to the maritime history of the site. Underneath its sweeping roof form inspired by the flowing sails and masts scattered across the harbor landscape, a transparent flow of cooking, learning, and teaching is facilitated through a glass curtain wall construction supported by flying steel beams and gridded columns.

Visitors are invited in to the building by the pathways that sprawl out of it and across the site, facilitating circulation between the indoor teaching kitchens and outdoor learning spaces. The pathways change in size to accommodate space requirements for exterior cooking spaces and mimic the form of the undulating roof. The expansions and contractions of the roof on the exterior of the building help denote these exterior learning spaces, further engaging the public in both traditional and newer, more sustainable methods of seafood preparation emerging within the community and country at large.