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1 Copenhagen Projects 118 Created 04-Apr-15 By Andrea Davide, Milano, Italy DR Byen Copenhagen, Mikkelsen Arkitekter culture, music theatre, office, recording studio Sluseholmen Meatpacking District The Brygge Overpass Elephant House Havneholmen Atrium Fyrtrnet Harbour Isle Apartments Statens Museum for Kunst 11 FIH domicile Copenhagen Metro Stations 18 Kastrup Søbad Seawater Lido 19 Thorsgade Student Housing 20 Ørestad Gymnasium 21 Copenhagen, 3XN secondary school 12 Frøsilos 22 Copenhagen, MVRDV apartment 13 Copper Tower 23 Copenhagen, Arkitema office 14 Mountain Dwellings 24 Copenhagen, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group car park, housing 15 Copenhagen, C F Møller s exposition space, museum Copenhagen, Triarc Arkitekter student housing Copenhagen, Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma housing 10 Copenhagen, Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma housing 17 Copenhagen, White s leisure Copenhagen, Wingårdh Arkitektkontor office 9 Copenhagen, Foster & Partners leisure, tourism Boligslangen Copenhagen, KHR architekter subway station, tunnel Copenhagen, Dissing+Weitling bridge, landmark 8 Copenhagen, Mutopia square, urban plan Copenhagen, Domus Architekter housing, urban plan Copenhagen, Soeters Van Eldonk architecten apartment, housing, urban plan 7 Sjakket Youth House 25 Copenhagen, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group youth house 16 Copenhagen, 3XN office The Bikuben Student Residence 26 Copenhagen, aart student housing 1

2 Amager Strand Beach Copenhagen, Hasløv & Kjærsgaard Arkitektfirma culture, leisure, park, sport Paustian Sports and Culture Centre Radisson Sas Royal Hotel Danish Jewish Museum The Playhouse Northern Lights IT - University 31 VM Housing Ferring International Centre 38 Opera House 39 The Royal Library 40 Danish Design Centre 41 Copenhagen, Henning Larsen museum 32 Harbour Bath 42 Copenhagen, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group play ground, swimming pool 33 Maritime Youth House 43 Copenhagen, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group boat house, play ground, youth house 34 Bispebjerg Bakke 44 Copenhagen, Bjørn Nørgaard apartment, housing 35 Copenhagen, Henning Larsen university Copenhagen, schmidt hammer lassen architects library Copenhagen, C F Møller s housing 30 Copenhagen, Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma theatre 37 Copenhagen, Henning Larsen opera Copenhagen, Daniel Libeskind museum 29 Copenhagen, Arne Jacobsen hotel Tietgenkollegiet Copenhagen, Henning Larsen laboratorium, office Copenhagen, 3XN ferry terminal 28 Copenhagen, Dorte Mandrup s community centre, culture, sport DFDS Ferry Terminal Copenhagen, Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma student housing Copenhagen, Jørn Utzon commercial space, exposition space, retail 27 Flintholm Care Home 45 Copenhagen, Frederiksen & Knudsen s social housing 36 Copenhagen, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group housing Crèche Krausesvej 46 Copenhagen, Dorte Mandrup s kindergarten 2

3 Danish ure Centre Copenhagen, Erik Møller Arkitekter cafe, exposition space, gallery, information centre Grundtvig's Church Petrol Station Nykredit Headquarters CPH LIVING Tivoli Concert Hall Deloitte Headquarters Copenhagen Koncerthuset Sømærk 51 Danish National Bank Showroom Kvadrat Copenhagen 58 Charlottehaven 59 CBS Kilen 60 Pedestrian Bridge Aagade 61 Copenhagen, Dissing+Weitling bridge 52 Signalhuset 62 Copenhagen, NOBEL arkitekter student housing 53 8 house 63 Copenhagen, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group housing, mixed-use development 54 Bella Sky 64 Copenhagen, 3XN hotel 55 Copenhagen, Tegnestuen Vandkunsten housing Copenhagen, Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma kiosk, university Copenhagen, Jean Nouvel music theatre 50 Copenhagen, 3XN office 57 Copenhagen, Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma housing, mixed-use development Copenhagen, 3XN auditorium, music theatre, renovation 49 Copenhagen, Waterliving hotel Horten Headquarters Copenhagen, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec shop, showroom Copenhagen, schmidt hammer lassen architects meeting room, office 48 Copenhagen, Arne Jacobsen gas station Copenhagen, 3XN office Copenhagen, Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint church 47 The Anchor 65 Copenhagen, C F Møller s housing, mixed-use development, office 56 Copenhagen, Arne Jacobsen commercial space, office Bispebjerg Student Housing 66 Copenhagen, C F Møller s student housing 3

4 Østerbrogade 105 Housing Copenhagen, C F Møller s housing Field's Bella House The Bow Cabinn Metro Hotel Rambøll Head Office SEB Bank & Pension The Crystal Frederikskaj 71 The Opera Pavilion Green Lighthouse 78 Zeta Park 79 KPMG Headquarters 80 NOMA Lab 81 Copenhagen, 3XN laboratorium, restaurant 72 SIgnalgården 82 Copenhagen, ONV arkitekter housing 73 Grøndalsvænge Allé 83 Copenhagen, ONV arkitekter apartment, dwellings 74 Bostedet Amagerfælledvej 84 Copenhagen, ONV arkitekter apartment, social housing 75 Copenhagen, Mikkelsen Arkitekter housing Copenhagen, 3XN commercial space, office Copenhagen, schmidt hammer lassen architects office 70 copenhagen, Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma office 77 Copenhagen, DesignGroup s car park Copenhagen, Mikkelsen Arkitekter office 69 Copenhagen, Daniel Libeskind cafe, hotel Sølvgade School Copenhagen, Christensen & Co s education, university Copenhagen, Vilhelm Lauritzen s housing 68 Copenhagen, schmidt hammer lassen architects housing Copenhagen, C F Møller s education, primary school Copenhagen, C F Møller s mall, shopping centre 67 Metropole 85 Copenhagen, C F Møller s cafe, office, shop 76 Copenhagen, C F Møller s shelter, bus station The University Library 86 Copenhagen, Mikkelsen Arkitekter education, library, university 4

5 AB6 Ofice Complex Copenhagen, Dissing+Weitling office Copenhagen Marriott Hotel Ørestad Library Senior housing Flintholm Station Zink House DONG energy offices Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers Office Building KLP Ejendom 91 Frederiksberg Gymnasium Mirror House 98 Superkilen Park 99 Jemtelandsgade 100 4B 101 Copenhagen, Holscher Arkitekter housing 92 Red Corner day care centre 102 Copenhagen, ONV arkitekter kindergarten, nursery 93 Office Halfdansgade 103 Copenhagen, Danielsen s office 94 Tivoli Hotel 104 Copenhagen, Kim Utzon congress centre, hotel 95 Copenhagen, Dissing+Weitling office Copenhagen, Dorte Mandrup s Copenhagen, Dissing+Weitling hotel 90 Copenhagen, Hvidt s 97 Copenhagen, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group art, landmark, market, passage, promenade, urban plan Copenhagen, Holsøe Arkitekter apartment, shop 89 Copenhagen, KHR architekter subway station, train station Business Center Winghouse Copenhagen, MLRP community centre, leisure Copenhagen, JJW Arkitekter housing 88 Copenhagen, KHR architekter library Copenhagen, Henning Larsen office Copenhagen, PLH hotel 87 Wake Up Hotel 105 Copenhagen, Kim Utzon hotel 96 Copenhagen, Henning Larsen secondary school Metropolis 106 Copenhagen, Danielsen s housing 5

6 Kulturhus Nordvest Copenhagen, Transform community centre, library, theatre Zero-Energy Environmental Centre Sports Centre Christianshavn Linoleum House Office Building Ved Vesterport Stelling House Housing Ved Skolen Housing Storgarden Office Building Nørre Voldgade Novo Therapeutic Laboratory 117 Headquarters on Langelinie 118 Hornbaekhus 119 Copenhagen, Kay Fisker housing 111 Vodroffsvej 120 Copenhagen, Kay Fisker housing 112 Dronningegarden 121 Copenhagen, Kay Fisker housing 113 Pelican Self Storage 122 Copenhagen, entasis commercial space 114 Copenhagen, Povl Baumann housing 110 Copenhagen, Povl Baumann housing 116 Copenhagen, Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma office Copenhagen, Arne Jacobsen cafe, shop 109 Copenhagen, Povl Baumann office Housing Vestergardsvej Copenhagen, Arne Jacobsen factory Copenhagen, Povl Baumann housing 108 Copenhagen, Christensen & Co s fitness club, sport Copenhagen, Povl Baumann housing Copenhagen, Christensen & Co s energy centre, workshop 107 Hotel Astoria 123 Copenhagen, Ole Falkentorp hotel 115 Copenhagen, Povl Baumann office UN City 124 Copenhagen, 3XN government 6

7 photo: Adam Mørk photo: Copenhagen X DR Byen Emil Holms Kanal Copenhagen htm The Danish Broadcasting Company (DR) has collected all its activities in Copenhagen in a single complex The media center is divided into four segments designed by different architects and built in stages The unified plan was inspired by the Middle Eastern Kasbah A key element is an indoor street that links the four segments Segments 1 to 3 house the studios, offices, depots and administration, and segment 4 is the concert hall designed by French architect Jean Nouvel which will seat 1,800 It will seem simple from the outside: a monumental cobalt-blue cube 45 meters tall Inside, the building will reveal a complex, organic structure outside: a monumental cobalt-blue cube 45 meters tall Inside, the building will reveal a complex, organic structure whose asymmetry gives outstanding acoustics The blue outer shell will serve as a screen in the evening Live pictures, works, of art, and text can be enlarged and projected and create a living wall outside the concert hall photo: Vilhelm Lauritzen s Project is public! m² Main designer, Mikkelsen Arkitekter Gottlieb Paludan s Jean Nouvel NOBEL arkitekter Vilhelm Lauritzen s DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation) Copenhagen_X 5 minutes on foot from DR Byen metro station 7

8 photo: Kontraframedk photo: Dragør luftfoto Sluseholmen Sluseholmen Copenhagen 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 photo: Kontraframedk Project is public! 2010 Main designer, Urban planner, Urban planner Soeters Van Eldonk architecten Copenhagen_X Arkitema City of Copenhagen Busses 4A and

9 photo: Kontraframedk photo: Kontraframedk Meatpacking District Kødboderne Copenhagen 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 photo: Kontraframedk Project is public! 2007 Urban planner Mutopia City of Copenhagen Copenhagen_X 4 minutes on foot from Dybbølsbro station (S train) 10 minutes from Copenhagen central station 9

10 photo: Kontraframedk photo: Copenhagen X The Brygge Overpass Bryggebroen 1561/2300 Copenhagen In the summer of 2006 Copenhagen had its first new bridge across the harbour for 50 years The bridge is reserved for cyclists and pedestrians only, giving them a much needed short cut between Vesterbro and Islands Brygge The bridge is five and a half metres wide and characterized by architectural simplicity A steel structure is stretched in a gentle arc between the two harbour piers, possibly reminiscent of a spinal column, and the bridge is able to open for passing ships by having one of the spans swing to one side At night-time the light fittings in the bridge railings form a luminous ribbon right across the harbour photo: DISSING WEITLING Project is public! Dissing+Weitling City of Copenhagen Copenhagen_X Always open Access from Islands Brygge (right behind Gemini Residence) and Havneholmen (behind Fisketorvet shopping centre) 10

