Sjakket Youth House Copenhagen, Julien De Smedt Architects Denmark, Architecture, Photo, Info

Sjakket Youth House Copenhagen

Contemporary Danish Building – design by PLOT Architects

18 Nov 2008

Sjakket Youth House Copenhagen Building

Design: PLOT, Architects

Sjakket Youth House Copenhagen

photos © Vegar Moen

Sjakket Youth House

A base camp for immigrant youth is to occupy a former factory building. The exterior twin peak silhouette and gables are subject to rules of preservation. We gut one of the vaulted buildings making it a vast sports hall, and jam the other with the more intimate programs. Huge garage can open up the south side to the courtyard as an extension into the urban realm.

photos © Vegar Moen

The canyon between the two vaulted roofs becomes the secret oasis of the kids. The studio of Ghetto Noize Records is located in a container spanning the two peaks as the only architectural addition, and the icon of Sjakket’s presence on the industrial skyline of Northwest Copenhagen

photos © Vegar Moen

Sjakket Youth House Information from Julien De Smedt Architects 190108

Sjakket Youth House : Julien De Smedt Architects

All images from BIG

PROJECT TEAM:
Julien De Smedt, Sophus Søbye, Anders Drescher, Bjarke Ingels, Bo Benzon, Christian Dam, David Zahle, Julie Schmidt-Nielsen, Kathrin Gimmel, Louise Steffesen
Nanna Gyldholm Møller, Narisara Ladawal, Nina Ter-Borch, Ole Nannberg, Olmo Ahlmann, Søren Lambertsen

Project: Sjakket Community Building
Type: Competition 1st Prize
Size: 2,000 M2
Budget: 3,000,000 €
Client: Sjakket, Realdania Foundation
Collaborators: Birch Og Krogboe
Location: Copenhagen, Dk
Status: Completion March 2007

BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe