Youth Recreation & Culture Center / Dorte Mandrup + Cebra
Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps + Cebra Arkitekter A/S
Location: Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark
Project Year: 2008
Turn Key Contractor: Partnering NCC Construction Danmark / Mangor & Nagel Arkitektfirma A/S
Client: Gentofte Municipality
Engineer: NCC Construction Danmark
Landscape: Peter Holst Landskab
Construction Area: 2,600 sqm
LOutdoor Area: 4,000 sqm
Photographs: Adam Mørk
The building is situated in a residential area in a northern suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark. The area predominately consists of large villas from the turn of the century.
The site is long and narrow- on one side bordering the railroad and on the other a busy road- Gersonsvej – hence there was a noise problem to be solved.
The program was a mixed use complex containing several different institutions both communities and individual users. Cross programming was developed through workshops and games with future users, adults as well as children.
The site is noise polluted in a degree demanding noise reducing walls to protect the outdoor play area. Elements such as a bunker and a transformer box were integrated in the landscape of green noise baffles surrounding the site. An old chestnut tree- characteristic for the site – was preserved and incorporated in the garden.
To express the complexity of the program under one roof, the building is shaped to the area with a form that morph recreation and leisure in 3 connected houses. As interpretations of the surrounding villas, the design of the building basically downscales the large volume of the gym to the scale of the area.
The houses spread out into individual villas:
- Sports villa
- Café villa
- Work shop villa
- Music villa
There is a dynamic synergy between the villas and throughout the house, where sports and leisure are directly intertwined, both physically and mentally. The merge between indoors and outdoors was also in relation to this and an important feature for the users. Ground level activities all have direct access to the garden or court yards.
The terminology of the building recognizes classical domestic spaces such as the entrance hall, dining room, atelier, living room, terrace, garden and attic. Through the use of color, light and surfaces, varying moods are emerging as a series of rooms. Each is done with its own special character, specific technical, acoustic, material and surface related qualities depending on their unique function.
The ambition has been to create a hangout for children, who recall Pippi Long stockings famous “Villa Villakulla” more than just another institution.
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- site plan
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- ground floor plan
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- first floor plan
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- elevation 01
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- elevation 02
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- building concept
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- indoor-outdoor diagram
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- section 01
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- section 02
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- section 03
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- adjustment to surrounding diagram
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- surrounding diagram
very nice
I LIKE THIS KIND OF ARCHITECTURE,
FROM ONE SIDE LOOK LIKE TRADITIONAL COTTAGE HOUSE(ROOF)
BUT FROM ANOTHER LIKE CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE WITH GOOD MATERIALS AND INTERESTING INTERIORS. IT SOMETHING LIKE TRANSFORM TRADITIONAL ROOF TO CREATE NEW SHAPE.
I love to see how sensible the design process was to the interaction of children with the space, creating different places, suitable for different characters, in a confortable form and scale. A good example.
i love it.
Хорошее решение. Мне понравилось.
Good decision. I liked it.
beautiful project… speechless
Haha,
That’s Where i spend my spare time…
Im there monday-thursday 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
LOVE it!
As architects going ‘green’ what is the extent of natural lighting and ventilation employed.