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1 Køben Projects 34 Created 21-Apr-09 By Ogmund Sørli, Trondheim, Norway The Brygge Overpass Copenhagen, Dissing+Weitling bridge, landmark Elephant House Sluseholmen Crèche Krausesvej Harbour Isle Apartments Boligslangen The Bikuben Student Residence Kastrup Søbad Seawater Lido Sømærk 7 Petrol Station Copenhagen, Arne Jacobsen gas station Mountain Dwellings 14 Ørestad Gymnasium 15 Havneholmen Atrium 16 Fyrtrnet 17 Copenhagen, Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma housing 8 Meatpacking District 18 Copenhagen, Mutopia square, urban plan 9 FIH domicile 19 Copenhagen, 3XN office 10 Copenhagen Metro Stations 20 Copenhagen, KHR architekter subway station, tunnel 11 Copenhagen, Tegnestuen Vandkunsten housing Copenhagen, Wingårdh Arkitektkontor office Copenhagen, White s leisure 6 Copenhagen, aart student housing 13 Copenhagen, 3XN secondary school Copenhagen, Domus Architekter housing, urban plan 5 Copenhagen, Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma housing Danish Jewish Museum Copenhagen, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group car park, housing Copenhagen, Dorte Mandrup s kindergarten 4 Copenhagen, Soeters Van Eldonk architecten apartment, housing, urban plan Copenhagen, Daniel Libeskind museum Copenhagen, Foster & Partners leisure, tourism 3 Sports and Culture Centre 21 Copenhagen, Dorte Mandrup s community centre, culture, sport 12 Thorsgade Student Housing 22 Copenhagen, Triarc Arkitekter student housing 1

2 Grundtvig's Church Copenhagen, Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint church CPH LIVING Tivoli Concert Hall Koncerthuset Amager Strand Beach Sjakket Youth House Frøsilos Copenhagen, MVRDV apartment 30 Achslengut Residences 31 Private House in Sigulda 32 Sigulda, Latvia ARHIS private house 26 The Tin House 33 London, United Kingdom William Russell private house 27 Marc Jacobs Tokyo 34 Tokyo, Japan Jaklitsch/Gardner s shop 28 Copenhagen, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group youth house 25 Copenhagen, Hasløv & Kjærsgaard Arkitektfirma culture, leisure, park, sport Danish ure Centre Sankt Gallen, Switzerland baumschlager & eberle housing Copenhagen, Jean Nouvel music theatre 24 Copenhagen, 3XN auditorium, music theatre, renovation Copenhagen, Erik Møller Arkitekter cafe, exposition space, gallery, information centre Copenhagen, Waterliving hotel 23 AO Building 35 Tokyo, Japan Sakakura Associates commercial space, office 29 Upper East 36 Tokyo, Japan AAE shop 2

3 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 Dissing+Weitling City of Copenhagen Copenhagen_X Always open Access from Islands Brygge (right behind Gemini Residence) and Havneholmen (behind Fisketorvet shopping centre) 3

4 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! Floor area/size 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 4

5 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 2010 Main designer, Urban planner, Urban planner Soeters Van Eldonk architecten Copenhagen_X Arkitema City of Copenhagen Busses 4A and

6 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! Floor area/size 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) 6

7 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! Floor area/size m² Technical engineer Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma Niras Sjælsø Gruppen pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 7

8 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! Floor area/size 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 8

9 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! Floor area/size m², Landscape architect Structural engineer Lighting designer aart aart Rambøll Viera Collaro Kollegiefonden Bikuben 9

10 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 Floor area/size 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 10

11 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 11

12 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 1937 Arne Jacobsen HelleBeelden 12

13 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 Floor area/size 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 13

14 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! Floor area/size m² Main designer, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group JDS architects Danish Oil Company and Høpfner JDS Metro M1: Ørestad of Bella center 14

15 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 Floor area/size 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 15

16 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! Floor area/size m² Wingårdh Arkitektkontor Skanska pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 16

17 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 17

18 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 2007 Urban planner Mutopia City of Copenhagen Copenhagen_X 4 minutes on foot from Dybbølsbro station (S train) 10 minutes from Copenhagen central station 18

19 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 19

20 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 , 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 20

21 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 Floor area/size m² Main designer, Dorte Mandrup s B&K+brandlhuber&co City of Copenhagen & The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities Rasmus_Rune_Nielsen 21

