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Copenhagen architecture - Arial No.4

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:16:13 GMT

Copenhagen based photographer Thomas Rousing, captures the beauty of everyday life in the city and objects found on his way through it. He seeks to explore the interestingness of making images filled with endless views and colorful details.

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Copenhagen

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:16:03 GMT

Lots more photos to come from my Europe trip, just uploading a couple here as a taste. This is in the centre of Copenhagen in Denmark.

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Copenhagen images - Architecture #2

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:15:54 GMT

Danish architecture has evolved from squares and boxes, to spheres and impossible shapes.

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Ibsens Hotel, Copenhagen

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:15:43 GMT

Taken of Ibsens Hotel a vinter day in Copenhagen.

In danish: taget tæt ved søerne af Ibsens Hotel en vinter dag i København

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c.f.hansen, apse, copenhagen cathedral, 1811-1829

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:15:30 GMT

vor frue kirke, copenhagen cathedral, 1811-1829.
architect: c.f.hansen, 1756-1845.

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DSC00608, Copenhagen, Denmark

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:15:18 GMT

Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark, is situated on the east coast of the Danish island of Zealand, the largest of Denmark’s approximately 500 islands. The entire country is in size, one half the area of Maine. The name Copenhagen or “Kobenhavn” means “Merchant Harbor” and it is believed that the city was founded in 1167 by Bishop Absalon, at the spot where fishermen and merchants gathered to market their goods.

See set comments for “Copenhagen Denmark Overview”.

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vandkunsten, architects: torpedohallen, naval shipyard conversion, holmen,...

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:14:59 GMT

torpedohallen, conversion of naval shipyard building to housing, holmen copenhagen, 1953 / 2000-2003.
architects: tegnestuen vandkunsten.

after 14 years as an architect at vandkunsten, I recently decided to quit my job and thought these february photos of the torpedo boat hall conversion, the very first project I worked on, would be a good way to mark that rather momentous decision.

for now, I am going to be spending some time with my children, but if anyone hears of a job for an experienced architect in greater copenhagen, let me know :)

www.vandkunsten.com

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vandkunsten, architects: torpedohallen, naval shipyard conversion, holmen,...

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:14:48 GMT

torpedohallen, conversion of naval shipyard building to housing, holmen copenhagen, 1953 / 2000-2003.
architects: tegnestuen vandkunsten.

I uploaded some very bleak february photos of torpedohallen, the first building I worked on at vandkunsten; it felt like a fitting way to mark that I left the office after 14 years.

here are a few shots from around five o'clock on a june morning to show you another aspect of the house. the sun had been up for a while and light was coming from the northeast. seeing something you know well under a new light can be a revelation, which I suppose could also be said to be the point of the winter photos.

www.vandkunsten.com

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p.v. jensen-klint 05, grundtvig memorial church 1913-1940

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:14:33 GMT

jensen-klint's main work, the grundtvig memorial church northwest of copenhagen, is often named as an example of expressionist architecture.

we should always be suspicious of categories in art and the partial blindness they induce, but few categories carry more misunderstandings and nonsense than expressionism.

with jensen-klint, I believe the term should be avoided altogether. we are looking at a neo-gothic church. the great change in scale between the church and the surrounding housing has been compared with the expressionist idea of a stadtkrone but a similar contrast can be found in the contemporary work of heinrich tessenow.

the highly expressive and original tripart tower is the architect's attempt to design a tower that would connect organically with the nave and two aisles of the basic basilica plan. the problem of how to assemble tower and nave is as old as the christian building type itself and jensen-klint's solution was born on his 60th birthday in 1913 as the result of a deep personal and creative crisis.

unable to secure commissions, he decided to develop his ideas to their full extent on paper instead. in a sense, he was giving up his career but the move proved liberating to his talent. he entered his next church design, done entirely without a brief or a client, into the 1913 competition for a grundtvig memorial and lost. to a statue.

a week later, in an exceptional turn of events, the jury admitted to have made a mistake and announced that jensen-klint's church was to be built.

the project attracted a lot of international attention when first published and again in the 1920's when the tower was completed. I have read that it inspired many church designs across europe and north america but I have never seen a list.

hallgrímskirkja (1937-1986) in reykjavik is obvious, though, and named elsewhere in connection with klint:
www.flickr.com/photos/solveigzophoniasdottir/306156116/in...

iceland was a Danish colony until 1948 (the whole north atlantic colonial adventure is a dark chapter in our history and one that isn't over yet) so the influence here is more easily explained.

I am less sure about this one, Akureyrarkirkja (1940), also on iceland: www.flickr.com/photos/solveigzophoniasdottir/291511984/

but the art deco crowd seems to have had an eye for klint - as seen here in turner's cross which has been named in connection with the grundtvig church. it is by barry byrne (1931) and found in cork, ireland: www.flickr.com/photos/robandlucy/763443719/

I have read that there are also bastard children of the grundtvig church in poland and the US. haven't found them yet. in denmark there are plenty. most significantly, jensen-klint's son kaare klint who completed his father's projects continued building churches in the style which since became a school:

www.flickr.com/photos/14716771@N05/2108788850/in/pool-dan...

the jensen-klint set so far.

