Innovation and Collaboration in Brick Design Blends Past and Present
It is a uncommon event for a historic neighborhood to have new buildings. Never the much less, that is precisely what occurred alongside the elegant and ornate buildings of Frederiksberg Allé in Copenhagen. The historic avenue was impressed by Parisian structure and options many buildings notable for his or her intricate architectural element.
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The design of this new mission contains a cultural and culinary middle, 30 residential flats, and a busy metro station beneath floor stage. The constructing expects day by day site visitors of roughly 10,00zero metro vacationers who will probably be passing by means of the constructing on their option to and from the station. The metro itself is 22 meters beneath avenue stage and may have trains coming and going each Three minutes. To make sure that the constructing is architecturally cohesive with the encircling neighborhood, the architects from Copenhagen-based Cobe have designed 5 buildings organized round an interior courtyard.
Towering Above the Track
The constructing’s open floor flooring comprises escalators and elevators main all the way down to the metro. The constructing’s location on prime of the metro station implies that the supporting buildings have to be positioned on both facet of the primary tracks of the metro station. This creates an 18-meter span between the supporting pillars and an 8-meter cantilevered help protruding out in the direction of the primary concourse. The complete constructing is clad in brick, and it required a singular answer to help that a lot masonry. Ole Larsen, who was been accountable for all of the brickwork on the constructing, explains how:
”Normally, you’ll have a basis on your masonry. We couldn’t do this right here, because the constructing homes an underground metro station. Our answer was to have a small variety of robust supporting pillars and a single supporting wall to carry up the whole constructing – and to clad the façade with bricks.”
“We had brick shells specifically made and used them as a climate defend. On the tallest constructing, we minimize brick shells primarily based on the usual brick, we used all through the mission. We then glued these onto a lightweight and ethereal façade to be able to cut back the burden of the constructing. We used the brick shells wherever we weren’t capable of lay bricks to make sure that the whole constructing seems as a single cohesive complete, and never one that’s damaged up, so to talk, on account of utilizing different constructing supplies…In phrases of price, it prices as a lot as it might to construct a construction with a heavy brick façade.”
The Spirit of Frederiksberg
The rhythm and dimension of the home windows was designed to mirror that of the adjoining properties, buildings which additionally impressed the nook constructing’s tower-like look to mix the brand new mission with the encircling structure.
“There are completely different heights, varieties and façades all through the mission. But there’s a frequent ingredient all through. The constructing makes use of the identical brick from Randers Tegl, RT554, which has a particular end. This is a floor remedy that’s used on any such brick that has been made specifically for this mission. This was carried out by working intently with architects from Frederiksberg municipality which chosen the bricks. They selected the nuances and finishes required for the face of the bricks for us to work with,” says Ole Larsen.
Another particular brick used within the mission is the Randers Tegl Ultima waterstruck brick, a linear format brick that is twice so long as a typical brick but solely 38 millimeters in peak. These distinctive dimensions deliver a conventional materials into a contemporary design aesthetic, good for a mission which must mix previous and current. The Ultima bricks will be set vertically, in addition to horizontally, creating yet one more distinctive look that may be seen on this mission.
While the extra-long Ultima bricks are used alongside regular size bricks of the identical shade to create a delicate, rhythmic distinction, the waterstruck texture of the brick is steady by means of the mission. Waterstruck bricks have a fragile texture created by eradicating the bricks from their molds with water. The water and the mildew itself go away their imprints on the bricks, making every particular person brick barely completely different from the following. The bricks are clean, however their delicate texture creates visible curiosity, particularly when utilized on a big scale. The vertical alignment of Ultima bricks in distinction to the horizontal use of normal bricks is a devilish element that distinguishes this mission as a few of Copenhagen’s most interesting masonry in current instances. A dramatic twist of two bricks associated in a really particular bond.
Five Different Brickwork Bonds
Brick bonds and magnificence range vastly from constructing to constructing, and that is considered one of masonry’s most defining and customizable options. The bonds on this mission are all variations on the standard model utilized in Frederiksberg, primarily based on an previous Danish model of brick bond. The particular sample contains two complete bricks and a half brick (a so-called half bat). What is new right here is that the tip of the half-brick protrudes outwards by three centimeters. This creates shadow results on the façades, including visible curiosity and enhancing the general architectural influence of Frederiksberg Allé.
“We used a common type of standard brick, a speckled brick, a narrower brick and a Flensburg brick. We also used a type of brick which has the same height as the Flensburg brick but is half a metre long. We have three types of bricks which have been burnt in the same way and have the same finish. And we used five different types of brick course,” says Ole Larsen.
Involving Bricklayers from the Outset
The collaborative nature of the mission is what allowed the crew to easily execute this distinctive and sophisticated strategy to the constructing’s cladding. The shut working relationship from the outset between the municipality, the architects, and the builders ensured that each one had been on the identical web page and allowed a sharing of data distinctive to every celebration. Ole Larsen describes the collaboration course of as follows,
“We had been ready to do that work shortly and simply as a result of we had been working intently with the municipality and the architects from the very begin and we understood the considering behind the mission… In the previous, architects and builders would at all times work collectively from the beginning, however over time that ceased to be the case, and it’s a disgrace. The undeniable fact that we’ve got been concerned within the mission from the very starting is new to us. But there isn’t a doubt that we’ve got helped each other.
Key Facts
Cultural and culinary centre with residential lodging, retailers, meals stalls, cafés and a metro station in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen.
Area
3,500 m²
Developer:
Union Holding and NRE Denmark
Architects:
Cobe
Engineers:
Arne Elkjær Rådgivende Ingeniører (an engineering consultancy agency)
Turnkey contractor:
NRE Denmark
Construction interval:
2017 – 2019
Cost:
Approx. DKK 91 million
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