22 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 22

23 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 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 23

24 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 Floor area/size 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 24

25 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 XN Tivoli 3XN 25

26 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 Floor area/size m² Jean Nouvel DR Forside MI_MOA By Metro, the stop is called "DR Byen" which is 3 minutes walk from Koncerthuset 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 , 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: 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! Floor area/size m² BIG Bjarke Ingels Group JDS architects Realdania Foundation JDS 28

29 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 29

30 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 Floor area/size 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 30

31 photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti Achslengut Residences Kublystrasse 9016 Sankt Gallen Switzerland The Achslengut Residences in Sankt Gallen are compact housing 'clusters' with interior circulation and projecting balconies The orientation of the buildings is important as the composition is based on the views over Lake Constance Glass sliding elements are located in front of the apartments, some transparent, others translucent, thus providing clear separation between public and private interests (text from website architects) photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti Project is not public! 2002 baumschlager & eberle JKA 31

32 photo: Indrikis Sturmanis photo: Indrikis Sturmanis Private House in Sigulda Gulbju Iela Sigulda Latvia Largely invisible from the street, this private house received an award for the best Latvian architectural design of 2004, beating all its heavyweight rivals and becoming a place of pilgrimage for both architects and the general public The hillside on which the building sits was first excavated and then filled in again once the house was completed The plot was strongly landscaped in bands of simple 'materials': a rye field skirting the street, a grassy lane on the valley side, gravel for the 'cour d'honneur', and pebbles for the tourist trail that passes across the roof of the building The house itself is an elongated, linear structure, whose orthogonal geometry provides a backbone for the skewed volumetric composition and spatial layout A combination of rough, massive surfaces and smooth, light elements meanders through the house Slanting, protruding and naturally uneven elements create a genuine sense of nature photo: Indrikis Sturmanis 2004 General consultant Associate architect Associate architect ARHIS Barbara Abele Juris Lasis Kristaps Sulcs Undisclosed Anita_Anteniske The house itself is private, but a tourist trail passes through the plot and across the roof 32

33 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh The Tin House Bacon Street 23 E2 6DY London United Kingdom William Russell graduated from the Royal College of Art and set up practice with David Adjaye for a while They went their separate ways in 2000, Russell working on his own before joining the design practice Pentagram in 2005 This is his own house built on a tight site just off the famous Brick Lane in Tower Hamlets The name comes from the galvanised steel panels which clad the majority of the house Internally, the programme is unconventional with bedrooms on the lower levels and living areas above, taking advantage of the light and increased privacy granted by the form of the building There are a number of double-height spaces and external terraces The structure is formed of concrete In an area where buildings are predominantly brick, this structure seems a little incongruous, but doesn't jar Project is not public! 2002 William Russell davidb photo: David Baugh The nearest tube stations are Old Street (Northern Line City Branch) Use exit 3, Aldgate East + Whitechapel (Hammersmith & City and District Lines) and Bethnal Green (Central Line) 33

34 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Liao Yusheng Marc Jacobs Tokyo Minamiaoyama, Tokyo Japan This flagship location marks the first freestanding building designed for Marc Jacobs The 2,800-square-foot, three-story building is located off Omotesando Street in Tokyo's famous Aoyama shopping district It houses two main sales floors as well as a smaller sales area and storage room below grade The design responds to strict local codes and the surrounding context, bordered by world-renowned architecture and a quiet residential neighborhood Zoning requirements limited the occupiable building height to two above-grade floors, demanding a comparably shorter building height within the immediate site context However, a common building element known in Japanese as a kosakubutsu, used to conceal rooftop building equipment, was employed -- doubling the height of the building and visually compensates for the reduced occupiable height The facade is divided into three zones: a minimalist open ground floor, a dark and heavy middle floor, and lastly a custom perforated paneled beacon Floor area/size m² Jaklitsch/Gardner s Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw 34

35 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw AO Building Kitaaoyama Tokyo Japan AO building is a high-rise building of 90m with shops and offices Splendidly curved sky scrapers in Aoyama, just between Omotesando and Shibuya in downtown Tokyo Main designer, Sakakura Associates Nihon Sekkei Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw 35

36 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Upper East Jingumae Tokyo Japan The four-storey shop located in the Aoyama district Each of the floors is shifted to each other The facade of the building is covered with a copper sheets 2006 AAE Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw 36