11 photo: Richard Davies photo: Richard Davies Elephant House Roskildevej Copenhagen Norman Foster's elephant house has elevated Copenhagen Zoo to the first division of the architectural world At Copenhagen Zoo Norman Foster once again uses his signature: the gigantic glass canopy The elephant house thus has two large domes in the roof The house is partially submerged in the ground, and the public can stroll across the roof and look down onto the elephants' indoor quarters, which will receive plenty of daylight through the domes From the outset the idea has been to make the new house light and welcoming, unlike many other elephant houses The new elephant house is part of the overall effort to soft-focus the boundary between the Zoo and Frederiksberg Park Unsightly fencing and hoardings will be removed, and from Frederiksberg Park it will be possible to enjoy watching the herd of elephants The environs of the elephant house have been executed by the Danish landscape architect Stig L Andersson Project is not public! m² Main designer, Landscape architect Foster & Partners SLA Copenhagen Zoo Copenhagen_X photo: Richard Davies Parking at Roskildevej and Søndre Fasanvej Bicycle parking by the main entrance of the Zoo Busses: 4A, 6A, 26, and 832 Nearest metro stations are Frederiksberg and Fasanvej about 15 minutes' walk from the zoo For timetables, visit wwwrejseplanendk 11

12 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Havneholmen Atrium Havneholmen Copenhagen A modern and flexible office building in the middle of Copenhagen's harbour fairway comprising of 7 floors plus a basement The central atrium is the focal point of the building The atrium draw light far into the building and frame the spectacular view of the harbour The room opens out onto the harbour and up to the sky and form the organic inner room of the building Project is not public! m² Wingårdh Arkitektkontor Skanska pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 12

13 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Fyrtrnet Pakhusvej Copenhagen The Lighthouse (Fyrtrnet) marks the entrance to the new residential area on Amerika Plads With its 48 meters and 15 stories, the residential complex is also highly visible both from the city and from the water Its design is also unusual The tallest part has a distinctive stepped shape on the south, growing narrower toward the top, where it ends in two-story penthouses In addition to the tall tower, the complex consists of a six-story building with a common roof terrace These two buildings hold 89 condos between 90 and 160 sq m Both the tower and its neighbor are covered with expanses of dark-gray slate, interrupted on the low building by large bays and balconies along Kalkbrænderihavnsgade The choice fell on gray slate since it provides a varied play of color and at the same time harmonizes with the area's old brick buildings with slate roofs photo: Piotr Krajewski Project is not public! 2007 Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma Amerika Plads ApS pkrajewski_pl 13

14 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Harbour Isle Apartments Havneholmen Copenhagen The residential project occupies a unique location on a harbour island in a former industrial area, close to both park areas and the centre of Copenhagen To make best of the exceptional location, the project is divided into smaller building volumes, relating to views, solar exposure, and harbour In addition to providing unobstructed view sight lines for each unit, the design creates a variation in apartment types and the corresponding balconies Staggered projecting bays with corner windows provide panoramas of harbour and city, while also screening views from neighbours, insuring the privacy of each apartment The project consists of 236 exclusive apartments with an average area of 101 m2/1087 ft2, consisting primarily of two and three bedroom apartments, a small portion of which are two levels The entire project, including the projecting bays, is rendered in warm white stucco, while the fenestration has teak profiles Project is not public! m² Technical engineer Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma Niras Sjælsø Gruppen pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 14

15 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Statens Museum for Kunst Sølvgade Copenhagen The old museum building dates back to 1896 and was designed by the architect Vilhelm Dahlerup The museum was short of space from the very beginning It was not until 1970, however, that the amount of floor space available for exhibitions was increased This was done by roofing two atrium wells in the middle of the museum The 1998 extension has provided the museum with a significant - and much-needed - increase in the exhibition space available The magnificent, modernist extension building is situated in parallel with Dahlerup's old museum, opening the house up towards the surrounding parkland The architect created the new architecture The two widely different buildings are separate entities, yet linked by a glass-roofed Sculpture Street, with footbridges connecting the first floors The two buildings meet and merge in a single fluid movement while also clearly demarcating their distinctive characters and the architectural differences between them Project is public! 1998 C F Møller s Statens Museum for Kunst photo: Frankss pkrajewski_pl Tuesdays-Sundays 10 am-5 pm ; Wednesdays 10 am-8 pm ; Mondays closed Bus routes: 6A, 14, 26, 40, 42, 43, 184, 185, 150S, 173 E Trains: S-trains and regional trains to Øster- port and Nørreport Stations Metro: Nørreport and Kgs Nytorv Stations Bicycles: Øster Voldgade and Sølvgade Parking:At Stockholmsgade and Øster Voldgade parking fee Sunday free of charge 15

16 photo: Adam Mørk photo: Adam Mørk FIH domicile Langelinie Allé 43 DK-2100 Copenhagen The new FIH (Finance for Danish Industry) has a unique and central location at Langelinie, with downtown Copenhagen within walking distance and Oresund practically on its doorstep The façade give the building an ever changing appearance It is composed of reddish brick tiles alternating with equally tall window openings - equal in numbers A matching number of alu shutters move in front of the windows and blinds open or close, depending on the amount of sunlight - or the decision of the individual behind the window The building may be conceived as a transparent crystal with large, open cuts that are used as sources of natural light and green garden spaces All offices are oriented towards the view and the daylight The office floors consist of a varied mixture of large open-plan offices and single-occupancy units forming clusters around tall, open staircases that are lit by cascades of light from above photo: Adam Mørk Project is not public! 2002 Main designer, Landscape architect Contractor 3XN Jeppe Aagaard Andersen NCC Danmark FIH 3XN 16

17 photo: Jens Lindhe photo: Jens Lindhe Boligslangen Tom Kristensens Vej Copenhagen 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' (text by cphxdk) Project is not public! m² Technical engineer Contractor Landscape designer Domus Architekter Hamiconsult A/S NCC Construction A/S Peter Holst MAA MD FSBbolig, Ørestad Nord HJI photo: Jens Lindhe Take the metro to the university-district You can find more information on

18 photo: HJ Imhoff photo: HJ Imhoff Copenhagen Metro Stations Nørreport Jagtvej DK-2200 Copenhagen There are 22 stations on the existing Metro network Nine of these are underground; of these, six are deep level while three are just below the ground They all have a timeless and similar design by KHR architekter, and can be recognized by a five-metre-tall information column in front of the stations All the stations are 60 metres long and 20 metres wide, with the exception of Nørreport station which is 80 metres long to allow a link to the previously-existing S-train platforms On street level, the underground stations can be recognized by glass pyramids They are used to cast light down into the station areas In this way there will always be daylight underground There are prisms in the pyramids which intensify the light Project is public! , Urban planner KHR architekter Metroselskabet HJI photo: HJ Imhoff The Metro runs daily between 5 am and 12 pm Thursday, Friday and during the weekend, the Metro also runs all night We've put the placemark on the map at Nørreport, from where you walk out of the tunnel station into a large shopping area Five minutes walk and you will find yourself in green breathing areas or at one of Copenhagen s plenty museums See for more stations and maps Lines M1 and M2 pass this station 18

19 photo: HJ Imhoff photo: HJ Imhoff Kastrup Søbad Seawater Lido Amager Strandvej Copenhagen This public sea bath in the Baltic Sea is located near Copenhagen's Amager Beach There it shows up like a wooden wave, by a total size of 750m2 From this point it's possible to see Calatrava's Turning Torso in Malmö Project is public! m² White s Tårnby Municipality HJI photo: HJ Imhoff Always open, facilities (shower/toilet) only during the summer-season From Copenhagen city-centre, find your way to the Amager Beach and follow the coastal route-bicycle path till you sea the bath on your left 19

20 photo: Triarc Arkitekter photo: Triarc Arkitekter Thorsgade Student Housing Thorsgade Copenhagen The form of the project takes it's origin in the curved course of the street The building follows this geometry, and is accentuated through the horizontal lines of the façade The tall and slim windows appear to be sub-divided visually by a horizontal steel profile that supports the glass parapets in front of the balcony doors The closed areas of the façade are clad in Rockpanel, using colours that vary in rhythm, according to the division of the balcony doors and windows The ground floor contains spaces for social interaction; study spaces, a common dining-area and social facilities Further along, on the residential floors of the building, the student's quarters gather around a double-height library that provides an additional space for communal studying, bridging the living quarters with social contact areas The library provides a clear visual marking of the building's façade to the street, as well as a visual identity to the surrounding area photo: Triarc Arkitekter Project is not public! 2005, Interior architect, Landscape architect, Urban planner Triarc Arkitekter triarc private 20

21 photo: Adam Mørk photo: Adam Mørk Ørestad Gymnasium Ørestads Boulevard Copenhagen This is the first school in 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 Project is public! m² 3XN Municipality of Copenhagen 3XN photo: Adam Mørk Please contact before visiting: mail[at]oerestadgym[dot]dk Please be aware of the fact that Orestad College is a college, and you have to get some kind of permission to see the college from the inside during daytime Metro M1: Ørestad of Bella center The school is located across from the Fields shopping mall close to Ørestad Metro Station 21

22 photo: Jacob Gallt photo: Jacob Gallt Frøsilos Islands Brygge Copenhagen '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 photo: Jacob Gallt Public access unknown! 2005 MVRDV NCC Rasmus_Rune_Nielsen 22

23 photo: Niels Nygaard photo: Niels Nygaard Copper Tower Pakhusvej Copenhagen The 16-story Copper Tower (Kobbertårnet) stands at the northern entrance to Copenhagen Harbor Over the years, the distinctive building with rounded corners will change appearance As the salty winds from the Sound meet the façade s copper, its color gradually changed from its original flaming red to a more subdued dark brown in late 2005 In the course of the next score of years, large parts of the façade will turn the characteristic verdigris familiar from other towers and roofs in Copenhagen The concept of a copper tower was part of the unified plan for the North Harbor conceived by the Dutch architect Adriaan Geuze, who originally dreamed of a tower of towers to rise high above the harbor and consequently expand the copper-covered part of Copenhagen s skyline (from cphxdk) photo: Niels Nygaard Project is not public! m² Arkitema Port of Copenhagen and TK Development MI_MOA Amerika Plads is conveniently located close to the S train stations Østerport and Nordhavn Or take bus 26 from the city centre 23

24 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Felix Luong Mountain Dwellings Ørestads Boulevard Copenhagen 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 photo: Felix Luong Project is not public! m² Main designer, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group JDS architects Danish Oil Company and Høpfner JDS Metro M1: Ørestad of Bella center 24

25 photo: Felix Luong Sjakket Youth House Skaffervej Copenhagen A base camp for immigrant youth is to occupy a former factory building The exterior twin peak silhouette and gables are subject to rules of preservation We gut one of the vaulted buildings making it a vast sports hall, and jam the other with the more intimate programs Huge garage can open up the south side to the courtyard as an extension into the urban realm The canyon between the two vaulted roofs becomes the secret oasis of the kids The studio of Ghetto Noize Records is located in a container spanning the two peaks as the only architectural addition, and the icon of Sjakket's presence on the industrial skyline of North West Copenhagen photo: Vegar Moen Project is not public! m² BIG Bjarke Ingels Group JDS architects Realdania Foundation JDS 25

26 photo: Torben Eskerod photo: Torben Eskerod The Bikuben Student Residence Amager Fælledvej Copenhagen Loneliness and lack of social relations are major problems for many students Bikuben student residence provides the framework for the study years and improves the possibilities of a community spirit emerging in a widespread social network The main shape is very serene and conveys in itself the hostel's founding principles of community and equality To provide the greatest possible contact between common and private rooms, while at the same time ensuring the privacy of each residence, the residences and the common rooms are connected in a double spiral surrounding an atrium Thus, the limitations of the student's living quarters are widened to incorporate the entire building and the social contact areas, and the freedom of the individual is considered to a maximum degree Concrete tectonics and social responsibility merge, and the building is embedded in its place and alters its conditions photo: Torben Eskerod Project is not public! m², Landscape architect Structural engineer Lighting designer aart aart Rambøll Viera Collaro Kollegiefonden Bikuben 26

