Youth Recreation & Culture Center, Copenhagen, Denmark LITERATURE

ARCHITECTS : CEBRA, Dorte Mandrup SPACES STUDY

AREA : 2600 m² • The terminology of the building Multi purpose
Indoor court
YEAR : 2008 recognizes classical domestic spaces
such as the entrance hall, dining room,
SITE atelier, lounge, scullery, kitchen
• The site is situated in a residential area in a northern • Wood workshop, studio, outdoor
suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark. workshop, garden.
• The site is long and narrow- on one side bordering the • Multipurpose gym , skate park, Motor
railroad and on the other a busy Gersonvej road coordination play room and an
enclosed court
DESIGN CONCEPT
• The intention of the Gersonsvej leisure centre is to merge a
sports hall and a youth culture centre together on a very long
and narrow site
FORM
• At the north end of the plot, the three profiles are pressed together Lobby space
tightly, but as they move southwards they start separating and twist and
bend out of shape. This shape has led to the building being described as
a flat hand with three outspread fingers.
• Three slender building profiles with pitched roofs are placed parallel to
the tracks. The traditional profiles refer to the surrounding houses
• To express the complexity of the program under one roof, the building is Old Chestlenut Tree
Entrance
View from Front
shaped to the area with a form that morph recreation and leisure in 3 Staircase
connected houses Workshop
NOISE REDUCTION
• The Site is situated between railroad and busy Gersonsvej
road. hence there was a noise problem to be solved
• 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

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7238 1925 1050