Copenhagen Citytrip 15-17 november 2017
Voorbereiding: Paklijst volgt
Programma Woensdag 15 Nov. 2017 CRISIS, ALLES MOET AF! 17:00 Computer uit! 17:25 Trein vanaf Den Haag HS Avondeten op Schiphol 20:20 Vliegen! 21:40 Landen Metro naar de stad Supermarkt ‘Netto’ bij Norreport St. open tot 23:00 Tassen in appartement droppen (Adres; Webersgade 12, code appartement: 290)
Copenhagen - Dag 1 Fietsdag richting Zuid
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Programma Donderdag 16 Nov. 2017 8:00 Breakfast! 8:45 Weg van thuis Fietsen ophalen Copenhagen-Bikeshop, Jagtvej 68 9:45 Carlsberg Byen Pitstop voor de koffie 11:00 Op visite bij Bjarke Ingels, 12:30 BIG Lunch in 8 House bij locatie 2 Bergopwaarts in Orestad naar locatie 3 16:00 Tietgen Kollegiet rondleiding Afterworkdrinkswiththelocalstartups Brug te ver naar locatie 4 Biertjes in het Meatpacking district (L5) 20:30 Eten in restaurant Gorilla 00:00 Dansen bij BAKKEN, FlĂŚsketorvet 19 -04.00
Carlsberg Byen - several architects including COBE, Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects etc. Carlsberg Byen P/S is the owner of a 25-hectare area in central Copenhagen, which is approximately 1.5 km from the City Hall Square. Over the next 15-20 years, the area will transform into a new, green city district in the Danish capital. The 567,000 square metres of development will be split: 45 % will be residential, 45 % will be for retailers and businesses, and 10 % will be for cultural centres, sports venues and institutions. Approximately 3,000 private apartments will be made available, in a variety of sizes and prices. First stage will be an 82,000 square metres construction comprising amongst others a modern campus for the University College Copenhagen, U.C.C., which will cater to more than 10,000 students. The structure will encompass a new railway station, shops, apartments and offices, and it is scheduled to be ready in 2016.
Sømærk - Tegnestuen Vandkunsten - 2008 On the Teglholmen Island in Sydhavnen (the Southern Harbour), a new housing area is taking shape. Sømærk refers to a navigation mark, the project consists of 118 flats, half social housing and half private, and a communal house. Result of a 2003 competition which had an unusual brief: the CPH harbour authorities had donated an area of water for the competition as they wanted a model project to boost development. The money saved from not having to buy land could instead pay for a large landfill that would accommodate buildings and cars. The proposal was to forget the landfill and to build an artificial island in the form of a one-story parking house to get rid of the cars that plague the spaces between our houses and to get closer to the water. The spaces between the houses and the wooden decks around the parking island encourage swimming, fishing, kayaking - and the great thing was that when the first residents moved in this spring, there were people fishing from their balconies
South Harbor School - JJW Architects - 2016 The building is located in a densely populated area that required additional educational facilities. As the new public school, the building merges its institutional and maritime qualities. With various seating and walking areas rising from the sidewalk onto the roof of the building, the school is designed to become an active part of the community. The interior features spaces of different heights and natural lighting, ensuring that students, teachers and visitors are both surprised and challenged. This dynamic spatial condition also supports learning and developing social abilities among students.
Sluseholmen - Arkitema - 2010 The idea for a canal district on Sluseholmen originated with the Dutch architect Sjoerd Soeters, who used his experiences from Java Island, a residential district built on an artificial island in Amsterdam. And the Dutch inspiration is obvious. Newly dug canals form the basic structure. The new canal district was built on eight artificial islands with a pattern of continuous blocks with sheltered courtyards. The unified plan’s dogmas comprise a unifying principle for Sluseholmen, but at the same time they ensure that it will be a quarter with great variety, where each building will have its individual distinctive features. In order to create this diversity, 25 offices were asked to design the buildings. The canals and quays, crossed by bridges, wind through the quarter and will make Sluseholmen a different and highly varied part of Copenhagen.