27 photo: Søren Kuhn photo: Kontraframe Amager Strand Beach Amager Strandvej Copenhagen Lapping waves, beach volley and life on the esplanade? Just minutes from the centre of Copenhagen by Metro With the new Amager Strand Beach having been inaugurated, this is now a reality Amager Strand Beach consists of the beach along the coastal road, Amager Strandvej, a lagoon, an island and the two parks 10-øren and 5-øren (the Danish 10 Øre and 5 Øre coins) The island is 2 km long and the lagoon is 400 metres at its widest point Beach stations have been sited in the middle of the island; these are concrete buildings with toilets, refreshment kiosks and so on These beach stations also act as lookout and vantage points, providing a fantastic view of the large vessels plying the Øresund Sound and Øresund Bridge or the planes preparing to land in Kastrup The new island has been bisected, so that in the north you encounter a landscape of sand dunes, only to find more park-like grounds in the south photo: Amager Strand Project is public! , Urban planner Hasløv & Kjærsgaard Arkitektfirma Amager Strandpark I/S, City of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Municipality, Copenhagen County Copenhagen_X Amager Beach is situated along Amager Strandvej in Copenhagen You can easily get there by bike from the center of the city Another possibility is to take the Metro to Lergravsparken Station and then walk 15 minutes along Øresundsvej You can also go by bus number 12 from Copenhagen Airport or from the bus terminal at the City Hall 27

28 photo: seier+seier photo: seier+seier Paustian Kalkbrænderiløbskaj Copenhagen The Paustian furniture house on the waterfront in Copenhagen was inspired by the typical Danish beech forest with its tall, slim trunks "We often took a trip to a forest or a beach during the creative part of our work Mainly because my father sees issues more clearly when he talks them through with us on a walk in some beautiful natural setting," explains architect Jan Utzon, who collaborated with his father on the project "A walk in a Danish beech forest is like walking through a peristyle The underlying idea in the Paustian building became its many columns, sometimes grouped close together, at other times further apart Sunlight is shed down by skylights in the roof onto the various floors" The inside is just as exciting; the finest furniture designs by designers Aalto, Eames and Le Corbusier The Copenhagen Harbor later commissioned the Utzons to design 2 additional buildings: a Sail Club and "Lakajen", a restaurant and an office building photo: seier+seier Project is public! 1987 Main designer, Jørn Utzon Jan Utzon Kim Utzon Ole Paustian Andrew 28

29 photo: Torben Eskerod photo: Torben Eskerod Sports and Culture Centre Holmbladsgade Copenhagen The boldness of this project lies in the simple idea of making a new kind of crossover building between the traditional typology of the indoor sports arena and the outdoor sports field The formal idea of connecting the new building to four housing blocks seems to suggest that the building is at once a continuation of the built fabric of the neighborhood -and as such, an interior spacebut also an outdoor public space The polycarbonate skin is a very unusual feature in Looking at the result, the effort appears to have been well worthwhile since it is the translucent skin that makes this sports facility so unique Normally, natural light is a rare visitor in indoor sports facilities where artificial lighting is most often preferred in order to secure an even distribution of light In this project, the skin allows for an even distribution of natural light that gives a much warmer feel to this space This is further enhanced by the use of wood as part of the visible structure photo: Torben Eskerod Project is public! m² Main designer, Dorte Mandrup s B&K+brandlhuber&co City of Copenhagen & The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities Rasmus_Rune_Nielsen 29

30 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst DFDS Ferry Terminal Dampfærgevej 30 DK-2100 Copenhagen l This is a ferry passenger terminal for routes to Oslo, Norway, Gdansk and Poland It can handle 3 ferries, 2000 passengers and 400 cars, or 130 trucks The building is a long glass-clad tube, with 2 stories, raised from the ground on heavy pillars in black concrete The glass elements have a varied transparency and give the indoor a significant lightweight character The new facility is designed to integrate all passenger-related activities in one long building At many ferry terminals, passengers have to buy their ticket at a ticket center and then walk down ramps and long corridors to get to the ship Visiting this facility is kind of a strange happening, when large groups of travelers walk from one way to the other, either leaving or arriving The waiting areas are simply a broadened part of the corridor The movement, lining up and waiting happens in the same stretched space At the exterior they are clearly visible as protruding boxes and have a distinct alu-clad façade photo: Naomi Schiphorst Project is public! m² 3XN Port of Copenhagen boeboe Every day 09:00-17:00 h The Port of Copenhagen is conveniently located close to the S train stations Østerport and Nordhavn Or take bus 26 from the city centre 30

31 photo: NGHM photo: NGHM Radisson Sas Royal Hotel Hammerichsgade Copenhagen This is one of the most exclusive designer hotels in the city From the exterior façade through to the swan and egg chairs gracing the lobby, all designed by famous Danish architect, Arne Jacobsen It s a landmark of the Jet Age: it was Copenhagen's first major skyscraper showing off a breakthrough Make sure to get room 606 well in advance This museum room is preserved exactly as it was when Arne completed the hotel The lobby is open for the public, and when you re there pay special attention to the staircase The beautiful high-tech design, thin steps, steel suspension ah, what a perfectionism Jacobsen said: "Well, yes, they call it the punch card, and it s funny, for that s actually what it looks like when the windows are open on a hot summer s day It s been called a lot of different things And many people thought it was a terribly ugly building, and many may still think so At least, it came in first when they held a competition for the ugliest building in Copenhagen" Project is public! 1960 Arne Jacobsen Radisson Sas boeboe photo: NGHM The Radisson SAS Royal Hotel is located in the heart of the Danish capital, across from the main railway station and just 25 minutes from the Copenhagen International Airport The hotel offers underground parking and easy access to major car rental agencies 31

32 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Danish Jewish Museum Proviantpassagen 6 DK-1218 Copenhagen The Jewish concept Mitzvah, "a good deed", is of central significance to Daniel Libeskind's architecture for the museum The Hebrew word Mitzvah is literally stamped in the building: the letters in gigantic sizes form the walking area of the museum, in which the visitors move Danish Jews were saved through the effort of their compatriots and neighbors during the tragic years of the war In this way the Danish Jewish Museum differs from other European Jewish Museums, the history is manifested in the form, structure and light The museum is located in the Royal Boat House built by King Christian IV, transformed into the Royal Library, and now shared with the Jewish Museum The entrance lies in the courtyard, and is marked with conversation spaces, stones that appear to be lying around, random placed The interior has a very Libeskind-like structure, in this case a theatre like décor for all material the museum collects, which can document significant aspects of Jewish life in Project is public! m² Daniel Libeskind Danish Jewish Museum NGHM photo: Naomi Schiphorst Winter: Tuesday to Friday: 1 pm - 4 pm, Saturday and Sunday: 12 noon - 5 pm, Monday closed Summer: (1 June - 31 August), Tuesday to Sunday: 10 am - 5 pm, Monday closed The museum is located in the Royal Library garden, behind the big black library When it is closed: look for the small concrete grey door in the green wall of the Royal Library Public transport: Buslines 1A, 2A, 15, 26, 29 to Højbro Plads 66 to The Royal Library, Christians Brygge Closest metro station: Kongens Nytorv, 10 minutes walk 32

33 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd The Playhouse Sankt Annæ Plads Copenhagen 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 photo: Dirk Verwoerd Project is public! Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma The Royal Theatre and Ministry of Culture NGHM Take the ferry! It stops next door, at the Nyhavn (new harbour) 33

34 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Northern Lights Amerika Plads Copenhagen Nordlyset (Northern Lights) is the first residential block completed in the new Amerika Plads neighbourhood north of the centre of Copenhagen, at the Port It is a taut, white-rendered block, where balconies and gates have been hewn out of the heavy form which they are instrumental in softening In so doing, Nordlyset is intended to contribute to the impression of a compact neighbourhood, in which the streets are narrow and the buildings solid and weighty, but different The residential block houses rented and owner-occupied apartments, and the lower floor will accommodate either shops or smallish youth dwellings Ruth Campau contributed to the glass surfaces throughout the building The artist s brushstrokes have been rendered into a striped pattern, for example, in the entranceways and around the lifts From the outside, the patterns can be clearly made out on some double-glazed plating fitted perpendicularly to the facade and acting as dividing walls between two balconies photo: Naomi Schiphorst Project is not public! m² Artist C F Møller s Ruth Campau JM Danmark boeboe You can visit the inside square, the inner courtyard when the gate is open Amerika Plads is conveniently located close to the S train stations Østerport and Nordhavn Or take bus 26 from the city centre 34

35 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Marloes Faber IT - University Rued Langgaardsvej 7 DK-2300 Copenhagen 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 Project is public! m² Interior architect, Artist Henning Larsen Marloes_Faber John Maeda Danish National Research and Educational Buildings (S-FoU) photo: Marloes Faber It's possible to walk through daily apart from weekends and (school) holidays Metro M1: Islands Brygge 35

36 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd VM Housing Ørestads Boulevard Copenhagen The VM Houses, shaped like a V and an M when seen from above, is the first residential project to be built in Ørestad; 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 photo: Dirk Verwoerd Project is not public! m² Structural engineer BIG Bjarke Ingels Group JDS architects Moe & Brødsgaard Danish Oil Company and Høpfner Marloes_Faber Metro M1: Ørestad of Bella center 36

37 photo: Jens Lindke photo: Marloes Faber Tietgenkollegiet Rued Langgaards Vej DK-2300 Copenhagen 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 café, 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 m², provide a view of the surroundings The communal kitchens, recreation rooms, terraces and utility rooms are located facing towards the courtyard photo: Marloes Faber Project is not public! m² Artist Structural engineer Technical engineer Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma Aggebo & Henriksen COWI Henrik Jørgensen landskabsarkitekter Marianne Levinsen The Nordea Danmark Fund Fonden Tietgenkollegiet Landscape designer Marloes_Faber Metro M1: Islands brygge st Walking: about 15 minutes from city center 37

38 photo: Marloes Faber photo: Marloes Faber Ferring International Centre Kay Fiskers Plads 11 DK Copenhagen New head office and research centre for the pharmaceutical company Ferring, which stands out as a landmark and identification point in Ørestad City The total floor area is about 22,000 m², including about 6,000 m² basement, about 11,000 m² office and a laboratory building with two-storey underground car park and service basement The building is divided into two parts A three-storey laboratory section, grouped around two green courtyards, and an administration section in the 20-storey high tower with an exquisite view of Copenhagen and Sweden The two shapes meet in surrounding an open entrance level and a large canteen that faces the nearby metro station The facades are constructed of glass and horizontal black enamelled metal lamellas It is a wonderful addition to the Copenhagen skyline, the highest building erected in using steel as its bearing construction photo: Marloes Faber Project is not public! m² Structural engineer Contractor Project manager Technical engineer Henning Larsen Moe & Brødsgaard MTHS Entreprenør NNE Rambøll Nieuw Friesland Marloes_Faber Metro M1, stop at Ørestad 38

39 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: The Royal Danish Theatre, Lars Schmidt Opera House Ekvipagemestervej 10 DK Copenhagen 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 photo: Dirk Verwoerd Project is public! m² Acoustics consultant Contractor Structural engineer Theatre consultant Supplier Henning Larsen Arup E Pihl & Søn Rambøll Theater Planning & Technology Ltd Alucobond Europe AP Møller and Chastine McKinney Møller Foundation Mieke The foyer opens 3 hours before performances Tickets for the scheduled tours on Saturdays and Sundays at 9:30 am and 4:30 pm are available from BilletNet or the theatre Box Office at the price of DKK 100 Bus No 66 stops right next to the opera house The nearest Metro station is Christianshavns Torv from where you can catch bus No 66 or walk one kilometre to the opera house A special bus service is available from the opera house following all performances at the Main Stage The harbour busses, or boats, sail directly to the opera house For further information, visit: wwwhurdk 39

