Copenhagen Harbour Bath / PLOT

Architects: PLOT = BIG + JDS
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Partner in Charge: Bjarke Ingels
Project Leader: Finn Nørkjær
Project Architect: Jakob Møller
Contributors: Christian Finderup, Henning Stüben, Ingrid Serritslev, Marc Jay
Collaborator: JDS, CC DESIGN
Constructed Area: 2,500 sqm
Project year: 2003
Budget: US $787,000
Photographs: BIG, Casper Dalhoff, Esben Bruun, Hanne Fuglbjerg, JDS
The Copenhagen Waterfont / JDS & KLAR
JDS, in collaboration with Klar, will redesign the harbour front Kalvebod Brygge as the result of a tender held by the City of Copenhagen, within the newly established ‘Metropolzone’
The Metropolzone is a major development project to upgrade a part of Copenhagen City centre, which stretches from Kalvebod Brygge to St. Jørgens Lake.
Interesting sea baths, something that JDS developed in the past as PLOT.
We expect more information shortly. A few more images after the break.
Birkerød Sports and Leisure Centre / SHL Architects

Architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
Location: Bistrupvej, Birkerød, Denmark
Client: Birkerød Municipality
Ingeneering: Moe & Brødsgaard Consulting Engineers
Construction Year: 2005-2008
Constructed Area: 9,200 sqm / New build 8,000 sqm – Refurbishment: 1,200 sqm
Photographs: SHL
NRGi’s Headquarters / SHL Architects

Architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
Location: Dusager, Aarhus N, Denmark
Client: NRGi a.m.b.a.
Ingeneering: Consult – Consulting Engineers
Contractor: H. Hoffmann & Sønner
Project Year: 2005
Construction Year: 2006-2007
Constructed Area: 5,067 sqm
Photographs: SHL
Skanderborggade Day Care Centre / Dorte Mandrup

Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Project Year: 2005
Client: City of Copenhagen – Department of Labour & Family Affairs
Engineer: Jørn Tækker A/S
Contractor: NCC Brøndby
Photographs: Jens Markus Lindhe
Performers’ House / SHL Architects

Architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
Location: Silkeborg, Denmark
Ingeneering: The DAI Group
Contractor: SKANSKA Danmark A/S
Project Year: 2005
Construction Year: 2006-2007
Constructed Area: 3,700 sqm
Photographs: SHL
Sky Village in Rødovre / MVRDV

Some time ago we featured a mid rise building by OMA in New York, a cantilevered volume that brings a new concept for tall buildings. A similar approach can be found at a recent competition for the Rødovre Skyscraper won by MVRDV in association with ADEPT: A 116m tall mixed use tower, based on a 60sqm module arranged around the central core of the building.
It´s interesting to see the structural approach for this new typology, as you can see on another render below: the inner core -actually 3 cores to access the different program segments- is made out of concrete, with the units wrapping it around on a steel structure.
Something interesting in times like this, is that the building allows for different configurations responding to unstable markets, flexibility achieved by re-designating these 60sqm units.
XXLong Summerhouse / Powerhouse Company

Architects: Powerhouse Company
Location: Schou, Denmark
Partner in Charge: Charles Bessard
Project Team: Nanne de Ru, Charles Bessard, Mads Lassen, Thomas Lund, Anders Lyhne
Project year: 2005 – 2008
Structural Engineer: Tonny Hovborg
Engineering: Carl Peter Adolph
Photographs: Powerhouse Company
Sports & Culture Centre / Dorte Mandrup + b&k brandlhuber & co

Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps + b&k brandlhuber & co
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Project Year: 2006
Project team: Dorte Mandrup, Anders Brink, Lars Lindeberg, Jesper Henriksson, Arno Brandlhuber, Asterios Agkathidis, Markus Emde, Jochen Kremer, Martin Kraushaar, Sarah Breidert
Client: Copenhagen Municipality / LOA(Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities)
Engineer: Jørgen Nielsen Rådgivende ingeniører A/S
Contractor: NH Hansen & Søn A/S
Photographs: Torben Eskerod and Michael Reisch
Jaegersborg Water tower / Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter

Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps
Location: Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark
Project Year: 2006
Landscape Architect: Marianne Levinsen Landscape architects
Client: Gentofte Municipality and Domea
Engineer: Hansen, Carlsen & Frølund A/S
Site Area: 5,370 sqm
Constructed Area: 2,880 sqm
Photographs: Jens Markus Lindhe, Torben Eskerod & DMA
Summerhouse in Jørlunde / Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter

Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps
Location: Denmark
Project Year: 2004
Engineer: Moe & Brødsgaard A/S
Area: 200 sqm
Photographs: Torben Eskerod
Read-Nest / Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter
Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps
Location: Denmark
Project Year: 2007
Client: Private
Area: 9.8 sqm
Photographs: Torben Eskerod & Thomas Mandrup-Poulsen
Day Care Centre / Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter

Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Project Year: 2004
Landscape Architect: Marianne Levinsen Landscape architects
Client: The City of Copenhagen
Engineer: Moe & Broedsgaard A/S
Photographs: Jens Markus Lindhe
Denmark Pavillion for Shanghai Expo 2010 / BIG
In my opinion Bjarke Ingels, founder of BIG, is one of the best architects when it comes to give shape to the interests of an “unspoken” client on public buildings,either representing the values of a country or a culture. All with exceptional syntax and presentation skills.
And BIG‘s latest project (in collaboration with Arup and 2+1), the Danish Pavilion for the Shanghai 2010 Expo, does it again, by taking the best of living in Copenhagen and placing it on China for visitors to experience.
Basically, the pavilion is a big loop on which visitors ride around on one of the 1,500 bikes available at the entrance, a chance to experience the Danish urban way. At the center of the pavilion there’s a big pool with fresh water from Copenhagen’s harbor, on which visitors can even swim.
The Church of the Holy Cross / KHR

Architects: KHR arkitekter AS
Location: Jyllinge, Denmark
Project year: 2001-2008
Client: Jyllinge Minighedsråd
Constructed Area: 800 sqm
Kastrup Sea Bath / White arkitekter AB
Architects: White arkitekter AB
Location:Kastrup, Denmark
Landscape:White arkitekter AB
Engineering:NIRAS Rådgivende ingeniører og Planlæggere A/S
Contractor:Københavns Dykkerentreprise A/S
Construction year: 2004
Photographs: Ole Haupt, White Arkitekter, Erco Lighting, Åke E:son Lindman
In Progress: Mountain Dwellings / BIG

Right next to their VM Housing project, BIG is currently finishing their new project: Mountain Dwellings. But this time, the client asked for a specific program with 2/3 parking and 1/3 living. Rather than doing 2 separate buildings, BIG decided to combine the splendours of the suburban backyard with the social intensity of urban density, resulting on a terraced housing over the parking area.
Signalhuset / NOBEL
Architect: NOBEL arkitekter a/s
Location: Arne Jacobsens Allé 11, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
Client: KPC-BYG A/S/Lejerbo
Landscape: NOBEL arkitekter a/s
Engineer: COWI A/S
Building contractor: Hoffmann A/S
Size: 8.300 m2
Build: 2004-2006
Project type: Competition
Photographs: Jens Lindhe, NOBEL arkitekter a/s
In Progress: Elephant House / Foster + Partners
If house design is a challenge, imagine designing a house for elephants. Foster + Partners took the challenge and is currently finishing the Elaphant House at the Copenhagen Zoo, for a group of Indian elephants.
The Elephant House is covered with lightweight, glazed domes that enclosure spaces with a strong visual connection with the sky and changing patterns of daylight.



























