Metropolis - Danielsen Architects - 2006 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.
8 House - BIG - 2010 The bowtie-shaped 61,000 sqm mixed-use building of three different types of residential housing and 10,000 sqm of retail and offices comprises Denmark’s largest private development ever undertaken. Commissioned by St. Frederikslund and Per Hopfner in 2006, the 8 House sits on the outer edge of the city as the southern most outpost of Orestad. Rather than a traditional block, the 8 House stacks all ingredients of a lively urban neighborhood into horizontal layers of typologies connected by a continuous promenade and cycling path up to the 10th floor creating a three-dimensional urban neighborhood where suburban life merges with the energy of a city, where business and housing co-exist. The 8 House creates two intimate interior courtyards, separated by the centre of the cross which houses 500 sqm of communal facilities available for all residents. At the very same spot, the building is penetrated by a 9 meter wide passage that allows people to easily move from the park area on its western edge to the water filled canals to the east. Instead of dividing the different functions of the building – for both habitation and trade – into separate blocks, the various functions have been spread out horizontally.
Senior Housing - JJW Arkitekter - 2012 Ørestad is a developing city area in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the island of Amager. It is expected that 20,000 people will live in Ørestad, 20,000 will study, and 80,000 people will be employed in the area. The area is being developed using the new town concept with the Copenhagen Metro as the primary public transport grid, connecting the area with the rest of Metropolitan Copenhagen.
Rambol HQ - Mikkelsen Arkitekter - 2010 The 40.000 m2 headquarters, which brings all of the Danish Rambøll companies together under one roof, has been designed down to the smallest detail to support the company’s visions of development, cooperation and knowledge sharing. Dissing+Weitling has translated these visions into a main architectural concept which draws its inspiration from Barcelona’s lively shopping street, La Rambla. The ‘rambla’ at Rambøll Head Office unites the entire building both horizontally and vertically via inserted decks and balconies, and thereby, like a giant transport device, allows staff and visitors to move effortlessly between the eight storeys.
Mountain Dwelling - BIG - 2008 The Mountain Dwellings is the 2nd generation of the VM houses - the older brother next-door, also by PLOT (now JDS architects and BIG). Same client, same size and same street. The program however is 2/3 parking and 1/3 living. The two functions are merged into a symbiotic relationship. The housing is orientated to the sunlight, fresh air and view. The parking has become the foundation of the housing. Together they are combined into a artificial hillside, complete with sun-facing roof gardens and parking on the 10th floor. The completion is planned in May 2008.
VM Housing - BIG - 2005 The VM Houses, shaped like a V and an M when seen from above, is the first residential project to be built in Ă˜restad; a new quarter of Copenhagen. The characters represent PLOT’s vision of how to create the most light possible and a view for the most residents possible. The total project houses 41 shared-ownership flats and 180 owner-occupied apartments. To leave room for life around the buildings they lifted the V House on five meter high columns, opening the courtyard to the park area on the south side, and broke down the facades with niches and angles, creating a series of informal meeting places. Each apartment in the V Building has a tapering, triangular balcony with a panoramic south-facing view and rooms with up to five metres’ ceiling height. Instead of the usual high-rise apartments the units are designed as loft spaces, each different both in width and height, letting residents design their own individual apartments.
Ørestad Library - HR Architekter - 2012 Ørestad Library is a combined public library and school library. The library occupies 1370 square metres on the two first floors of Ørestad School, a new building on the corner of Ørestad Boulevard and Arne Jacobsens Allé in Ørestad City. The school is next to Ørestad Gymnasium.
Ørestad Gymnasium - 3XN - 2007 This is the first school in Denmark with an architectural design that corresponds to the new visions on content, subject matter, organization, and learning systems that are part of the new Danish reforms for high schools that came into effect on August 1, 2005. Flexibility and openness are key words for the new building, which has open rooms, subject zones, niches for creativity and concentration, and free access everywhere to the virtual space. Traditional spaces such as classrooms and lounges no longer exist in the high school of the future. Instead, the building is divided into four “study zones.” Each has its own story, designed like a boomerang and staggered like a shutter on a camera. The stories are linked by a wide, spiral staircase that winds up toward the roof terrace. The staircase is the main axis in the tall foyer – the X-zone – that creates physical and visual links between the different study zones and supports an interdisciplinary approach.