40 photo: schmidt hammer lassen architects photo: schmidt hammer lassen architects The Royal Library Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1 DK-1219 Copenhagen 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 café 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 photo: schmidt hammer lassen architects Project is public! m² Acoustics consultant Structural engineer schmidt hammer lassen architects Anders Chr gade Moe & Brødsgaard The Danish Ministry of Culture Mieke Reading Room East and Reading Room North: Monday to Friday: 9 am to 9 pm, Saturday: 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday closed 40

41 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Danish Design Centre HC Andersens Boulevard 27 DK 1553 Copenhagen 's first Design Centre is located just a stone's throw from the town hall square across from Tivoli gardens and showcases all that is hot in Danish design There's always an exhibition on and their shop is guaranteed to tickle your fancy with its wealth of cutting edge design wares The building is divided into two main elements: a five-storey building facing HC Andersen s Boulevard and a two-storey building facing the courtyard On the boulevard side the facades fit remarkebly well in the streetscape The height and rhythm of the front house facade follows the rest of the buildings; however, the design and choice of materials primarily steel and glass give the building a special identity in the row of houses The two lower floors that are open to the public include exhibition areas, café and a conference hall photo: Naomi Schiphorst Project is public! m² Henning Larsen Danish Design Centre Mieke Mon - Fri; Wed; Sat - Sun; Closed 24, 25 and 31 December Buses to Town Hall Square: 2A, 5A, 6A, 10, 12, 14, 26, 29, 33, 67, 68, 69, 173E, 250S Bus to HC Andersens Boulevard (Stormgade):

42 photo: Julien De Smedt photo: Julien De Smedt Harbour Bath Islands Brygge Copenhagen If you walk across Langebro on a sunny Saturday afternoon in summer, you ll see a very peculiar sight when looking down at the old industrial area on Islands Brygge Hundreds of people dressed in swimwear are walking, standing, sunbathing and smiling about as if they were on a sandy beach far from the metropolis In 2002 the Harbour Bath was opened as part of the Havneparken In no time it developed into a unique oasis right in the middle of Copenhagen People instantly loved it City harbours are usually not associated with fresh swimming water Old swimming baths at Langebro closed down in 1953 because of poor water quality Bathing is now without health risks thanks to the improved water quality With 42 km of wharf in the harbour the city s revitalisation "Blue Plan" is working on making room for houseboats, promenades, water sports, recreation areas and playgrounds in the entire harbour space Copenhageners now pack towels and swimwear in their briefcases They might fancy a swim photo: Julien De Smedt Project is public! m² Main designer, Technical engineer BIG Bjarke Ingels Group JDS architects Birch og Krogboe Copenhagen City Council JDS 42

43 photo: Julien De Smedt photo: Julien De Smedt Maritime Youth House Amager Strandvej 13 DL-2300 Copenhagen The site was polluted with heavy metals (and therefore stable) To save budget the architects covered the entire site with a wooden deck (1600m2), so wasn t necessary to clean the site first The building is shared by two clients, a sail club and a youth house The youth house needed outdoor space for the kids to play; the sail club needed most of the site to park their boats The design is the literal results of negotiations between the two contradictory demands Where the deck rises it allows for boat storage and, at the same time, becomes an exciting play area for the kids The common room for daily activities is located in the front house, the workshop and storage is in the back corner building In contrast to the wooden exterior decks the floor in the community space is white concrete and a standard grey concrete in the workshop and storage area This is meant to reflect the dominance of the outdoor activities; the wooden deck is the actual "room" of the Maritime Youth House photo: Julien De Smedt Project is public! m² Main designer, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group JDS architects Kvarterløft Governmental City Renewal Project JDS Monday till Friday From the central station; Københavns Hovedbanegård Take bus 2A direction: Kastrup Lufthavn Change bus at Bulgariensgade to bus 77 direction: Sundbyvester Plads Get off at Sundby Sejlforening Walk 2 min to the Maritime Youth House Take metro to Lergravsparken Station - direction: Lergravsparken Station Change to bus 77 - direction: Sundbyvester Plads Get off at Sundby Sejlforening, walk 2 min to the Maritime Youth House 43

44 photo: Kontraframedk photo: Jens Frederiksen Bispebjerg Bakke Bispebjerg Bakke Copenhagen The sculptor Bjørn Nørgaard used music as his point of departure when he modelled the first version of the building in clay, noting, "If it cannot be modelled, it should not be built" Art was all-important and has given the project an organic and original design that makes the completed complex look like a sculpture The complex comprises two buildings that wind like a serpent through the grounds The buildings have three or four stories, with a tower-like expansion in places that rises to eight stories The goal was to demonstrate that good craftsmanship can compete with today's industrialized building Windows are made of wood and aluminium, roofs of zinc or copper Both red and yellow bricks were used, referring to the classical blocks of apartments in the Nørrebro quarter, where red was used on the street and yellow on the court photo: Torben Eskerod Project is not public! 2006 Main designer, Artist Bjørn Nørgaard BOLDSEN & HOLM Arkitekter Bispebjerg Bakke I/S Copenhagen_X Take busses 6A or 69 to Bispebjerg hosp/tagensvej From here it is a 2-minute walk to Bispebjerg Bakke 44

45 photo: Frederiksen & Knudsen s photo: Frederiksen & Knudsen s Flintholm Care Home Elga Olgas Vej Copenhagen The district around Flintholm Station in Frederiksberg is rapidly changing from an industrial area to a more conventional urban and residential area In brief, a new city district is emerging Flintholm Care Home is a five-storey ellipse-shaped building complex with fifty dwellings for elderly people The four top levels are used for residential purposes, whereas the ground floor contains the main entrance area and all service functions and staff facilities, along with access to the park The building complex was designed by Frederiksen & Knudsen s on the basis of the theme "Focus on Community" That the focus is in fact on the community of residents is evident in many ways, one being that there are very few conventional hallways and corridors Instead, the architects have designed large communal areas that start immediately outside each individual housing unit photo: Frederiksen & Knudsen s Project is not public! m², Landscape architect Frederiksen & Knudsen s Copenhagen_X Frederiksberg Ejendomme 5 minutes' walk from Flintholm metro station 45

46 photo: Jens Lindhe photo: Jens Lindhe Crèche Krausesvej Krausesvej Copenhagen 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 photo: Jens Lindhe Project is not public! m² Dorte Mandrup s City of Copenhagen Copenhagen_X By S-train: Nordhavn station (all lines except H and F stop here) By bus: 1A to Gustav Adolfs Gade (for detailed instructions, visit wwwrejseplanendk) 46

47 photo: DAC photo: DAC Danish ure Centre Strandgade 27B 1401 Copenhagen Danish ure Centre was established in 1985 and since then it has been housed in this old renovated warehouse in Christianshavn Danish ure Centre disseminates knowledge and visions about the architecture and building of the future Through exhibitions, professional projects, seminars and conferences and various cultural events, we are not only an eye-opener to what architecture is, but we also participate in pushing the limits for what architecture can do On a daily basis, approximately 40 employees work in DAC within four different teams: national and international projects, exhibitions, Copenhagen, and communications Additionally, DAC has its own bookshop, café and conference centre photo: DAC Project is public! m² Erik Møller Arkitekter Town and Housing Ministry Boligministeriet Copenhagen_X Open every day 10am-5pm Wednesday open until 9pm Free admission to the exhibition 5-9pm The DAC is located in the centre of Copenhagen and has excellent connections to the airport and to Sweden Metro: Christianshavns Torv, turn to the left down Torvegade and follow it until you reach Strandgade (on the right) Time: five minutes Bus: 2A, 19, 48, 81N or 350S to the intersection Turn to the right down Strandgade Time: five minutes Harbour bus: take the harbour bus to the Knippelsbro stop Turn to the left down Strandgade Time: five minutes 47

48 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Grundtvig's Church På Bjerget 14b 2400 Copenhagen Known as the largest public Evangelical Lutheran church in Scandinavia, Grundtvig's Church (Grundtvigskirken in Danish) was built as a national monument for NFS Grundtvig ( ), a Danish philosopher and social reformer Building commenced in 1921, but main architect Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint died in 1930 He was succeeded by his son Kaare Klint and later his grandson Esben Klint, who completed the church in 1940 Its design is a combination between a cathedral and the style of old Danish country houses The yellow brickwork church stands 50 metres high, which makes it a landmark that can be seen from afar Project is public! 1940 Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint HelleBeelden photo: Maarten Helle The church is open to visitors all year round, not just during services It takes 20 minutes by bus no 6A-66 or 69 from Town Hall Square to Grundtvig's Church at Bispebjerg 48

49 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Petrol Station Kystvejen Copenhagen Located on the main road following the coast between Copenhagen and Bellevue, this petrol station dates from 1937 and was designed by Arne Jacobsen The petrol station itself is a concrete box, clad with Meissen ceramic tiles The service area is what makes this structure stand out: it is covered by an oval concrete shell, supported by a single column This design was originally intended as a prototype for Texaco To save the structure from falling apart, it has been subject to extensive restoration, most notably in 2003 by Dissing + Weitling s in cooperation with the Gentofte Municipality The original ceramic tiles and the concrete canopy have been replaced, after meticulous research and cooperation between the heritage and municipal authorities photo: Maarten Helle Project is public! 1937 Arne Jacobsen HelleBeelden 49

50 photo: schmidt hammer lassen architects photo: schmidt hammer lassen architects Nykredit Headquarters Kalvebod Brygge Copenhagen Nykredit's head office is one of the largest corporate buildings in Copenhagen and occupies an unparalleled location on the city's central waterfront Across nine of its ten storeys, the complex is divided into two svelte office wings, separated by a spacious atrium The structure is one large cubic volume of glass, steel and granite and stands as a gateway between water and city The entrance level extends across the entire complex and incorporates the reception, art installations, lecture hall and a broad main staircase that leads up to the atrium, the building's heart With its suspended meeting boxes and glazed lifts as well as transverse walkways and balcony floors, the space offers an aesthetically stimulating and inspirational working environment The building's generically urban design relates to the promenade and neighbouring buildings and mediates the transition between city and harbour photo: schmidt hammer lassen architects Project is not public! m² schmidt hammer lassen architects Nykredit schmidt_hammer_lassen_architects 50

51 photo: Waterliving photo: Waterliving CPH LIVING Langebrogade Kaj Copenhagen In the innermost part of the Port of Copenhagen, close to Kalvebod Bastion and the Langebro Bridge, is Copenhagen's first floating hotel A former transport barge has been transformed into an exclusive hotel with twelve rooms, all of which benefit from the soft background music of lapping waves and fantastic views of the harbour and the city CPH LIVING is the name of the hotel, which is also extremely sustainable in terms of energy consumption, as it uses energy from the water in the harbour to heat the hotel facilities It is a fully automatic hotel, which in practice means that guests book and pay for rooms online and then receive a PIN code to use for checking in and out of the hotel In other words, apart from cleaning staff, there is no one to disturb the guests Breakfast is provided by the LIVA restaurant ship that is very conveniently berthed next to CPH LIVING The barge hotel is the first of its kind in Copenhagen photo: Waterliving Project is public! m² Waterliving CPH Living I/S Copenhagen_X Buses 12 and 5A both stop at Klakvigsgade, which is 2 minutes by foot from CPH Living 51

