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Sala de conciertos “harpa” gana Premio Mies van der Rohe 2013

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La “sala de conciertos y centro de conferencias harpa” por la oficina danesa Henning Larsen Architects acaba de ser anunciado el ganador de los premios Mies van der Rohe 2013, uno de los más prestigiosos honores de la Unión Europea en la arquitectura contemporánea. El proyecto fue seleccionado entre un grupo de 355 estructuras de 37 países europeos, y de un grupo de 5 finalistas que incluía la “Sala de mercado en Gante” por Robbrecht en Daem architecten + marie-josé van hee, el “Parque urbano Superkilen ” por los arquitectos BIG, Topotek1 + superflex, la ‘casa de las personas mayores “por aires mateus arquitectos, y el” Metropol Parasol “por j. mayer h. arquitectos. Felicitaciones a los equipos y las personas involucradas en la realización del proyecto!

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UC Davis Art Museum Proposal / Henning Larsen Architects

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Last year the University of California, Davis invited three architects to compete for the chance to design their new $30 million art museum, slated to open in 2016. The competition was a design-build affair, with each entrant being asked to pair up with a contractor and submit a holistic design. For those who missed it, SO – IL was announced as the winner of the competition.

Here we present one of the two runner-up submissions from Henning Larsen Architects. Given the name ‘The Leaf’, the design it spatially and materially expresses its overlapping functions. Its name comes from the lightweight leaf-like steel and aluminum roof, which filters sunlight and offers shade. The leaf sits on a heavy concrete base, providing accommodation for the museum’s exhibits.

Read the architects description after the break…

“The Leaf” is the name of the iconic new art museum at the University of California, Davis. The museum is designed with exhibition halls as well as informal spaces for social interaction and relaxation. This juxtaposition creates a dynamic, living museum where students, teachers and locals can share an aesthetic experience and creative process.

These two overlapping functions are evident in the building’s form and materiality; from a solid base of concrete, a light roof construction of aluminum and steel emerges and spreads out to offer shade. The base houses the museum’s exhibition spaces, which require special lighting levels and ventilation.

From the open and informal lobby, there are several entrances to the exhibition spaces. This variation of scale creates a sense of intimacy, connecting the lobby/lounge to the rest of the museum. The interior layout and furniture selection reinforce this intimate feeling, with large tables, comfortable sofas and walls of books.

The building’s roof is like a leaf not only in form but in function, filtering the sunlight and ensuring shade even at the building’s uppermost levels. The top floor houses a gallery, a common room, offices and a patio. The patio can be reached by following the serpentine paths laid out on a gradual slope that embraces the building and brings it into the landscape.

The museum’s landmark location on the southern part of campus, adjacent to the highway makes it one of the first things encountered upon arrival to the university. It has therefore been important to design a building that interacts with the existing buildings to create a new portal to the campus.

Architects: Henning Larsen Architects
Location: UC Davis
Design Architect : Henning Larsen Architects
Executive Architect: Gould Evans
Contractor: Oliver and Company
Year: 2013
Photographs: Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects

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UC Davis Art Museum Proposal / Henning Larsen Architects originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 05 May 2013.

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Henning Larsen Architects Designs New Danish Headquarters for Microsoft

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With a vision to create the “workplace of the future”, developer Danica Pension has teamed up with Henning Larsen Architects, COWI and Alectia to design a state-of-the-art, yet modest Microsoft headquarters in the new urban district of Lyngby, Copenhagen. Unlike many of the recent corporate headquarters making headlines in Silicon Valley, this Danish complex is unique for it’s central urban site and primary goal of serving the community.

The project marks an important step in the realization of the municipality’s visions for Lyngby-Taarbæk City of Knowledge and Urban Development 2020 – a locally developed initiative aiming at making Lyngby one of the leading university cities and centers of knowledge and creativity in Northern Europe.

Mayor Søren P. Rasmussen stated: “The project reflects an interesting urban development strategy. Knowledge-intensive businesses are connected to urban life and the local study community. In addition, the building will create a lot of new jobs and provide a welcoming, dynamic urban space where city centre and green areas meet.”

The mid-rise, pentad will consolidate its activities and employees from their two Danish companies on one, 16,350 square meter plot in an effort to develop the Northern Copenhagen area of Kanalvejsgrunden. The campus will not only serve its Microsoft employee’s, but also provide a unique urban space accessible to everyone. In addition to its flexible, state-of-the-art office space, the plan will provide the surrounding community with student residences, retail space, an open cafe and technology area.