IT University -Henning Larsen - 2004 Floor area/size 19000 m2 New university research and teaching building (ITU) in the northern part of Ørestad. Between ITU’s two main buildings there is an impressive inner courtyard, an atrium. The five storeys are open to the atrium and from the balconies you can survey activities elsewhere in the building. A number of group and meeting rooms have been extended out into the atrium, suspended like a long row of see-through ‘drawers’ that have been pulled out to different lengths. On the ground floor you will find the common facilities; lecture halls, students’ café, canteen and library. All research and teaching areas are located on the upper floors. The inner courtyard has been decorated with a digital art installation. Screens have been staged on several ‘drawers’ that can display digital images and animations. The intention is to make the digital works of art interactive and controllable from computers and mobile phones, or they will be dependent on traffic and temperature inside and outside the building.
University library - Mikkelsen Arkitekter - 2008 Floor area/size 13300 m2 Throughout the planning and design process, architectural focus has been on creating the optimum faculty library based on users’ needs. Mikkelsen arkitekter - in co operation with a user group of Royal Library employees - analysed functionality requirements and work flow. Optimum design solutions catering for the needs of both employees and students were then designed on this basis. The result of this intensive planning and design process is a building characterised by flexibility, airy openness and simple, clear definition. The three open floors have been laid out with incremental noise levels in mind from easy socialising in the lounge and café areas to group study areas and finally to the library reading rooms designated for ‘quiet’ use where students can concentrate completely on individual study.
Tietgenkollegiet - Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma - 2005 Floor area/size 24200 m2 The architects used the traditional Tulou constructions of southeast China [village communities with individual dwellings and communal facilities combined in a circular building] as a source of inspiration for the Tietgenkollegiet. The concept is creating space for both communal and private life in the building by assigning equal weight to the individual apartments and the communal facilities. The hall is shaped like a 7-storey rotunda. The building is intersected by five vertical cuts, which divide the building both visual and functional into sections and provide access to the central courtyard space and the hall. The ground floor comprises a cafÊ, great hall, laundrette, bicycle parking and study, computer, music and conference rooms. The student residences are located on the upper floors. All rooms, 360 in total measuring 26-33 m², provide a view of the surroundings. The communal kitchens, recreation rooms, terraces and utility rooms are located facing towards the courtyard.
Concert centre - Jean Nouvel - 2009 Floor area/size 26000 m2 The concert centre Koncerthuset designed by renowned French architect Jean Nouvel, has a blue frontage, monumental, yet airy, as if the building had been carved out of the sky. The frontage is a semitransparent screen and the images projected onto the vast surfaces create constantly varying impressions which make the whole structure look as if it is in motion, organic and alluring. The aural quality of the house has been ensured by Japanese acoustics experts Nagata Acoustics who were also behind La Philharmonie de Paris. Nouvel has also designed all interior elements of Koncerthuset. The shells on the outside of the Concert Hall (Studio 1) are clad with fibre-concrete, on the inside with rockwool and porous plaster. The concert hall foyer is one large room distributed over 7 levels – from c. 2.5m underground to c. 30m above ground level. The largest space that welcomes the public has a depth of 96m. Here 25 video projectors and 50 slide projectors show slides around the foyer.
Boligslangen - Domus Architekter - 2005 Floor area/size 11682 m2 Boligslangen (literally ‘the housing serpent’) is Ørestad’s biggest residential-housing project, which will consist of nearly 300 housing units and a day-care center. In several places, the ‘serpent’ intertwines with the canal that runs through the area from Copenhagen University, past the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s media center, and out into a little lake, Grønjordssøen. What is special about this complex is that a single roof covers two separate apartment houses: Fælledhaven, which holds public-housing units, and Universitetshaven, with condos and co-ops. Fælledhaven’s design placed more emphasis than most public housing on flexibility and resident influence. For example, room partitions can be set up in different ways, depending on how many rooms the resident wants. Universitetshaven consists of 2 buildings, their common roof crossing the opening between them and maintaining the impression of one long ‘serpent’.