52 photo: Adam Mørk photo: Adam Mørk Tivoli Concert Hall Vesterbrogade Copenhagen 3XN won the prestigious competition for the renovation of Tivoli's concert hall In a partnering process with contractor NCC and engineers Birch & Kropgboe, 3XN has restored the former glory of the concert hall and has created new buildings in the old garden Focal point of the project is a new circular three-storey foyer with lounge, bar and outdoor café which gives a view of Tivoli The foyer is light, transparent and modern, yet it keeps the 'Tivoli-spirit' White lacquered, twisted alu strings create a joyful façade that catches and reflects the sun and Tivoli's many lamps at night The 700 m2 pavilion is the new main entrance to the concert hall as well photo: Adam Mørk Project is public! XN Tivoli 3XN 52

53 photo: Adam Mørk photo: Adam Mørk Deloitte Headquarters Copenhagen Weidekampsgade Copenhagen The Deloitte Headquarters is situated opposite the recreational area of the Stadsgraven waters and presents itself as a solitary volume on the edge between land and water Characteristic hanging gardens are cut into the building volume, creating oases for small breaks and opening up to the daylight These openings prolong the outer perimeter and enable all office areas to be placed along the façades with panoramic views The office areas and the central atrium compose one large room The result is a transparent organisation with a high degree of informal knowledge sharing The atrium frames a large piece of art; '77' made of light by Steven Scott The stairs and bridges crossing the atrium display at their bottom sides fields of lights with varying widths, changing colours in a cycle that avoids repetition for several years photo: Adam Mørk Project is not public! m² 3XN Deloitte 3XN 53

54 photo: Niels Erik Lund photo: Niels Erik Lund Koncerthuset Emil Holms Kanal Copenhagen 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 semi-transparent 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 25m 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 photo: Niels Erik Lund Project is public! m² Jean Nouvel DR Forside MI_MOA By Metro, the stop is called "DR Byen" which is 3 minutes walk from Koncerthuset 54

55 photo: seier+seier photo: seier+seier Sømærk Peter Holms Vej Copenhagen 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 Project is not public! 2008 Tegnestuen Vandkunsten SAB and Finansgruppen Nordic Copenhagen_X photo: seier+seier The easiest way to get to Sømærk is by car Otherwise, one might take the S-train to Sydhavn Station From here it is 15 minutes on foot to Sømærk 55

56 photo: Leo Cornall photo: Leo Cornall Danish National Bank Havnegade Copenhagen The entrance for this bank is a small hole in the huge, monolithic stone wall You enter through a single-storey internal lobby that changes your direction while you enter the huge volume of the main 20m-high hall Ahead of you is a staircase that hangs from metal bars, which is a counterpoint to the entrance lobby which also hangs Light enters the austere space from recesses in the main wall The focus is centered on the arrangement of Jacobsen's Egg Chairs Through to the main banking area and the atmosphere changes completely Here, one will find light, modern wood panelling and light wells with plants next to the workers' desks photo: Leo Cornall Public access unknown! m² Arne Jacobsen Danish National Bank archipiano 56

57 photo: Adam Mørk photo: Adam Mørk Horten Headquarters Philip Heymanns Alle 7-9 DK-2900 Copenhagen Danish law firm Horten wanted their new headquarters to present itself in a contemporary as well as classical and solid way The architects' solution was to design a modern office with a new interpretation of the classical stone-clad façade Inside, the building appears light and open with a flexible structure, encouraging informal meetings and knowledge sharing The dynamic atmosphere is intensified by the complex and innovative exterior expression A unique façade design was developed in order to set new standards within sustainable solutions The three-dimensional façade in fiberglass and travertine works as a screen against the sun while still providing a view to the water In this way, the architecture itself is actually the main contributor to the energy savings of the building Project is not public! m² 3XN Carlsberg Ejendomme A/S 3XN photo: Adam Mørk 57

58 photo: Paul Tahon and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec photo: Paul Tahon and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Showroom Kvadrat Copenhagen Klubiensvej 22 DK Copenhagen This is the second Kvadrat showroom by Bouroullec, situated in a harbour industrial building As the first showroom was the starting point for the development of the North Tiles, this new space integrates the product 'Clouds' Inspired by the direct view onto the sea and the open windows on both sides of the long hall-like, the concept is to occupy the space without intervening onto the walls Wide wooden boxes, covered with fabric, delimitate working areas and the meeting room The showroom is openly stretched on one side, using hangers and steelwood shelves to show fabrics A large Clouds motorized wall opens and closes with a touch of a switch, to split the space between the showroom and the office area, while softening the general acoustics At first sight, only appear geometric abstract shapes of fabric and wood Details seem to have disappeared A very peculiar atmosphere derives from this soft abstraction as a kind of visual calm emanates from the place, almost destabilizing photo: Paul Tahon and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Project is public! 2009 Interior architect Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Kvadrat Naomi Tuesday - Thursday or by personal appointment T , kvadrat@kvadratorg 58

59 photo: SLA photo: SLA Charlottehaven Strandboulevarden Copenhagen 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 photo: SLA Project is public! 2001 Main designer, Landscape architect Contractor Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma SLA MT Højgaard A/S Harald Simonsens Ejendomskonto Copenhagen_X See opening hours for the health club, the café / restaurant etc at Charlottehavens webadress wwwcharlottehavencom 59

60 photo: Kasper Egeberg Copenhagen X photo: Kasper Egeberg Copenhagen X CBS Kilen Kilevej Frederiksberg Copenhagen pus/menu/kilen The guiding concept of the Wedge (CBS Kilen) is a dynamic ground-floor space that opens up on the activities and the landscape of the surrounding squares and buildings, including the newly renovated Frederiksberg Main Library, Frederiksberg High School, and Frederiksberg Center shopping mall The Wedge rests on two grass-covered hills and its glass façade provides a smooth transition between the open air, the landscape, and the building?s interior The top four stories are shielded by movable, vertical shutters in a combination of wood, colored glass, and metal, giving the building's façade great variety An organically shaped atrium rises five stories inside the building Large circular windows provide light from above, both diffuse and direct sunlight, and create exciting light and shadow effects in the atrium Classrooms and offices are placed along the outer walls, and corridors take the form of indoor balconies with views of the atrium Project is public! 2005 Contractor Technical engineer Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma E Pihl & Søn Niras Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen_X photo: CBS Jens Lindhe Monday-Friday 730 am pm The metrostop 'Fasanvej' lies just next to CBS Kilen 60

61 photo: Dissing+Weitling ure Pedestrian Bridge Aagade Aagade 2200 Copenhagen The Green Path bicycle route traverses Copenhagen's Noerrebro (North Bridge) quarter, forging a link with its sister green belt in neighbouring Frederiksberg The link between the two cycle and pedestrian routes traverses the busy Aagade thoroughfare in a graceful arc in both the horizontal and vertical planes, in harmony with the sinuous curves the Green Path carves through the city photo: Dissing+Weitling ure Project is public! 2008 Dissing+Weitling Municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg lmattozz 24/7 By car, bike or foot 61

62 photo: Giovanni Bellinvia photo: Giovanni Bellinvia Signalhuset Arne Jacobsens Allé Copenhagen 288 residential units for young people in clusters of four that can be transformed into 72 family apartments located in Copenhagen developing city area of Ørestad on the island of Amager Project is not public! 2006 NOBEL arkitekter archviews photo: Giovanni Bellinvia 62

63 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd 8 house Richard Mortensens Vej Copenhagen The bowtie-shaped mixed-use building of 3 different types of residential housing and 10,000 m2 of retail and offices comprises 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 big 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 m2 of communal facilities Here the building is penetrated by a 9m wide passage that allows people to easily move from the park area on its western edge to the water filled canals to the east Project is not public! m² BIG Bjarke Ingels Group MI_MOA photo: Dirk Verwoerd 63

64 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Bella Sky Center Boulevard 5 DK-2300 Copenhagen The Bella Sky hotel in Copenhagen is (so far) the largest building site in In May 2011 Bella Sky opens as one of Scandinavia s largest and most spectacular hotels Visually the hotel is characterized by the two leaning towers, creating a spectacular and unspoiled view over the green meadows, the sea and the Copenhagen skyline The two towers incline 15 degrees by comparison the leaning tower in Pisa leans at an angle of 397 degrees amounting to a staggering 20 meter slope difference between the ground and top floor In order to accommodate such working conditions special fitters were trained to abseil down the building to mount the façade photo: Dirk Verwoerd Project is public! XN 3XN Subway to Bella Center 64

65 photo: Julian Weyer photo: Julian Weyer The Anchor Amerika Plads Copenhagen The sculptural block which unites residential and office buildings in a single overall architectural attitude makes a significant contribution towards creating a dynamic, urban power field in the dense, block-dominated quarter of Søndre Frihavn The residences and offices, which are functionally separated, enjoy the appearance of a single unit thanks to the dynamic, facetted relief pattern of the facade, which encompasses both the balconies of the homes and the larger glazed façade bays of the offices section The entire building is clad with light greenish/gray sand-faced bricks, to create a coherent volume in the new dense urban surroundings The building is bisected by two passages which serve as access to the apartments and to the courtyard with outdoor areas for both the housing and business spaces These passages cut right through the buildings with the exception of the uppermost, unifying penthouse floor, where there are meeting-rooms and generous relaxation areas photo: Julian Weyer Project is not public! m², Landscape architect Contractor Structural engineer C F Møller s C_F_Moller_s Hoffman Construction Company Orbicon City Development Copenhagen 65

66 photo: Julian Weyer photo: Julian Weyer Bispebjerg Student Housing Fyrbødervej Copenhagen The collective lifestyle at halls of residence is emphasised in this project, with architecture that highlights the common areas The complex, which can house a total of 252 students, displays a modernist and vertical expression in its two buildings of nine and ten storeys, respectively The common rooms appear to float between the two buildings, and take the form of zinc-clad cubes, each with their own interior colour of yellow, orange or grey These help to give the hostel a strong visual identity, even at night The buildings are arranged in a U-shape which opens up towards the south in a large open atrium courtyard, thereby contributing to the visual and physical contact between the individual rooms Project is not public! m² Structural engineer Contractor C F Møller s Midtconsult NCC Construction A/S Kristensen Properties C_F_Moller_s photo: Julian Weyer 66

67 photo: Torben Eskerod photo: Torben Eskerod Østerbrogade 105 Housing Østerbrogade Copenhagen Østerbrogade 105 is a new residential property set among historical town houses in one of Copenhagen's most desirable areas The building's unique façade composition tells a modern story of variation and sculptural form, taking its cue from the rich detail of the neighbouring properties The reddish-brown façades of recycled brick and the modernistic bays link the building with the neighbourhood The bays, clad in copper and glass, are set like eyes upon the façade They offer a space where residents can step out and look far down the street, as well as drawing natural light deep into the apartments The dense brickwork which rounds off and concludes the block stretches for its entire length above a light glass wall which adorns the tall ground floor The contrast of the heavy surface floating above the light, tall glass facade gives the building a touch of modernity and an unexpected base photo: Torben Eskerod Project is not public! m² Services engineer Contractor C F Møller s COWI E Pihl & Søn Nordea Ejendomme C_F_Moller_s 67

68 photo: Julian Weyer photo: Torben Eskerod Field's Arne Jacobsens Allé Copenhagen With a total shopping area the size of 18 football pitches and 110 shops, Field's is not just Scandinavia's largest shopping centre - it is a whole town under one roof Field's is designed with the emphasis on quality, simplicity and, above all, light Daylight streams into the centre through all its storeys and via the many glass walls The seven-metre broad thoroughfares with their many inviting squares emphasise the open and transparent nature of the complex photo: Torben Eskerod Project is public! m² Main designer, Interior architect Contractor Contractor Artist Services engineer C F Møller s Evenden E Pihl & Søn MTH Nils Erik Gjerdevik Niras TK-Development / Steen & Strøm C_F_Moller_s weekdays: 10:00-20:00 h saturdays: 10:00-18:00 h Shopping Sundays: 10:00-17:00 h 68