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c.f.hansen, christiansborg palace church, copenhagen, 1810-1826

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:14:21 GMT

christiansborg palace church, copenhagen, 1810-1826.
architect: c.f. hansen, 1756-1845.

this one is for you, wen, should you stop by. it is one of my all-time favourite buildings in copenhagen and shows c.f. hansen at his most radical.

the royal palace had burnt down in 1794 and hansen was commisioned to rebuild, reusing foundations, bricks and sometimes entire walls of the palace ruins.

apparently the kind of architect who thrives on limitations, he designed what appears to have been a masterpiece of pure geometry, large unbroken surfaces of grey walls and delicate, classical moldings.

I say "appears to have been" because that palace was lost to fire as well, in 1884. it could have been reconstructed, but hansen's architecture was so unpopular at the time that the idea was soon abandoned. in the end, a heavyhanded neo-baroque bad dream in turd coloured granite replaced it and only the palace church survives to tell us of the splendors that were lost.

...except that the church burnt too, of course, and as late as 1992 when the roof and dome were ignited by fireworks from a passing carnival procession...fires are a copenhagen tradition.

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vandkunsten, architects: torpedohallen, naval shipyard conversion, holmen,...

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:14:08 GMT

torpedohallen, conversion of naval shipyard building to housing, holmen copenhagen, 1953 / 2000-2003.
architects: tegnestuen vandkunsten.

I uploaded some very bleak february photos of torpedohallen, the first building I worked on at vandkunsten; it felt like a fitting way to mark that I left the office after 14 years.

www.vandkunsten.com

this photo was uploaded with a CC license and may be used free of charge and in any way you see fit.
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kay fisker, mødrehjælpen, copenhagen 1953-1955

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:13:56 GMT

mødrehjælpen, administration and accommodation, copenhagen, denmark 1953-1955.
architect: kay fisker, 1893-1965.

for hagen and boris. view from the west. stitch of two. autumn.

a late fisker work down the street from where I live and a fine example of modernism inserted into a pre-modern context. fisker always drew solitary old trees in his pencil renderings. I think this shows what he had in mind.

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the fisker set

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c.f.hansen, copenhagen city hall and courts, 1803-1816

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:13:46 GMT

copenhagen city hall and courts, 1803-1816.
architect: c.f. hansen, 1756-1845.

entrance to the building which today houses the city court.

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the amazing library of (Denmark #38 Copenhagen, Christiansborg Slot)

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:13:36 GMT

The whole Christianborg Slot is simply amazing but this library hits the top. Books all around. A top floor with no stairs to climb. The small elevator in a doll-house style. Everything is smashing. I loved it. The little boy did too.

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vandkunsten, architects: torpedohallen, naval shipyard conversion, holmen,...

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:13:25 GMT

torpedohallen, conversion of naval shipyard building to housing, holmen copenhagen, 1953 / 2000-2003.
architects: tegnestuen vandkunsten.

for now, I am going to be spending some time with my children, but if anyone hears of a job for an experienced architect in greater copenhagen, let me know :)

www.vandkunsten.com

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vandkunsten, architects: torpedohallen, naval shipyard conversion, holmen,...

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:13:12 GMT

torpedohalltorpedohallen, conversion of naval shipyard building to housing, holmen copenhagen, 1953 / 2000-2003.
architects: tegnestuen vandkunsten.

I uploaded some very bleak february photos of torpedohallen, the first building I worked on at vandkunsten; it felt like a fitting way to mark that I left the office after 14 years.

www.vandkunsten.com

this photo was uploaded with a CC license and may be used free of charge and in any way you see fit.
if possible, please name photographer "SEIER+SEIER".
if not, don't.

do not copy texts, tags and comments.

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Copenhagen architecture - Arial No.3

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:12:06 GMT

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Copenhagen

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:11:49 GMT

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Copenhagen architecture #45

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:11:41 GMT

Functional and beautiful design and architecture is what we come to expect for Denmark. and danes still delivers.

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Copenhagen images - Architecture #3

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:11:32 GMT

Danish architecture has evolved from squares and boxes, to spheres and impossible shapes.

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c.f.hansen, christiansborg palace church, copenhagen, 1810-1826

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:11:16 GMT

christiansborg palace church, copenhagen, 1810-1826.
architect: c.f. hansen, 1756-1845.

final c.f.hansen interior for now.

the palace church gives a rather moving idea of just how much was lost when hansen's christiansborg palace burnt down.

as in the photos below, daylight is filtered through a layered construction, ultimately hiding the source of light from the visitor. a single oculus in the dome tells of the time of day.

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jean nouvel, danish radio concert hall, copenhagen 2002-2009

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:11:02 GMT

danish radio concert hall, copenhagen, denmark 2002-2009.
architect: jean nouvel (b.1945)

an almost non-existing facade based on scaffolding, placed in one of the most desolate corners of new copenhagen neighbourhood ørestad which in itself is largely a collection of desolate corners, there could hardly be a stranger introduction to one of the most expensive concert halls in recent times.

but nouvel's scoop is to hint at a rich inner world, to say that the true city is inside. I have aldo van eyck's essay on labyrinthian clarity from the situationist times, issue 4, here in front of me. it could be the programmatic subtext of nouvel's concert hall even if van eyck would have been stupefied to learn just how heterogenous a single building can become when based on his famous line,

for a house is a tiny city, a city a huge house.

nouvel avoids repeating a single detail from major space to major space and one of the questions posed by his house in ørestad is if such complexity can be held together simply by a perimeter of blue fabric. nouvel might have answered with one of the concluding lines from van eyck,

I have...found it expedient to define space simply as the appreciation of it, thus excluding all frozen properties attributed to it academically.

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Welcome to 23 Video

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:00:58 GMT

This is a quick overview of how to use 23 Video, which will help you get started.