Frosilos - MVRDV - 2005 ‘Unusual yet obvious’ is the best way to describe MVRDV’s conversion of two grain silos on the harbour front of Copenhagen into high-end housing for the fortunate few. The brief suggested filling up the circular silo spaces with apartment floors. MVRDV chose to go the other way about the task and hang the apartments on the outside of the silo walls as a second skin of glass, creating very light and almost outdoor living spaces. The silo interiors remain as an industrial version of the atrium, roofed with translucent plastic. A prime motivation for this inside-out solution was the relative fragility of the old silo walls. MVRDV regarded the structural weakness of the concrete tubes as a serious limitation because it made it difficult to cut large holes in the walls for windows, without endangering the structural integrity. The 84 apartments now range from around 90 to 200 square metres and the balconies add roughly one third to that as outdoor living space.
Snake Bicycle Bridge - Dissing & Weiting - 2006 Copenhagen’s iconic cycle bridge, The Bicycle Snake connects the city and transports cyclists across the harbour on an aesthetic ride above the harbour basin. If you’re planning to take a bicycle trip around Copenhagen (which you should of course), don’t miss out on this fantastic 2014 architectural masterpiece. From the elevated beginning up on Dybbølsbro bridge, The Bicycle Snake takes you on a fun ride criss-crossing 7 meters above one of the harbour baths in between Fisketorvet Shopping Mall and other buildings down towards the harbour with perfect vistas of the harbour and Copenhagen’s many spires. Once down at ground level, the bridge connects with Bryggebroen, another bike bridge crossing the harbour. You’ve arrived in Copenhagen’s Islands Brygge after this short but beautiful ride from Vesterbro. The Bicycle Bridge is yet a perfect example of what puts Copenhagen among the very best bike cities in the world. Its slender design and the experience it offers to cyclists stands out as a perfect contrast to the buildings and concrete between which it passes.
Meatpacking District - Mutopia - 2007 The White section of the Copenhagen Meat Market is rapidly changing. Recently artists, designers, photographers and filmmakers have moved into the vacant premises where sharp butcher’s knives slashed the air not long ago. Several of the formerly locked gates are now open at night. Refrigeration rooms are being converted into darkrooms and skylights are being cleared. The plan of turning the White section of the Meat Market into the city’s creative haven has begun to materialise. The vision of a new cultural melting pot in the centrally located Vesterbro district was conceived some years ago. The site, which is rife with history and features a rough, pulsating vibrancy, has long been the only unconquered bastion in the district: an almost secret city within the city that only few people outside the food industry know really well. Attractions in the area include several art galleries as well as the Karriere bar.
Copenhagen - Dag 2 Fietsdag richting Centrum en Noord
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Programma Vrijdag 17 Nov. 2017 8:00 Ontbijt 8:45 Koffie in IsraĂŤl Naar het brughuis Grand tourisme in het centrum 11.00 Torpedohallen (Galionsvej 11) 12:00 Zilte lunch in Copenhagen Streetfood Mega vette havenprojecten schieten de lucht in 16:00 Fietsen inleveren Het zoete en kleurrijke toetje Superkilen bekijken 17:00 Metro naar vliegveld 19:40 Terug naar het zonnige Nederland
Israel Square - COBE + Sweco Architects - 2014 In 2008 the City Council in Copenhagen agreed on a major renovation of the square in order to establish an open space that would unfold, open up and encourage the citizens of Copenhagen to engage in outdoor life and activities on a site where the only boundaries of engagement are those of the mind. The car park is gone and Sweco Architects have created a ‘flying carpet’ square that now interconnects with H.C. Ørsteds Park and enhances the coherence between the square and its surroundings. The ‘flying carpet’ nickname comes from the folded and soft waved surface floating 30 cm above the ground. The new Israel’s Square The square has wings, as the southwest and northeast corners fold up and create sitting areas whilst covering the ramp from the underground parking garage. As opposed to the wings of the square, the surface runs downward as a waterfall in the southwest corner into H.C. Ørsteds Park and thereby blends with the trees that stretch into the square. Across the square, water trickles in a small creek, which continues into H.C. Ørsteds Park, where it ends in stairs created of three oval vessels completing the waterfall. Depending on the purpose, the light of the pylons on the square can be changed from a dimmed, scattered light to one focused on specific areas during events. Along the edge of the square, small LED-lights are installed to give the illusion of a flying carpet and a hovering surface.
