Showing posts with label Copenhagen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Copenhagen. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Copenhagen | Maritime Youth House by Bjarke Ingels

I came here not knowing the name of the building. Just with a google map off the Mimoa blog and some transportation direction. This architectural gem is surprisingly hidden in the depths of the Copenhagen suburbs off the tourist trails.
From Mimoa:

"To save budget the architects covered the entire site with a wooden deck (1600m2), so wasn’t necessary to clean the site first. The building is shared by two clients, a sail club and a youth house. The youth house needed outdoor space for the kids to play; the sail club needed most of the site to park their boats. The design is the literal results of negotiations between the two contradictory demands. Where the deck rises it allows for boat storage and, at the same time, becomes an exciting play area for the kids. The common room for daily activities is located in the front house, the workshop and storage is in the back corner building. In contrast to the wooden exterior decks the floor in the community space is white concrete and a standard grey concrete in the workshop and storage area. This is meant to reflect the dominance of the outdoor activities; the wooden deck is the actual "room" of the Maritime Youth House."




This is a fun architecture piece where people and kids can freely run up and down the roofs. A cheap (apparently), and inspiring way to make architecture more fun and human. This building piece catapulted is architect to fame.

One-floor house (youth center + sailing center).

Under the narrow parts of the wooden roof is the canoe storage.

... my faithful travelling friend.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Copenhagen | Why are the Danes so happy?

Wohoo! An update! It's been pre-set from two months ago though! I don't expect that anyone would still be looking though *looks around* Yohoo? Drop a message if you're there!

Day to day lives of an ordinary Dane:


Rise and Shine! Danes are hard-core biker, even at the chilly hours of 7 in the morning!


Newspaper boys there are amaaazingly energetic. They hop around the street to deliver their papers to the basketed hurried bicycle riders...


And they dodge cars!


Smushi. What is smushi?


Sudoku n' poo?


Danish dogs can readand use touch-screens.


Everybody buys cut flowers? Ah. What a grand life!


Roses are red~ Roses are yellow~ Sugar is sweet~ ...


They are, lucky.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Copenhagen | Dream Home for the Snail



Can't you tell what kind of a person am I from the kind of home I want to live in?

Monday, July 14, 2008

Copenhagen | Swan Lake

Copenhagen, located near the sea, is weaved in and out by broad strokes of canals. These canals are clean, and it reflects the blue of the sky. It doesn't stink like Venice too. Strangely enough, they're not as famous.


A swan feeding from its shallow depths...


Walking by the waterside on a sunny day... The houses in Copenhagen are so harmonious!


Some of them even have these suburbanesque trees in front of them...


Two friends on a bridge.
What are they talking about?


Floating house. I would love to live on one. Not one that is on the tourist's route though, probably.


The Maersk Opera House. Maersk is the largest company in Denmark. It is an international container shipping company which (practically) owns the country.


The LITTLE Mermaid.