”Microsoft is already well-established in Denmark with our 900 employees and more than 3,700 partner companies, and we also look forward to becoming an active part of the knowledge and university centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk. The citizens can use our open café and technology area, students can use our allocated study area, and we will regularly host different events that will connect us even closer to the local area and Denmark”, says Niels Soelberg, CEO for Microsoft Denmark.

The first sod is expected to be cut already later in 2013.

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Henning Larsen Architects Designs New Danish Headquarters for Microsoft Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects
Henning Larsen Architects Designs New Danish Headquarters for Microsoft Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects
Henning Larsen Architects Designs New Danish Headquarters for Microsoft Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects
Henning Larsen Architects Designs New Danish Headquarters for Microsoft Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects
Henning Larsen Architects Designs New Danish Headquarters for Microsoft Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects
Henning Larsen Architects Designs New Danish Headquarters for Microsoft Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects
Henning Larsen Architects Designs New Danish Headquarters for Microsoft Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects
Henning Larsen Architects Designs New Danish Headquarters for Microsoft Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects

Henning Larsen Architects Designs New Danish Headquarters for Microsoft originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 29 Apr 2013.

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Harpa Concert Hall wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2013

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Harpa, the Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Iceland, is the winner of the 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award the European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation announced today. Designed by Henning Larsen Architects, Batteríið Architects and Studio Olafur Eliasson the building has helped to transform and revitalise Reykjavik harbour and brought the city and harbour district closer together.  The ‘Emerging Architect Special Mention’ award goes to María Langarita and Víctor Navarro for the Nave de Música Matadero (Red Bull Music Academy) in Madrid, Spain. The award ceremony will take place on 7 June at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, coinciding with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the prize. More information after the break.

“Architecture is one of the most visible expressions of our contemporary culture. My warmest congratulations go to this year’s winners – indeed, to all of those who made the final shortlist. They have created buildings which are not only of the highest aesthetic and technical quality, but also places which touch our emotions and bring people together. I would also like to thank the Mies van der Rohe Foundation for their excellent collaboration in helping to bring the best of contemporary European architecture to worldwide attention,” said Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth.

Harpa’s crystalline structure was inspired by Icelandic landscapes and traditions. Its dramatic design captures and reflects the light of the city, ocean and sky to thrilling effect.

Peer Teglgaard Jeppesen, from Henning Larsen Architects said: “On behalf of the team I would like to thank the European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe for this award. We are immensely honoured. Harpa is the result of collaborative process that has involved many people and with their efforts, strong commitment and drive Harpa has become a symbol of Iceland’s renewed dynamism.”

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Wiel Arets, Chair of the Jury, said: “Harpa has captured the myth of a nation – Iceland – that has consciously acted in favour of a hybrid-cultural building during the middle of the ongoing Great Recession. The iconic and transparent porous ‘quasi brick’ appears as an ever-changing play of coloured light, promoting a dialogue between the city of Reykjavik and the building’s interior life. By giving an identity to a society long known for its sagas, through an interdisciplinary collaboration between Henning Larsen Architects and artist Olafur Eliasson, this project is an important message to the world and to the Icelandic people, fulfilling their long expected dream.”

The Nave de Música Matadero Madrid (Red Bull Music Academy) was built in only two months to host a nomadic annual music festival in an early 20th-century industrial warehouse complex in Madrid. It responded to the technical and acoustic needs of the event, while promoting and enriching artistic encounters between the participating musicians.

Antoni Vives, President of the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, said: “It has been an honour for the city of Barcelona and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation to grant this Prize with the European Commission for the last 25 years: a quarter of a century of the best European architecture. I would like to congratulate the winners of this 13th edition and I would like encourage architects to continue to play their role as catalysts for transforming cities.”

The winners were chosen from 335 submitted works in 37 European countries. Five works were shortlisted for the main award. The other finalists were: Market Hall (Ghent, Belgium by Robbrecht en Daem architecten; Marie-José Van Hee architecten); Superkilen (Copenhagen, Denmark by BIG Bjarke Ingels Group; Topotek1; Superflex); Home for Elderly People (Alcácer do Sal, Portugal by Aires Mateus Arquitectos) and Metropol Parasol (Seville, Spain by J. Mayer H).