BLOX - OMA- 2017 Floor area/size 27.195m² The design for BLOX is a linear display of the tenets of Danish Modernism: monumentality, simplicity and politeness. The Copenhagen harbour is experiencing a surge in development, transforming a previously under used natural asset into a new city-wide destination. The Bryghusgrunden site lies in the centre of this transformation. To capitalize on the site’s potential we propose to use the building as an ‘urban motor’ to actively link the city and the waterfront. Providing a connection under the busy Christians Brygge, where entrances to the different program elements are strategically located, the site becomes both a destination and a connector at the hinge of the waterfront and the ‘entrance’ to the city.
The Royal Library - Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects - 1999 Floor area/size 27500 m2 The Royal Library is with its clean-cut lines and glittering polished surfaces one of the most significant architectural landmarks on the Copenhagen waterfront. Clad in black granite, the extension to the Royal Library is known as The Black Diamond. Situated in the historic heart of Copenhagen, the extension marks a radical shift from traditional library structure and accommodates a range of cultural facilities. Open and essentially democratic, the building includes scientific and literary institutions, exhibition rooms, a bookshop, a cafĂŠ and a restaurant, as well as a roof terrace and a hall for concerts, theatrical performances and conferences. The new library has seven storeys plus a basement. The solid black cube is divided in two by a vast glazed atrium housing the majority of public functions. This central space, affording panoramic views over the waterfront, also serves as a significant source of daylight which is dispersed throughout the building.
Krøyers plads - COBE + vilhelm lauritzen - 2010 The ‘krøyers plads’ residential project has been fully completed with the design realized in collaboration danish firms COBE and vilhelm lauritzen architects. The sharp-edged brick builds is sited at the heart of the Copenhagen harbor opposite the royal playhouse. this prime location neighbors 300 year-old industrial warehouses and this historic element has been a focus, unfolding into a series of three five-story housing blocks topped with folded roofs. this feature ultimately bases on the contextual approach of creating a link between new and the old. This modern interpretation seen in the schemes is a nod to the copenhagen warehouses, with a total of 105 units inside the three apartment blocks. together, COBE and vilhelm lauritzen arkitekter followed a sympathetic approach and the significant characteristics of the old warehouses was translated, including the harbour facing gables, harbor-facing gables, height, material and heavy expression. besides the emphasis on site context and public involvement, focus has also been placed on developing the residences following sustainable principles. this meant the buildings met the needs for environmental, social, economic and resource-focused aspects during its construction.
Torpedohallen luxury residence - Vandkunsten Architects The MTB hall was built in 1954 as a place for repairing and maintaining boats for the Danish Navy, especially motor torpedo boats. The architecture reflects the prevailing enthusiasm at the time for large structures in reinforced concrete and steel with a main space of 32 x 160 x 15 metres. When the Danish Navy abandoned Holmen, an islet in Copenhagen Harbour, in the 1990s, the area was selected for urban development. The building tycoon Kurt Thorsen saw the potential for converting the huge empty concrete structure into a residential complex and approached Vandkunsten Architects. We preserved the rough construction elements and designed homes around a large street that is open to the sky, close to the city and directly on the waterfront. The flats vary in size from 75 to 275 square metres. They all have large glazed sections and thus a high influx of daylight and expansive views. Each unit has a large living room that also contains the kitchen. The interior is characterized by light surfaces and a bright, airy atmosphere..