69 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Bella House Ørestad Boulevard Copenhagen With a view out over a common green, Bella Hus thrusts upwards between the promenade and the canal waterscape along Ørestad Boulevard Given its fields of different grasses and rows of shady trees, the green could have taken its cue from Fælleden, which is a natural resort in Copenhagen Facing Ørestad Boulevard and with a split gable façade comprising a white rendered section set on the site and a lighter, floating section that points skywards, Bella Hus cuts a svelte and elegant figure On the south and north sides, the flats read as a rhythmic series of solid white blocks that decrease in height from the large scale on Ørestad Boulevard to the small scale in the residential areas to the east The ob-long room windows inset in the white blocks produce a dancing rhythm effect across the building photo: Maarten Helle m² schmidt hammer lassen architects HelleBeelden 69

70 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Maarten Helle The Bow Robert Jacobsens Vej Copenhagen Stævnen (The Bow) is one of the first buildings completed in the new Ørestad South neighbourhood The neighbourhood is planned as an exciting, dense and modern urban area composed of buildings of high architectural quality with a varied mix of residential, commercial, retail and institutional uses Stævnen is placed in the southern-most and most attractive part of the neighborhood and will have unimpeded views out over the large, protected natural area at Kalvebod Fælled As an important amenity, the new building will be surrounded by water to the east and south in the form of a large basin which is the new neighbourhood's border to Kalvebod Fælled A new art plaza showcasing Hein Heinsens's large sculpture (which is already installed) lies to the east of the site, and the future canal street will border the site to the west photo: Dirk Verwoerd Project is not public! 2009 Vilhelm Lauritzen s HelleBeelden 70

71 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Cabinn Metro Hotel Arne Jacobsens Allé Copenhagen After the CABINN Metro hotel opened in early 2010 it was the largest hotel in and a new landmark for Copenhagen The hotel is located in the north-west corner of Copenhagen's fast-growing city quarter, Orestad The CABINN Metro hotel offers 1,060 rooms and is conveniently located roughly 4-5 km from Copenhagen International Airport and the city center in Orestad It is within walking distance from Scandinavia's largest conference and exhibition venue, Bella Center, beside Scandinavia's largest shopping mall, Fields, and boasts excellent transport links, including an adjacent Metro station, mainline railway station and motorway to Sweden nearby photo: Maarten Helle Project is public! 2010 Daniel Libeskind HelleBeelden All Day, since it is a Hotel 71

72 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Rambøll Head Office Hannemanns Allé Copenhagen The 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, co-operation 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 photo: Maarten Helle Project is not public! m² Main designer, Landscape architect Mikkelsen Arkitekter Schønherr Landskabsarkitekter HelleBeelden 72

73 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle SEB Bank & Pension Bernstorffsgade copenhagen SEB Headquarters is located near the harbour and Kalvebod Wharf The building complex frames a sloping landscape that rises 7 meters from Bernstorffsgade to the sites southern border The buildings volumes are derived from the location and sight lines to the harbour and city, incorporating a flexible, open plan that allows spacious, well-lit work areas arranged around circular cores containing elevators, toilets, and service shafts The facades consist of storey-high glass partitions in a staggered rhythm with inset, copper-clad floor bands The sloping landscape covers the parking and technical areas while giving pedestrian and cycle access to a planned green park that will stretch to Dybbølsbro at the South Harbour photo: Maarten Helle Project is not public! m² Main designer, Landscape architect Structural engineer Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma SLA Rambøll SEB Bank & Pension HelleBeelden 73

74 photo: schmidt hammer lassen architects photo: schmidt hammer lassen architects The Crystal Puggaardsgade / Hambrosgade 1562 Copenhagen The Crystal reads as a transparent, geometrical, glazed form which, resting only on a single point and a single line, floats as a visually light, crystalline structure above the plaza The building is intermediate between the city and the harbour, and harmonises with neighbouring buildings On the southern side, it rises and creates space for the main entrance From one corner, there is passage under the building and a clear view out towards Nykredit s head office building, called the Glass Cube, and the harbour The interior layout of the building has been designed for optimum functionality, flexibility and efficiency The typical floor plan is disposed in a Z-shape around two atria, which ensures that all workstations are well lit and enjoy a view The building s multi-faceted glass façade reflects both daylight and the immediate surroundings, but also features an integrated sunscreen that allows the building to adapt to changing light conditions photo: schmidt hammer lassen architects Project is not public! m² Main designer, Landscape architect Structural engineer schmidt hammer lassen architects SLA Grontmij I Carl Bro A/S Alectia HelleBeelden 74

75 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Frederikskaj AC Meyers Vænge Copenhagen The Frederikskaj residential complex is located at the old Teglværkshavn (Brickworks Harbour) by the southern harbour entrance to Copenhagen Docklands The 152 flats are housed in two blocks - each with six access stairways Dissing+Weitling won the architectural competition in 2005 to design the flats with its visionary proposal to establish a new canal running closely adjacent to the blocks, drawing the reflection of the water's surface into the flats The buildings are oriented to provide maximum benefit from the sun and views over the new canal with its kayak put in places and the magnificent, wide steps leading directly from the water to the little square in the centre of the complex With its copper clad facades, its large glass balconies and hardwood doors and windows, the Frederikskaj complex contributes with a warm and welcoming feel to the ambiance around Teglværkshavn photo: Maarten Helle Project is not public! m² Main designer, Landscape architect Structural engineer Mikkelsen Arkitekter GHB Landskabsarkitekter MT Højgaard A/S MT Højgaard HelleBeelden 75

76 photo: Julian Weyer photo: Julian Weyer The Opera Pavilion Orlogsværftsvej Copenhagen With the Opera Pavilion, which can accommodate 200 waiting persons, opera guests and other visitors to Holmen will have a place of shelter by the water bus quay In its form, the building takes its cue from the existing semicircle of the jetty The pavilion thus has the appearance of a seamless, circular geometrical shape which is open towards the jetty and on two sides, as well as towards the gangway pier The clear, simple expression is underlined in the facade structure, which consists of two strips of copper, between which runs a glass facade offering 360-degree visibility The roof, which is slightly sloping, is also clad in copper, and features an asymmetrically-positioned round skylight, which gives the building's fifth facade a certain lightness This unusual architectural treatment was desirable, as the entire building can be seen from the Opera foyer Copper has been chosen to create an architectural link with the handsome, preserved control towers Project is public! m² Services engineer Contractor C F Møller s Alectia HSM Industri AP Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal C_F_Moller_s photo: Julian Weyer During water bus operating hours By water bus line 901, 902 or

77 photo: Adam Mørk photo: Adam Mørk Sølvgade School Sølvgade Copenhagen Sølvgades School is being extended to enable it to become a two-track school A new school building of approximately 2,400 m² is being constructed in the existing school courtyard, while the listed school building from 1847 is being extended The new, six-storey school building inclines in order to accommodate the surrounding housing blocks: both the tall houses in Klerkegade and the lower ones in Sølvgade The school area is surrounded by an old green border hedge which embraces the entire campus This will be replaced by a new glass fence, which will also be integrated into the ground floor of the new building The building has been constructed in compliance with the latest guidelines for environmentally-friendly development issued by Copenhagen Municipality The project has achieved environmental classification as a 'low-energy class 2' building, which means that its energy consumption does not exceed 68 kwh/m²/year photo: Adam Mørk Project is not public! m² Structural engineer Technical engineer C F Møller s Esbensen Rådgivende Ingeniører Sloth Møller Rådgivende Ingeniører City of Copenhagen / Copenhagen Properties C_F_Moller_s 77

78 photo: Adam Mørk photo: Adam Mørk Green Lighthouse Tagensvej 16 DK 2200 Copenhagen Green Lighthouse is 's first CO2 neutral public building and home to the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen The building's circular shape and the adjustable louvres of the façade mirror the course of the sun The sun being the predominant source of energy is the overriding design concept behind the new building Green Lighthouse is based on a whole new experiment with an energy concept, consisting of a supply combination of district heating, photovoltaics, solar-heating, cooling and seasonal storage 70% of the reduction of the energy consumption is the direct consequence of architectural design To achieve carbon neutrality, many green design features were incorporated to reduce energy use and provide a holistic and healthy indoor environment for students and faculty The building itself was oriented to maximize its solar resources photo: Adam Mørk Project is public! m² Structural engineer Structural engineer Christensen & Co s COWI Velux Danish University & Property Agency ChristensenCos_CCO 78

79 photo: DesignGroup s photo: DesignGroup s Zeta Park A C Meyers Vænge Copenhagen The multi-storey car park is situated next to the preservation-worthy wall of the Copenhagen Floating Dock The facade has its origin in the original characteristic relief and the vertical division which is reinterpreted and thus creates an exciting and varied expression Focus has been on the sense of security, transparency, and easy orientation for the daily users Project is public! m² DesignGroup s KMI photo: DesignGroup s 79

80 photo: Adam Mørk photo: Adam Mørk KPMG Headquarters Osvald Helmuths Plads Copenhagen The KPMG Headquarters located in Copenhagen s upscale district of Frederiksberg, has been designed with the goal of fitting into the local setting as a good neighbor The architects therefore, approached the challenge by designing a building that in spite of its significant size, elegantly adjusts to the surrounding scale The cloverleaf shape and the light natural stone façade blend in smoothly with the adjacent residential and office buildings Inside, the cloverleaf shaped design results in three light atriums, each one being the focal point for the surrounding open office spaces The atriums are stylistically similar, but not identical, making orientation logical and easy Footbridges across the atriums are not only aesthetically playful, but also are the quickest route through the building The logistics have been thoroughly planned to achieve KPMG s goals for greater collaboration between the different departments photo: Adam Mørk Public access unknown! m² Landscape designer Structural engineer 3XN Henrik Jørgensen landskabsarkitekter MT Højgaard A/S KPMG 3XN 80

81 photo: Adam Mork photo: Adam Mork NOMA Lab Strandgade Copenhagen 3XNs interior for NOMA Restaurant s food lab unites the creative worlds of gastronomy and architecture in a modern expression of the Nordic aesthetic As the number one ranked restaurant for two years in a row, the expectations for creative innovation at NOMA are higher than ever before Therein lay the need for an inspiring experimentarium where chefs could continue to take their skills further in the evolution and development of Nordic cuisine The NOMA Lab has been an opportunity to experiment with digital design methods "For the project, we developed a living software which made it possible to send drawings direct to fabrication from the computer It s kind of similar to printing a text one has just typed but instead we are printing furniture pieces," In practice, it meant that the interior was delivered as a three dimensional puzzle of over 5000 pieces that were assembled without the help of any carpenters Project is public! m², Interior architect Associate architect 3XN photo: Adam Mork GXN NOMA Lunch: Tuesday-Saturday: 1200 am to 130 pm (1200 to 400) Dinner: Tuesday-Saturday: 630 pm to 1000 pm (630 to 100) 3XN 81

82 photo: ONV photo: ONV SIgnalgården Amagerfælledvej 135 A 2300 S Copenhagen Signalgården is a residential housing complex based on the AlmenBolig+ concept that means affordable housing with an environment friendly profile It consists of 4 rows in different heights from 3 to 4 levels creating a semi-block around a central courtyard It is one of two blocks situated just opposite DRbyen close to the center of Copenhagen The flats are made in varying sizes and layouts from 1 level flats to 3 levels raw house type flats All flats have access to private terrace/roof-terrace or balcony The buildings are produced from prefab elements and finished on site within a short period photo: ONV Project is not public! m² Technical engineer Contractor Landscape designer ONV arkitekter Dominia Jonsson Schul landskab Boligforeningen 3B ONV Take the Metro station DRbyen (>Universitetet) 82