The jury members who selected the finalists for 2013 are: Wiel Arets, Chair of the Jury, Principal, Wiel Arets Architects, Maastricht/Dean, College of Architecture, IIT, Chicago; Pedro Gadanho, Curator, Contemporary Architecture, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Antón García-Abril, Principal, Ensamble Studio; Louisa Hutton, Principal, Sauerbruch Hutton Architects, Berlin; Kent Martinussen, CEO, The Danske Arkitekter Center (DAC), Copenhagen; Frédéric Migayrou, Director, Architecture & Design, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Ewa Porebska, Editor-in-Chief, Architektura-murator, Warsaw; Giovanna Carnevali, Secretary of the Jury, Director, Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona.


For more information, including videos from the Emerging Architect Special Mention, Finalists and Commissioner can be found here.
Harpa Concert Hall wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 Winner / Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre / Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects
Harpa Concert Hall wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 Finalist / Superkilen / © Iwan Baan
Harpa Concert Hall wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 Finalist / Market Hall in Ghent / © Tim Van de Velde
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Harpa Concert Hall wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 Emerging Architect Special Mention / Red Bull Music Academy / © Luis Diaz Diaz
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Harpa Concert Hall wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 Winner / Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre / Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects
Harpa Concert Hall wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 Winner / Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre / Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects
Harpa Concert Hall wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 Winner / Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre / Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects

Harpa Concert Hall wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 29 Apr 2013.

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A Concert Hall As Wondrous As The Northern Lights

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This project won the 2013 Architizer A+ Jury Award in the light category. See the full list of winners here.

You can experience the northern lights all year round at Harpa, the concert hall and conference center in Reykjavík, Iceland. Okay, we’re not talking about the real northern lights, but this building’s variegated facade creates a spectacular lighting condition that can leave one mesmerized.

The Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects designed the project in collaboration with the artist Olafur Eliasson and the engineering companies Rambøll and ArtEngineering GmbH. The performing arts center, home to the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Icelandic Opera, has already welcomed over 1.7 million guests since opening in May 2011 and has become an important cultural destination. Read more!

The concert hall stands on the edge of the Reykjavik Harbor and offers striking views of the mountains, sea, and expansive sky. The building is part of a larger plan that aims to strengthen the link between the city center and the waterfront. “The primary objective of the master plan has been to create a new identity for the east harbor and to transform the area into attractive urban space,” explains Peer Teglgaard Jeppesen, partner and director at Henning Larsen. “With its outward functions and active inner life, the building is an important catalyst.”

The massive structure consists of a steel framework clad with glass panels that yield different colors. From the beginning, a design that combined architecture and art was paramount, particularly because of the firm’s collaboration with Studio Olafur Eliasson. “This was both an exciting challenge and a dynamic driving force in the project that brought us to places we would have never otherwise discovered,” says Ösbjørn Jacobsen, architect and design manager at Henning Larsen. “One of our focus areas was the changing light and how the structure and colored glass are reflected in the various spaces of the foyer.” The building has other dramatic features, too, such as a fiery-red central auditorium.

Harpa has become an important landmark in Reykjavík. ”The building is more than an architectural icon,” says Jeppesen. ”It forms part of an urban development offering something to all citizens and visitors.” Congrats to Henning Larsen for winning an A+ Award for this remarkable project!

Centro de investigación ESS | Henning Larsen Architects

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La oficina danesa Henning Larsen Architects en colaboración con COBE y SLA han ganado el concurso para diseñar la “fuente europea de espalación ‘ (SEE) centro de investigación que se convertirá en el primer centro más avanzado de neutrones basada en la investigación. El concurso fue ganado en medio de un panel de empresas participantes, incluyendo BIG, Foster and Partners, Tengbom, Benthem crouwell, HOK, West8 y Mecanoo. Que contiene el estado de la técnica tecnologías en espacios cuidadosamente diseñados, el programa incluye la parafernalia habitual de un centro de investigación científico – laboratorios, espacios de reunión tanto en interiores y al aire libre, oficinas, salas de conferencias, junto con el no tan común de 600 metros de largo y acelerador de protones de 180 metros de largo en el que los protones
colisionan con un blanco y enviar neutrones fuera tangencialmente a velocidades inimaginables por una serie de otros pasillos largos provistos de medición especial de instrumentos.

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Un área visitante se integra parcialmente con los espacios privados, fomentando una mayor interacción con el sector público, y una zona de captación de agua y los sistemas de redirección se dispersa la lluvia a las tierras bajas circundantes secas que pronto florecerán con una gran biodiversidad de plantas, animales e insectos. Aunque la construcción no finalizará por completo hasta el año 2025, la investigación se iniciará en 2019 con un estimado de dos hasta cuatro mil investigadores por año y contribuirá grandes avances en la medicina, la arqueología y las fuentes de energía sostenibles.

