jacobsen.projects 12 Radisson Sas Royal Hotel Copenhagen, Denmark Arne Jacobsen hotel SøHOLM II Royal Danish Embassy Petrol Station Hansaviertel

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1 jacobsen Projects 12 Created 11-Feb-15 By SHIOKA OKAMOTO, DRAGOR, Radisson Sas Royal Hotel Copenhagen, hotel Petrol Station Hansaviertel Danish National Bank St Catherine's College 4 SøHOLM I 8 Royal Danish Embassy 9 Aarhus City Hall 10 Aarhus, office 5 Stelling House 11 Copenhagen, cafe, shop 6 Oxford, United Kingdom university SøHOLM II London, United Kingdom embassy Copenhagen, commercial space, office 3 Berlin, Germany Alvar Aalto housing, mixed-use development, urban plan Klampenborg, apartment, housing, private house Copenhagen, gas station 2 Novo Therapeutic Laboratory 12 Copenhagen, factory 7 Klampenborg, dwellings, private house Sollerod Townhall 13 Holte, government 1

2 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" 1960 Client 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 2

3 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 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 HelleBeelden 3

4 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Hansaviertel Klopstockstraße Berlin Germany The Hansaviertel is a small locality between the Tiergarten park and the Spree river within the central Mitte borough of Berlin It was almost completely destroyed during World War II, but was rebuilt from 1957 to 1961 as a housing estate project of international master architects like Alvar Aalto, Egon Eiermann, Walter Gropius, Oscar Niemeyer etc, called Interbau 1957 (IBA 1957) The whole ensemble is now protected as a historic monument The quarter received its name for its streets named after Hansa cities, with the Hansaplatz in the centre This square contains a small shopping arcade, a library and the Grips-Theater The Hansaplatz subway station was already built in 1957, though the U9 line did not open before 1961 Some Gründerzeit buildings remained north of the Stadtbahn railway The Altonaer Straße, named after Altona, Hamburg, leads to the Victory Column Schloss Bellevue, the residence of the German President is nearby (text from Wikipedia) 1957 Main designer, Alvar Aalto Egon Eiermann Godber Nissen Hans Scharoun Jacob Bakema Ludwig Lemmer Max Taut Oscar Niemeyer Pierre Vago Walter Gropius Werner Düttmann pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 4

5 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! Floor area/size m² Client Danish National Bank archipiano 5

6 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh St Catherine's College Manor Road OX1 3UJ Oxford United Kingdom Alan Bullock, then master of the College, commissioned Jacobsen to design St Catherine's after seeing his work in The plan is a modern reinterpretation of the traditional "Oxbridge" quad Two linear accommodation blocks are arranged north-south to define the east and west boundaries Placed in between these are three separate blocks: The dining hall, library and lecture theatre, which are all variations on a similar structural theme Closing the northern end, and linked to the dining hall are the junior and senior common rooms Arriving at the college, visitors are directed back on themselves, and away from the campus, passing the Master's Lodge (also by Jacobsen), before crossing a formal water garden Passing under the western accommodation block one arrives in a central court, or quad, dominated by a huge circular lawn The landscape and mature planting compliment the composition Pragmatically the scheme is not perfect, but it never the less remains a masterpiece photo: David Baugh 1964 Client Saint Catherine's College, Oxford davidb The grounds of the college only are open daily between 1400 and 1700 hours Check first at the porter's lodge in the ground floor of the Arumugam Building However the buildings are not normally open The college is about a minute walk from the centre of Oxford 6

7 SøHOLM I Strandvejen Klampenborg The chained row in Søholm I is staggered and each of the five houses is separated from its neighbour by an intermediate building and a noticeable chimney Their roofs are divided into two sections sloping in opposite directions by a vertical window in the middle, an innovative design that contributed to Jacobsen's international recognition To optimize the view of the sea, each house has a living room located on the first floor with access to a balcony and with steps leading down into a dining room which consequently has an unusually high ceiling From the kitchen, located on the ground floor level, there are stairs down to the cellar which also contains a garage In 1951, himself moved into the house closest to the sea photo: Nupredator 1950 Client Bellevue Nupredator 7

8 SøHOLM II Strandvejen Klampenborg The Søholm II houses, situated further back from the sea, are divided into two wings in order to cater for a group of beautiful old plane trees on the site Each house has 130 square metres of living space The L-shaped living room on the ground floor has a fireplace and an adjoining kitchen The bedrooms are on the first floor The roofs here are also interesting in that they slope down past the balconies and windows in the east-facing niches photo: Nupredator Project is not public! 1952 Nupredator 8

9 Royal Danish Embassy Sloane Street 55 SW1X 9SR London United Kingdom 's bold, modern embassy building sits between more traditional mansion housing on Sloane Street in Belgravia, facing onto the gardens of Cadogan Place It makes a formal accommodation to its surroundings, with its five even bays corresponding to the street's house widths, and its ambassadorial residence above the fourth floor set back to maintain the line of the tops of neighboring houses These accommodations help the striking, metal-faced building blend remarkably comfortably photo: Steve Cadman 1977 Main designer, Associate architect Client Dissing+Weitling Donald Bull arquitectosvo 9

10 photo: Helene Høyer Mikkelsen photo: Helene Høyer Mikkelsen Aarhus City Hall Rådhuspladsen Aarhus The winning project for Aarhus's new city hall consisted roughly of three connected building volumes with almost flat roofs placed on the site - a former cemetry - to create a small park The building harmonizes with the dense urban structure on Park Allé, while on the west, it opens up onto an area with fewer buildings, at the time a garrison, today the Concert Hall Wood is the material used first and foremost in the interior of the Aarhus City Hall All the furnishings and nearly all the furniture are made of varnished wood photo: Helene Høyer Mikkelsen 1942 Main designer, Erik Møller Arkitekter HelleBeelden working hours 10

11 Stelling House Gammeltorv Copenhagen A small functionalist corner house in the historical centre of Copenhagen Public access unknown! 1937 AdrianEwig photo: Adrian Ewig 11

12 Novo Therapeutic Laboratory Nordre Fasanvej Copenhagen designed this first building of Novo's in Frederiksberg in a fine functionalist manner Project is not public! 1935 AdrianEwig photo: Adrian Ewig 12

13 photo: Adrian Ewig Sollerod Townhall Overodvej Holte The townhall used to be the administrative centre of the Sollerod municipality In 2007 Sollerod was merged with Birkerod into Rudersdal Therefore the townhall is now called Rudersdal townhall photo: Adrian Ewig 1942 AdrianEwig 13