83 photo: ONV photo: ONV Grøndalsvænge Allé Jordbærvej Copenhagen Grøndalsvænge Allé is a residential housing complex based on the AlmenBolig+ concept that means affordable housing with an environment friendly profile It consists of 7 rows in different heights from 2 to 3 levels The site is in a green area close to the center of Copenhagen The flats are made in varying sizes and layouts from 1 level flats to 3 levels raw house type flats All flats have access to private terrace/roof-terrace or balcony The buildings are produced from prefab box elements and finished on site within a short period photo: ONV Project is not public! m² Contractor Structural engineer ONV arkitekter Kodumaja Viggo Madsen A/S KAB ONV Go by train to Fuglebakken station 83

84 photo: ONV arkitekter photo: ONV arkitekter Bostedet Amagerfælledvej Amagerfælledvej Copenhagen Bostedet Amagerfælledvej is a sheltered housing complex based on the AlmenBolig+ concept that means affordable housing with an environment friendly profile The house which is from 2 to 4 levels of height, topped by 2 large roof terraces, forms a semi-block around a central courtyard It is one of two blocks situated just opposite DRbyen close to the center of Copenhagen The house is organized in units consisting of 2 to 6 flats joint around a common room, with a shared kitchen and a large balcony or terrace In addition to the residential areas there are offices and a larger common room at the ground floor The building is produced from prefab elements and finished on site within a short period photo: ONV arkitekter Project is not public! m² Structural engineer Contractor Landscape designer ONV arkitekter Dominia Jonsson Schul landskab Boligforeningen 3B ONV Take the Metro to DR Byen, Universitetet 84

85 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Metropole Njalsgade Copenhagen The 'Metropole' is an eight storey office building, situated on the boulevard in Ørestaden which connects the metro station to the university complex The ground floor houses shops and cafés, and there is a parking garage in the basement The building's volume is modulated and shifting, to give a different aspect from every angle The facades are also lively, with an artistically treated, silk-screened glass skin changing in appearance in different light and weather conditions An internal atrium connects the floors, and gives easy access to outdoor spaces from all workplaces The building's layout is a flexible floor plan, which can accommodate up to two different tenants per level From every floor there are wide views over Copenhagen and the Ørestad photo: Nazar Leskiw Project is public! m² C F Møller s Pension Danmark Ejendomme A/S Nazar 85

86 photo: Dissing+Weitling photo: Dissing+Weitling The University Library Njalsgade Copenhagen 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 photo: Nazar Leskiw Project is public! m² Contractor Landscape designer Mikkelsen Arkitekter Rambøll Sven Kierkegaard The Danish Ministry of Culture/The Danish Royal Library Nazar Tuesday - Wednesday: 08-21; Friday: 8-18; Saturday - Monday: Closed Metro: Islands Brygge 86

87 photo: DISSING WEITLING photo: Nazar Leskiw AB6 Ofice Complex Weidekampsgade Copenhagen As one of the first in, the building utilises an interactive, double-skin facade providing efficient temperature control while allowing maximum daylight - which will considerably reduce energy consumption in the complex The facade will also afford those working in the offices unique acoustic protection against traffic noise from busy Amager Boulevard The facade solution will add a transparent, aesthetic quality to the building, its combination of glass and natural stone visually linking and bringing together the large glass buildings and the brick facades of the older, residential complexes on either side of it The new office complex is in the basic shape of a cube with deep indents inviting light and open, outdoor spaces far into the building in the form of atria, patios and courtyards It has been designed with an emphasis both on creating soft transitions between exterior and interior, activity and recreation and on affording individual lessees optimum flexibility photo: Nazar Leskiw Project is public! m² Dissing+Weitling Nazar 87

88 photo: PLH photo: PLH Copenhagen Marriott Hotel Kalvebod Brygge Copenhagen With its windows on the quaint harbor in 's capital, the fully serviced Copenhagen Marriott hotel offers 401 air-conditioned, spacious accommodations with exquisite water and Copenhagen city views, luxury Marriott bedding with down comforters and rich linens photo: Nazar Leskiw Project is public! m² PLH Nazar 88

89 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: KHR architekter Ørestad Library Arne Jacobsens Allé Copenhagen 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 Project is public! 2012 Nazar photo: Dirk Verwoerd 89

90 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Dirk Verwoerd Senior housing Asger Jorns Allé Copenhagen Ørestad is a developing city area in Copenhagen,, 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 Project is public! 2012 JJW Arkitekter Nazar photo: Maarten Helle 90

91 photo: KHR architekter Flintholm Station Flintholm st Copenhagen Flintholm Station is the biggest station on the transverse urban railway, Ringbanen (the Ring Railway) Flintholm Station has been designed by architects from both KHR Arkitekter and DSB (Danish State Railways) It is obvious that Flintholm is pure architecture with its elegant transparency, which, in spite of its great size, makes it easy to find your way around it The visual structure is covered by a huge roof construction of 5,000 square meters in glass and steel, which is suspended in eight steel pillars Project is public! 2004 KHR architekter Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw 91

92 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Zink House Dampfærgevej Copenhagen Zink House/ Zinkhuset is a part of the town plan 'North Port', created by the Dutchman Adriaan Geuze The building is a block consisting of 60 exclusive owner-occupied flats The block is built as a sculptural box, tipped up towards the west and the view of the town The 'lift' and the courtyard space ensures light and air underneath the house It connects the house with the open street space and the shops are reached on both sides It was important to create a lot of outdoor space, both a private courtyard, terraces and roof top gardens The building is coved in zinc and the terraces seems like sharp cuts in the hollow block, due to the wood cladding inside photo: Nazar Leskiw Project is public! m² Holsøe Arkitekter Nazar 92

93 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: ATP Ejendomme DONG energy offices AC Meyersvænge Copenhagen DONG Energy is one of the leading energy groups in Northern Europe Project is public! 2011 Hvidt s Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw 93

94 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers Ørestads Boulevard Copenhagen The first part of Dissing+Weitling's Copenhagen Towers project, the 4-star Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, Hotel and Conference Centre, opened on 16 November Copenhagen Towers, located in the Orestad quarter south of the Copenhagen old city centre, reinforces the identity not only of Copenhagen, but also the Oresund Region as an international centre for commerce The three 85 m high towers located at the junction of the Oresund Link and the Metro, will form an imposing gateway to the Orestad South development Copenhagen Towers, have been planned as a sustainable project since the very first sketches The masterplan is orientated towards the sun in such a way that daylight and views were optimized and risk of overheating reduced Project is public! m² Dissing+Weitling Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw 94

95 Office Building KLP Ejendom Arne Jacobsens Allé Copenhagen Flexibility is the overarching theme in KLP's office building The building is adaptable to the individual requirements of the tenancy: open landscape offices may be converted to cellular offices, in the same way as the tenancy can be adapted to the individual firm's requirements without losing the logical coherence between rooms and spaces The significant location on the corner of Arne Jacobsens Alle and Orestads Boulevard, close to Orestad metro station, has played a crucial role in the design of the building Great importance is attached to the appearance which engages and unifies the existing surrounding buildings As one of the first lots to be developed, the project was an ambitious prelude to coming buildings in this new part of town photo: Nazar Leskiw Project is public! m² Dissing+Weitling Nazar 95

96 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Frederiksberg Gymnasium Falkoner Plads Copenhagen Frederiksberg Upper Secondary School opens up towards the city and draws in the surrounding urban life making it a part of its interior dynamics The school accommodates 650 students and 80 teachers The two top floors of the Frederiksberg Upper Secondary School are designed like a modern student environment with visual contact across halls and interior courtyard areas The entrance hall, which opens up towards the new Falkoner Plaza, provides access to the student facilities on the two top floors of the building The facade of the school is 50 meters long and three floors high Wide stairs from the main hall gives access to flex rooms and a gym on the ground floor and moreover wide stairs provide access to the upper floors that are bright and transparent Transparency and visual contact across study rooms and open spaces, courtyards and terraces are predominant in the design of the upper study environment Project is public! 2003 Henning Larsen Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw 96

97 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Business Center Winghouse Ørestads Boulevard Copenhagen Business Center Winghouse is located in the building of the same name which is situated in the center of Copenhagen Ørestad Winghouse was designed by Henning Larsen s whose designs include among others, the Copenhagen Opera House at Holmen, and the Danish headquarters of Nordea Bank and Ferring Pharmaceuticals Winghouse is a uniquely distinctive and easily recognizable building, shaped like an aircraft wing, hence its name The square in front of the building leads into the impressive foyer and a manned reception area with a high ceiling and large, elegant glass facades From the reception area, either the impressive staircase or an elevator takes the visitor to the business centers 10 fully-equipped variously-sized meeting rooms Project is public! 2012 Henning Larsen Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw 97

98 photo: Laura Stamer photo: Laura Stamer Mirror House Frederik V's Vej Copenhagen The copenhagen central park in 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 Project is public! m² MLRP City of Copenhagen fegomestrotti photo: Laura Stamer 98

99 photo: Iwan Baan photo: Iwan Baan Superkilen Park Nørrebrogade Copenhagen "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 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" photo: Iwan Baan Project is public! m² Main designer, Artist Landscape architect BIG Bjarke Ingels Group Superflex Topotek1 Copenhagen Municipality, Realdania Timi 99

100 Jemtelandsgade Jemtelandsgade Copenhagen The Neighbourhood Center is located in former industrial buildings from 1880 Today the scheme has a mixed use programme; a local library and a café as well as office facilities on the upper floors The structural changes to the existing building consist primarily of the partial removal of the existing floor decks in order to create a new triple-high foyer space In addition to this, a new building was added offering a Neighbourhood Center for gatherings The supporting structure in the hall consists of an exposed framework of plywood covered with thermal glazing panels in pine frames Project is public! m² Dorte Mandrup s Copenhagen Municipality DMA photo: Jens Lindhe monday - friday saturday metro or bus 100

101 photo: Peter Nørby photo: Peter Nørby 4B Stokhusgade 4B 1317 Copenhagen 4B is an infill built in 2008 in the heart of Copenhagen The project 4B consists of a slim structure of glass, a plaster gable and a light cladding of Tombac From the ground to the fourth floor the building is facing north and south The struc-ture is extruded from the street to the courtyard taking a cue in height from the tall adjacent red brick house and forming a white plaster wall against the 3 storey neigh-bouring house From the 4th to 7th floor the building opens towards west and the Østre Anlæg park The band clad with Tombac flows over the facades from the main entrance to the courtyard, breaking the scale to the historic urban context photo: Peter Nørby Project is not public! m² Holscher Arkitekter NF From Nørreport, take bus no 6A one stop and get off at Statens Museum for Kunst From the bus stop, walk approx 300 m along Øster Voldgade towards Østerport Turn right onto Stokhusgade It is also possible to walk for approx 10 min from Nørreport to the project (follow Øster Voldgade until Stokhusgade comes up on the right) 101

102 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Red Corner day care centre Sundholmsvej Copenhagen You cannot miss it, this new, bright red, day care centre on Sundholmsvej, which is appropriately named "The Red Corner" Responsibility for the project was in the hands of ONV s and Scandibyg, who together won the competition organised by the Municipality of Copenhagen The institution can accommodate 160 nursery and kindergarten children, and this proximity has been a major factor in the design of the institution Green roof and playground in one The three storeys of the Red Corner face Sundholsvej, but gradually give way to a single storey in towards the yard and playground Its height shelters the building from the bustle of traffic on Sundholmsvej, providing a safe and peaceful playground The three floors are united by a zig-zag, sloping green roof, which also serves as a playground and access route to the various levels photo: Maarten Helle Project is not public! m² ONV arkitekter HelleBeelden 102

