The first of three building units at Krøyers Plads was inaugurated. As Denmark's first apartment building marked with The Nordic Eco-label, Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Building, Rasmus Helvig Petersen, presented our team with the certificate.

How to combine a rational and economic development with a democratic and hyper-contextual approach?

Two new warehouses are inscribed into the waterfront built up structure

The urban structure of Strandgades is continued into Krøyers Plads

Strandgade ends up in the new square “Krøyers Plads”

Site-Maximum Building Outline

Public access to the harbor

The construction of the next two apartments blocks continues and will be completed at the end of 2015.

New square ending Strandgade

Sight lines

Main sight lines and flow divide the building volume into 3 separate warehouses

Heights are adjusted to cornice and roof heights of surrounding warehouses

Public and open ground floor

Krøyers Plads is a significant location in the centre of the Copenhagen harbor area. Today, the site constitutes a gap in the continuous rows of old warehouses that sit perpendicular to the harbor front. Several proposals for the development of the area have been rejected mostly by the local population.

Therefore, the new Krøyers Plads is based on a hyper-democratic and contextual approach. The project consists of 3 five-story housing units, naturally continuing the warehouse structure along the harbour. Folded roofs and architectural heaviness create a dialogue between old and new, and a modern, empathetic interpretation of the architectural uniqueness of the old Copenhagen warehouses. 

Elevation of Christianshavn's harbourfront. The new warehouses are inscribed into the existing series of gables in varying heights

Ground Floor

Section towards the waterfront

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