Opera House - Henning Larsen - 2004 Floor area/size 41.000 m2 Danish shipping magnate Mærsk McKinney Møller donated in 2004 personally the new Opera House, used by the Royal Theater, to the Danish state. The house is built at Holmen opposite Amalienborg Palace. At the front it is visually integrated in the harbor space. A 35 meter wide Arrival Plaza, covered by the 32 meter long cantilevered roof, welcomes the audience approaching by boat or from the wide harbor promenade. New 17 meter wide canals have been dug on both sides of the building to create an island for the Opera itself. The back of the building, designed as a lower building block, relates to the new apartment buildings in the area. The main entrance to the Opera House Foyer will be through revolving doors. The Main Stage, heart of the building, is concealed behind a golden maple shell, which appears to float in the Foyer. Balconies and walkways (aswell as the restaurant and terrace on the top) offer a sensational view of the harbour and the city.
Playhouse - Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma 2008 Located on Kvæsthusbroen Landing Stage in the inner harbour of Copenhagen the Royal Theatre will get a new playhouse, at the end of Sankt Annæ Plads. The Royal Theatre already has a theatre on the water, the Opera house on Kgs. Nytorv, at the other side of the harbour. Only the ballet will remain in the old building. The two prominent positions along the water will turn them into two cultural focus points in the city. The exterior of the new playhouse is dominated by a continuous glass-encased top story with offices and facilities for the actors. On top is the ‘black box’ each theatre has. Visitors will arrive along gently sloping ramps, like a promenade, with a panoramic view of the waterfront. A pedestrian and bicycle tunnel under the harbour to link the Playhouse with the Opera is being considered.
UN City - 3XN - 2013 Bringing together the various agencies and functions of the United Nations regional offices in Copenhagen, the new Head Office is located at the northern harbour of Copenhagen. 3XN’s star shaped design reflects the nature of each UN unit working independently, efficiently and professionally with clear roots in a mutual set of values - delivering as One.
Park ‘N’ Play - JAJA architects- 2016 With the intention of creating a beautiful public space from what is usually a one-function building, JAJA architects are redefining what a parking deck can be. Their recent competition entry for a parking garage in the city of Nordhavn, Copenhagen is an inviting structure that incorporates green facades and a rooftop playground, making full use of its placement in an up-and-coming urban neighborhood. Read all about the aptly named “Park ‘N’ Play”, after the break. Set in the Århusgadekvarteret neighborhood of Nordhavn, this historical harbor district is known for its red brick buildings, and to help blend in, the parking garage will be constructed of red-tinted concrete. This design choice lessens its modern aesthetic, making it appear warmer and more friendly. The structural grid of the building will be emphasized, as it fits well with the industrial history of the area.
Silo Residence - COBE - 2017 Danish architects COBE and clients klaus kastbjerg and NRE denmark unveil the completed transformation of ‘the silo’ in copenhagen’s newly redeveloped north harbor in copenhagen. The former industrial silo was originally used as a storage container for grain — 50 years later, the 17-storey silo has been converted for new use as a residential apartment building with 38 unique units, ranging from 106 sqm to 401 sqm in size, with public functions such as event and dining facilities on the upper and lower levels. In order to bring the silo’s industrial concrete façade up to current standards, COBE re-clad the exterior of the existing silo, while the interior has been preserved as raw and untouched as possible. An angular faceted exterior façade made of galvanized steel has been installed to serve as a climate shield. this has allowed the building’s characteristic slender tall shape to be maintained.
