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Maritime Youth House

Copenhagen, Denmark

Client

Kvarterløft Governmental City Renewal Project | Lokale og Anlægsfonden | The Urban Development Fund

Typology

Sports

Size m2/ft2

2,000 / 21,528

Status

Completed

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 — Digging up the topsoil and covering it with clean dirt would be equivalent to putting a lid on the ground.

Maritime Youth House gallery image | Bjarke Ingels Group

 — BIG asked: why don't we cover the site with a big wooden deck?

Maritime Youth House gallery image | Bjarke Ingels Group

 — When hammering piles into the ground, we could stick some of them deeper creating a beach...

Maritime Youth House gallery image | Bjarke Ingels Group

 — All activities could be accommodated by pushing and pulling the deck.

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 — The giant terrace would allow to leave the pollution where it is and instead spend the funds on public space.

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Maritime Youth House image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Maritime Youth House image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Maritime Youth House image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Maritime Youth House image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Maritime Youth House image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Maritime Youth House image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Maritime Youth House image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Maritime Youth House gallery image | Bjarke Ingels Group

 — In 2018, AFoL (Adult Fan of Lego), Anne Mette Vestergaaard recreated Maritime Youth House out of 25,000 pieces of Lego for BIG's Formgiving exhibition.

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Maritime Youth House image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Maritime Youth House image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Maritime Youth House image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Maritime Youth House image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Maritime Youth House image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Maritime Youth House image | Bjarke Ingels Group

Partner in Charge

Bjarke Ingels

Project Leader

Finn Nørkjær

Project Architect

Thomas Christoffersen

Project Team

Annette Jensen

Bo Benzon

Marc Jay

Jørn Jensen

Henrik Juhl Nielsen

Henning Stüben

Mads H. Lund

Nina Ter-Borch

Xavier Pavia Pages

Jesper Wichmann

Awards

Træprisen Danish Wood Award, 2008

Mies van der Rohe Award Honorable Mention, 2005

AR+D Emerging Architecture Award 1st Place, 2004

Copenhagen Award for Architecture, 2004

European Architecture Award Luigi Cosenza, 2004

Collaborators

Julien de Smedt / PLOT

Birch & Krogboe A/S

Jesper Gudman