Maritime Youth House / PLOT

Jan 2009

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Architects: PLOT = BIG + JDS
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Client: Kvaterloft Copenhagen, Loa Fund
Collaborator: JDS ARCHITECTS, BIRCH & KROGBOE
Constructed Area: 2,000 sqm
Project year: 2004
Budget: US $1,950,000
Photographs: Julien de Smedt, Mads Hilmer, Esben Bruun, Paolo Rosselli

How do you turn the problem of a polluted site into an architectural potential?

A third of our budget was allocated to remove our polluted topsoil. By covering the site with a wooden deck we could leave the soil where it was and invest the money on the building rather than the site’s polluted topsoil. The result is a public landscape of social functions surrounded by water on all sides.

Two very different users had to share the facilities: a sailing club and a youth centre with conflicting requirements: the youth centre wanted outdoor space for the kids to play; the sailing club required most of the site to moor their boats. The building is the result of these two contradictory demands: The deck is elevated high enough to allow for boat storage underneath while providing an undulating landscape for the kids to run and play above.

The interior of the building is very low key: the front room oriented towards the coastline, is used as a common room where most of centre’s daily activities take place. It utilizes a higher level of materials and detailing than the workshop and storage areas. The floor in the workshop is a standard grey concrete whereas the commons area has a polished Aalborg white concrete with white aggregate. The presence of hard surfaces used on the interior is meant to contrast the wooden exterior, an inversion of what is commonly done (wooden interior, concrete and asphalt exterior). This is meant to reflect the dominance of outdoor activities of the youth house. The Maritime Youth House has therefore gained an additional ‘room’ which IS the wooden deck – it supports all the centre’s programs, indoor and outdoor.

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: ground floor plan

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Cite:
Saieh , Nico . "Maritime Youth House / PLOT" 12 Jan 2009. ArchDaily. Accessed 07 Feb 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/11232>

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Ethel Baraona Pohl says:

In this book there is a brief text about the wood use in the project, take a look at project 14 of the index (or page 70):
http://skinarchitecture.com/

As always, great posts at arch daily!! Thanks

# January 12, 2009 at 08:42

Contemporary Art says:

This looks like a dream for kids; a mysterious landscape, but still one dynamic enough for lots of dynamic playing. An excellent solution.
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http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com

# January 12, 2009 at 11:49

Dm says:

And…do they have something to do with FOA? I mean…it’a A LOT like Yokohama International Passenger terminal…
Looks nice, though.

# January 12, 2009 at 13:14

simon says:

A great project, BIG and JDS need to get back together again. Are some of these photos not loading all of the way or is it just me?

# January 12, 2009 at 18:08

Maria-Louiza Laopodi says:

Wonderful structure and idea! Congrats!

# January 13, 2009 at 15:31

jay says:

How can you achieve a different solution, concerning the toxic soil.., by making a wooden roof, that even elevates in some sections to create open spaces?

# January 13, 2009 at 16:37

shamb says:

Getting tired of these diagrams presenting a project as a simple and rational move, when it never can, or will be. Being BIG or not, being a fan of Darwin or not, these ways of presenting a architectual project as a simply natural process of “cause and effect” is a great visual map to present to your client, but can not touch upon the richness and contradictions every healthy project contains. In the same way you can make a concept accessible, you can also make it restricted and poor.

# January 13, 2009 at 16:56

Saulo says:

i totally agree with you….but this is a good proyect, with this “accesible diagrams” or whitout them…congratulations PLOT

# August 18, 2009 at 23:47

agbar says:

I went to see this. Someone came out of the office and yelled at me to stop walking on the roof. Seriously.

# January 13, 2009 at 18:25

bpwnz says:

Looks like a nice skate park.

# January 16, 2009 at 00:34

2MACoff says:

О СЕНДБОКС )))

# May 28, 2009 at 10:02

pepermint says:

a landscape Architect interesting in Architecture

# September 22, 2011 at 10:20

Kilian says:

Plot, I like it – individual form are unbelievably calming

# October 28, 2011 at 08:30

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# January 13, 2012 at 01:15

2:33 PM Sep 4th

Takeshi Ito

ということで今日はココ http://www.archdaily.com/11232/maritime-youth-house-plot/

12:50 PM Oct 5th

Gabriel Madureira

http://bit.ly/aCNw8Y Curti! (:

4:59 PM Oct 6th

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3:24 PM Feb 11th

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