International School - C. F. Møller Architects - 2017 Floor area/size 26000 m2 The Copenhagen International School occupies a prominent post-industrial site in Copenhagen’s new Nordhavn district, and is designed to link the school premises with the public urban environment, and support the school’s curriculum based on sustainability in broad terms. The main building is subdivided into four smaller towers, each specially adapted to meet the needs of children at different stages of development. All four school units are built on top of the ground-floor base, which contains common and more extrovert activities, including a foyer, sports facilities, a canteen, library and performance facilities that can be open for local community events. A large roof terrace functions as a safe school playground, supplemented by roof gardens and greenhouses for teaching on multiple levels. The unique facade is covered in 12,000 solar panels, individually angled to create a sequin-like effect, making it one of the largest building-integrated solar power plants in the world. Portland Siloerne- Designgroup Architects - 2014 Gross floor area: 12,000 m² The Portland silos, erected by Aalborg Portland in 1979, have been transformed into multi-user offices, Portland Towers. The two vertical silos hold the stairs and lifts. Hung onto the silos are 6 floors of offices with magnificent views over the city and the harbour. The transformation concept is to preserve the vertical concrete silos and add a circular cantilevered light glass construction that wraps around the circular concrete silos and thereby emphasises the circular form and creates a modern transparent office building. The composition of the glass facade draws inspiration from floating clouds on a blue sky. The common reception is located on the ground floor. A corten steel framed entrance and wall panels combined with steel ceilings and original concrete walls reflect the industrial nature of the area. On level 12, 59 m above ground level, the common facilities are located such as canteen, meeting centre and a panoramic outdoor terrace with impressive views of Greater Copenhagen, Øresund and the Swedish coastline. Sustainable actions have been taken all through the project from the use of the existing construction to the individual choices in materials and technical solutions. The building achieved the BREEAM Very Good Certification.
Charlottehaven - LUNDGAARD - 2001 For many years, the site held a factory that made aluminum from cryolite sailed in from Greenland. Now the area has changed its name to Charlottehaven, and the factory has been replaced by a modern residential complex with 178 apartments with large glass-enclosed balconies, penthouse apartments, and roof terraces. A health club, swimming pool, café, and municipal kindergarten are located in a service building in the middle of the large courtyard. Following an American and British concept, 44 furnished serviced apartments in the courtyard are rented out on a monthly basis. Charlottehaven follows the familiar Copenhagen block structure. Its facades are blackish-blue brick with a myriad of shades and provide a good interplay with the classical apartment buildings of the Østerbro quarter. SLA designed the distinctive courtyard, which uses a wealth of different materials and types of vegetation, from a closely clipped lawn to purple moor grass and two-meter-tall elephant grass.
Creche Krausesvej - Dorte Mandrup Architects - 2005 Gross floor area: 555 m² The local plan allowed for only one story to be built on the site, which was to be used for a day-care center. The architectural challenges were to create enough space inside and out for employees and 36 children on a fairly small site, to ensure enough light for the institution, which is bounded by apartment buildings five and six stories tall, to keep the new building from taking light and air from the neighbours, and especially to create a style that would harmonize with the surroundings. The project met the many physical and functional challenges in an almost pragmatic way. The institution covers nearly the whole site except for a single incision, which lets daylight into the building, on the one hand, and leaves room for an enclosed outdoor space on street level, on the other. It was designed around two parallel slabs. One is the ground and the other is the roof, which is used for outdoor recreational space that is nearly as large as the institution’s c. 530 sq. m. of indoor space
Mirror House - MLRP - 2012 Floor area/size 140 m2 The Copenhagen central park in Denmark has transformed an existing playground pavilion into the ‘mirror house’, designed by Danish practice MLRP. Previously covered with graffiti, the structure has been converted into an interactive element, inviting visitors to peer into the gable ends lined with funhouse trick mirrors. Reflecting the dynamic activity and encompassing park, the surfaces create a transition between the built and natural environments.
Superkilen Park - BIG - 2012 Floor area/size 30.000 m2 “With a length of almost one and a half kilometres, the landscape park Superkilen stretches through the north-west of Nørrebro, a multi-cultural district in Copenhagen considered to be one of the most socially challenged areas of Denmark. The striking open space concept aims to strengthen the different identities and characters of the district. A mono-functional thoroughfare has been turned into a contemporary space with a variety of different qualities, reflecting the urban reality of Superkilen.â€?