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News • News • 5 Sep 2024
Brutalist-like BIG HQ enjoys confident and commanding presence in Copenhagen harbor
On the tip of Sundmolen Pier in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn (North Harbor) area, a new brutalist-like building enjoys a confident and commanding presence in its waterside industrial setting. The home of BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, the seven-story BIG HQ is architecturally anchored amongst the factories, warehouses, and shipping containers of Copenhagen harbor. A series of massive, stacked concrete elements provide BIG HQ with its stark structural and visual identity.
Andreas Konnerup
Laurian Ghinițoiu
The site’s small footprint presented BIG with a design dilemma: how could the studio organize a single work environment for its large team when they would need to split across a minimum of four levels? “In... More
Project • By Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects • Car Parks
The Timber House
The Timber House is a parking garage in Copenhagen’s new urban area Nordhavn. The pixelated facade of wood and recycled aluminum reference the ends of stacked timber beams. This expression is an homage to the area’s 19th century history as a place that stored and handled timber. It encourages drivers to park and use the neighbouring metro station to and from the city centre or explore the area on foot. In addition to parking spaces, it adds a playful element to the area with a vibrant, green outer perimeter, (coming) shops and meeting places as well as a Kiss-n-Ride function.
Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects - Sjavit Maestro
The building is 13,300 m2, six storeys high and holds the space of 430 cars. It is erected in Copenhage... More
The Silo
3-Jul-2017
From storage container to urban focal point - Construction of The Silo completed in Copenhagen
As the centrepiece of Copenhagen’s redeveloped Nordhavn (North Harbour), Danish architects COBE and clients Klaus Kastbjerg and NRE Denmark unveil the completed transformation of The Silo. The former industrial silo was originally used as a storage container for grain. Fifty years later, the 17-storey silo has been converted for new use as a residential apartment building with 38 unique units, ranging from 106 m2 to 401 m2 in size, and with public functions such as event and dining facilities on the upper and lower levels.
The Silo is part of the transformation of Copenhagen’s Nordhavn (North Harbour) – a vast postindustrial develo... More