103 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Office Halfdansgade Halfdansgade Copenhagen The overall idea was to create a small, but exceptional building that will contribute and respond to the area context by repeating the existing ridge roof skyline By repeating and twisting this skyline concept, we challenge the general public's perception of the Copenhagen skyline It's a minor urban statement, that contributes to the on-going discussion on the city and its context About The building works well either as a single tenant facility with the ground floor designed for Reception and Conference Center or alternately, as a multi-tenant building with a shared lobby by the main stair A spacious dining facility is located in the adjacent building The focus for the design at Halfdansgade has been to create a flexible and inspiring environment photo: Maarten Helle Project is not public! m² Danielsen s HelleBeelden 103

104 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Tivoli Hotel Arni Magnussons Gade Copenhagen The organisation and the architectural layout of the three hotels provide optimum conditions for an interaction between the buildings, the green pedestrian street, and the wider surroundings Structured by a distinctively layered and varied façade and by constantly shifting roof-formations, the architecture of the hotels is inspired by the natural conditions of the site - the cliff-formations eroded by the sea photo: Maarten Helle Project is public! m² Kim Utzon HelleBeelden 104

105 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Wake Up Hotel Carsten Nieburhs Gade Copenhagen Hotel A, recently named 'Wake Up Hotel', is the first erected building as part of a congress- and conference centre The centre can seat up to 4000 delegates with 3 associated hotels The hotels consist of approximately 1,300 rooms with related facilities The total area covers square metres The organisation and the architectural layout of the three hotels provide optimum conditions for an interaction between the buildings, the green pedestrian street, and the wider surroundings Structured by a distinctively layered and varied façade and by constantly shifting roof-formations, the architecture of the hotels is inspired by the natural conditions of the site - the cliff-formations eroded by the sea photo: Maarten Helle Project is public! m² Kim Utzon HelleBeelden 105

106 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Metropolis Oscar Pettifords Vej Copenhagen "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 photo: Maarten Helle Project is not public! m² Danielsen s HelleBeelden 106

107 photo: Frankss photo: Frankss Kulturhus Nordvest Rentemestervej Copenhagen The northwest area in Copenhagen is located between the lively and diverse urban neighborhood of Nørrebro and the villa neighborhoods at the edge of the city Many people live and work in this multiethnic area Yet, since the area is located in the vicinity to numerous entry roads, most Copenhageners only use Nordvest as passage when going in and out of the city by car The Culture House and Library tries to help improve the identity of the area It is designed to create a landmark and to provide a meeting point for the local community The new culture house consists of 4 functions, stacked on top of each other like a series of golden books Each "book" is a world of its own with individual interiors and furnishment The spaces between are open zones for flexible use The foyer and zone between the existing building and the extension act as an urban passage for the neighborhood The concert hall is placed on top of the building A powerful object that seems to defy gravity photo: Frankss Project is public! m² Main designer, Landscape architect Contractor Building physics consultant Transform COBE Schønherr Landskabsarkitekter Brdr Andersen, Randers A/S Wessberg Københavns Kommune Franks Weekdays: from 8AM till 10 PM Weekend: from 8AM till 3 PM From København H, take bus 5A and get out at Hulgårds Plads This bus ride will take about half an hour From there walk to the west and turn right on the Tomsgårdsvej Walk 250m and you will find the center on your left hand 107

108 photo: Adam Mørk photo: Adam Mørk Zero-Energy Environmental Centre Nordsøvej Copenhagen The Environmental centre is placed by the harbour to the North of Copenhagen, in an upcoming area developed with an innovative sustainable green focus Around 26 members of staff and administration will have their daily workplace at the new zero energy centre Merging with its surrounding nature, through a grass coved roof sloping to the ground, the zigzag shaped building has solar panels and photovoltaic cells incorporated in its distinct architecture The building produces energy through the 10 m² solar panels and 140 m² of photovoltaic cells, combined with heat storage and thermo active covering the energy usage will be that of zero Project is public! photo: Adam Mørk Christensen & Co s Building physics consultant Grontmij I Carl Bro A/S Copenhagen City & Harbour Authorities m² ChristensenCos_CCO 108

109 photo: Adam Mørk photo: Adam Mørk Sports Centre Christianshavn Arsenalvej Copenhagen The new sustainable multi-purpose community Sports Centre in Christianshavn, Copenhagen (Hall C) will welcome sports clubs, schools, the local High School and the many societies and clubs in the area The centre is beautifully situated along a busy canal The building is designed as a square wooden building, with plenty of daylight coming from both façade and roof The sports centre is dimensioned to handball, badminton and basketball and is the natural center point of the building, connected to the arrival area and foyer Seating, including disability seats, will be established along both sides appearing as a natural extension of the floor photo: Adam Mørk Project is public! m² Landscape designer Structural engineer Christensen & Co s 1:1 Landscape Rambøll Municipality of Copenhagen ChristensenCos_CCO 8:00-23:00 Public Transport: Bus line 9A 109

110 photo: Adrian Ewig Linoleum House Aboulevard Copenhagen Due to its masonry pattern, this house was nicknamed the Linoleum House The openings of the facade are marvellously fitted into the pattern Project is not public! photo: Adrian Ewig 1931 Povl Baumann AdrianEwig 110

111 photo: Adrian Ewig Office Building Ved Vesterport Vesterbrogade Copenhagen This office building fills a complete perimeter block It is clad in copper Poul Henningsen called it "modern without being fashionable" Public access unknown! 1932 Povl Baumann AdrianEwig photo: Adrian Ewig 111

112 Stelling House Gammeltorv Copenhagen A small functionalist corner house in the historical centre of Copenhagen Public access unknown! 1937 Arne Jacobsen AdrianEwig photo: Adrian Ewig 112

113 photo: Adrian Ewig Housing Ved Skolen Hovmestervej Copenhagen This housing project comprises three sides of a perimeter block Until today, it houses a soccer field in its quadrangle Project is not public! 1939 Povl Baumann AdrianEwig photo: Adrian Ewig 113

114 Housing Storgarden Tomsgardsvej Copenhagen Together with a beforehand existing school, this housing constitutes a triangular perimeter block Public access unknown! 1935 Povl Baumann AdrianEwig photo: Adrian Ewig 114

115 photo: Adrian Ewig photo: Adrian Ewig Office Building Nørre Voldgade Norre Voldgade Copenhagen From outside it doesn't really look like a modern building But once you get inside you might change your opinion Project is public! 1939 Povl Baumann AdrianEwig photo: Adrian Ewig 115

116 photo: Adrian Ewig photo: Adrian Ewig Housing Vestergardsvej Vestergardsvej Copenhagen Povl Baumann's first large scale housing project Public access unknown! 1917 Povl Baumann AdrianEwig photo: Adrian Ewig 116

117 Novo Therapeutic Laboratory Nordre Fasanvej Copenhagen Arne Jacobsen designed this first building of Novo's in Frederiksberg in a fine functionalist manner Project is not public! 1935 Arne Jacobsen AdrianEwig photo: Adrian Ewig 117

118 photo: Adrian Ewig Headquarters on Langelinie Langelinie Alle Copenhagen The vision was to create an environmentally sustainable, forward-looking corporate headquarters with a distinct architectural expression The 'bastion' is removed from the building, giving an additional floor and achieving a holistic integration building geometry, construction principles, and interior climate concept, all while minimizing floor deck height and maximizing room height The addition of an extra level allows for a continuous atrium rising through all levels, furnished with 'hanging gardens' of meeting and lounge platforms, bridges, and open stairs Two vertical service cores define the atrium; one core is 'green', covered in climbing plants, the other core is 'blue', with full-height water-art The facades, homogeneous bands of brickwork perforated by a net of openings, are marked by large, lone apertures in the forms of portals, bay windows, and dormers photo: Adrian Ewig Public access unknown! 2014 Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma AdrianEwig 118

119 photo: Adrian Ewig photo: Adrian Ewig Hornbaekhus Hornbaekgade Copenhagen Kay Fisker is one of the most important housing architects in The Hornbaekhus is his first housing scheme that has been implemented Its rational facade is in neo-classicist style The pleasantly green inner courtyard compensates for the austere appearance of the block photo: Adrian Ewig Project is not public! 1922 Kay Fisker AdrianEwig 119

120 photo: Adrian Ewig Vodroffsvej Vodroffsvej 2A 1900 Copenhagen When the building at Vodroffsvej was completed in 1929, it created a stir in the public debate The horizontal band of windows, the flat roof and the layered façade in yellow and red brick were not the typical features of Danish buildings at the time Instead, the style was inspired by The Bauhaus School and the European modernism that thrived in the Netherlands and Germany The modernist style of the 1930s is known as functionalism in Scandinavia and is characterized by clearly marked horizontal lines and corner windows made possible by the constructional progress The block consists of two wings gathering in a point at the one end The one wing facing the lake has six floors, the other wing holds five Due to the uneven terrain the levels of the block shift, so that the windows in the one wing intersect with the brick façade of the other wing The building houses 18 apartments and originally seven shops photo: Adrian Ewig Project is not public! 1930 Main designer, Kay Fisker C F Møller s AdrianEwig 120

121 photo: Adrian Ewig photo: Adrian Ewig Dronningegarden Dronningens Taergade Copenhagen Dronningegarden is a Modernist residential complex in central Copenhagen, consisting of four L-shaped buildings defining an urban space around the intersection of Adelgade and Dronningens Tvaergade Designed by Kay Fisker in collaboration with C F Moller and Svenn Eske Kristensen, it was built between 1943 and 1958, during the transition from Traditionalism to Modernism, as a notable example of Nordic Functionalism Public access unknown! photo: Adrian Ewig 1942 Main designer, Kay Fisker C F Møller s AdrianEwig 121

122 Pelican Self Storage Kalkbaenderihavnsgade Copenhagen Tetris is developing a self storage building in Copenhagen Entasis is attached to the assignment as an architect, as the municipality has asked for a project oriented towards the potential of the entire area The basic idea of the building is to introduce a volume that fits in the existing urban context The building is placed solitary and adapted to the site's wedged shape To substantiate the contextual relationship, horizontal lines from the surrounding buildings are adapted into the new building as cuts, undercuts, prints and alignment This means that the building will have different heights and inclining surfaces In a desire to create a gate between the new building and the neighbor, the facing brick facade is used as a transformed motif in the new facade design This transformation means 'stretching' the motif to fit the length of the new facade The windows will be also will be walled up, and the facade will stand as a reflection of his neighbor photo: Adrian Ewig Public access unknown! 2012 entasis AdrianEwig 122

123 photo: Adrian Ewig Hotel Astoria Banegaardspladsen Copenhagen The building was designed as a station hotel for the Danish State Railways The hotel was built from 1934 to 1935 as the first luxury hotel in Copenhagen The hotel consists of a long slender wing forming a barrier between the courtyard in front of the main entrance to the Central Station, which partly opens to the underground rail lines, and Reventlowsgade, the street on the Vesterbro side of the station An example of 'architecture parlante', the building is intended to resemble a steam locomotive, with its connotations of travel and movement encapsulating the essence of the site, and as an expression of the fascination with progress and technology which was typical of the time It consists of an expressive constellation of cubist volumes, culminating in the narrow facade looking out over Vesterbrogade which is topped by a "hood ornament" in the shape of a winged wheel bearing a crown, a sculptural representation of the old logo of the Danish State Railways Project is public! 1935 Ole Falkentorp AdrianEwig photo: Adrian Ewig 123