Within the House of Peace Picture: Junya Ishigami / Svendborg Architects

Their “House of Peace”, or Hope, is a 3,000 sq metre cloud-like structure that will seem to float on the city’s Nordhavn harbour. A white concrete shell supported by cones embedded in the harbour bed, its centre will be hollow, with locals and tourists able to board circular boats and sail beneath the structure’s undulating canopy.  

The landmark was commissioned by Denmark’s Hope Foundation, an organisation that aims to promote peace, in order to develop a space that would encourage harmony and “coexistence”. It is intended to imbue those who view it from afar or drift beneath it with a sense of serenity and the idea behind its featureless interior, says Jacob Billesbole of Svendborg Architects, “is that you float and think of nothing.”...Continue Reading

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