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As the city of Aarhus prepares for European Culture Capitol 2017, a number of urban districts are being transformed from industry to modern city districts.
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One of the main culture venues in 2017 will be Godsbanen – a new lively and cultural district on the old freight terminal area.
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The new mixed building by SLETH is situated nearby Godsbanen and reflects the transformation from industry to lively cultural urban district.
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The starting point for the design of the new office building is an ambition to reuse and rethink spatial and material quality on the former industrial site.
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The new building is directly grounded on the original underground industrial constructions, which acts as the building’s foundation. The building consists of 3 stacked layers of 50 meters long office floors supported by a core wall.
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Underneath the office floors, where the sloping terrain defines an opening, the restaurant is located facing the street. The parking garage and a wine retailer is located under the sloping landscape.
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The building has a high degree of flexibility and interaction between the floors, which enhances the meeting situations between different users of the building.
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The individual floors are open, flexible working environments with the service functions integrated as a single architectural element in the eastern facade of the building.
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Around the building, the sloped asphalt terrain is forming the outdoor areas for terraces, bikes and gardens. The building´s expression is a collage of elements reflecting the surroundings with 6 facades creating a dialogue with the mixed vague context.
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The project itself is a 1:1 realisation of the architecture and challenges of the office SLETH as both landowner, developer and architects – based on the potential of Sonnesgade. Source by SLETH.
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- Location: Aarhus, Denmark
- Architect: SLETH
- Engineer: Søren Jensen Engineering Consultants A/S
- Landscape Architect: SLETH
- Size: 2.800m2
- Year: 2016
- Photographs: Rasmus Hjortshøj C O A S T, Courtesy of SLETH
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