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Jacob Kurek, socio y arquitecto de Henning Larsen Architects:

“investigadores viajarán a lund de todos los rincones del mundo. en ESS, se convertirán en parte de una comunidad global de investigación. que se requieren espacio para trabajo concentrado, pero ellos también necesitan lugares donde pueden conocer a otros investigadores. En los atrios encontrados en los edificios, que será capaz de satisfacer entre sí de manera informal, inspirar las ideas de los demás, intercambiar y compartir sus conocimientos.

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A+ Finalist Spotlight: Architecture + Light

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Imagine your favorite buildings in the world. Now imagine these buildings in total darkness. Not as exciting, right? Architecture without light is like your tastiest breakfast cereal without milk: it just doesn’t work. Light has the unique ability to bring buildings to life. Cold raw concrete becomes warm and lustrous during a summer sunset, while artificial light preserves the monumentality of the world’s tallest buildings when the sun goes down.

The five finalists for the Architizer A+ “Light” award treat light as a physical and integral component of the design. Click through to see them all!

And remember to vote for your favorite project!

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Stavanger, Norway

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Lighting Design Collective
Helsinki

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Santa Monica, California

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The Living
Seoul

European Spallation Source (ESS) / Henning Larsen Architects + COBE + SLA

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Architects: Henning Larsen Architects, COBE, SLA
Location: Lund, Sweden
Area: 100,000 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects

ESS Description

The European Spallation Source (ESS) will become the world’s largest and most advanced research facility for neutron-based research. ESS is located in the university city of Lund in southern Sweden.

Design Team From Henning Larsen Architects: Jacob Kurek (responsible partner), Michael Sørensen (lead design architect), Helle Basse Larsen (project manager), Mikkel Eskildsen, Daniel Baumann, Martha Lewis, Silke Jörgenshaus, Hanan Ghizzaui, Magnus Kramhøft, Kyd Kitchaiya, Sebastian Mardi, Grace Xu, Uyen Phan and Erlend Lindstad (model)
Design Team From Cobe: Dan Stubbergaard (responsible partner), Thomas Krarup (lead design architect), David Engell Jessen, Johanne Holmsberg, Rune Veile, Frederik Lyng, Greta Tiedje, Louise Boss Mortensen and Dimitrie Gridorescu
Design Team From Sla: Stig L. Andersson(responsible partner and lead design architect), Katrine Sandstrøm and Laura Parsons
Engineers: Buro Happold, NNE Pharmaplan and Transsolar
Consultant: Head of Programme Bent Lauritzen, DTU Nutech
3 D Illustrations: Christian Schjøll
Concept For Sustainability: Jakob Strømann-Andersen
Client: ESS – European Spallation Source

ESS will be a research campus with a more than 600 meters long proton accelerator and a 180 meters long hall in which the protons hit a target and send neutrons off to a number of halls with measuring instruments. In the instruments, the neutrons are used to analyze the materials that the researchers are studying. ESS will also contain a number of facilities for researchers: laboratories, offices and a lecture hall.

At ESS, researchers will work in a setting that supports meetings across disciplines and research fields. In the atriums found in the buildings, visiting researchers will be able to meet each other informally, inspire each other, exchange ideas and share their knowledge. When the weather permits, the outdoor areas will also offer a plethora of places to stay in.

The architecture is inspired by one of the most important elements in the spallation process, the tungsten disc. The disc and the tungsten metal are used as visual metaphors that mark the centre of the research facility: a large, circular roof above the hall that holds the tungsten disc. This will become a point of orientation for the campus area at ESS, and it will make ESS stand out in relation to the research facility Max IV and Lund Science Village.

Sustainability

The facades on all laboratories and office buildings have been designed with a view to creating the best possible relation between indoor climate, daylight and energy consumption. Consideration has been paid to the rooms’ functions and the orientation of the facades. Daylight analyses of the rooms help to create optimum working conditions for the users and ensure low energy consumption.

The part of the campus area comprising offices and laboratories has been analyzed in terms of wind conditions so that the buildings will create shelter and make it possible to stay outdoors for 2-3 weeks more per year than would be the case with a conventional plan. The wind analyses also contribute to improving the microclimate so that it has a positive effect on the buildings’ energy consumption.

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European Spallation Source (ESS) / Henning Larsen Architects + COBE + SLA Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects
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European Spallation Source (ESS) / Henning Larsen Architects + COBE + SLA originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 01 Mar 2013.

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