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Cortex Park brings together four programs under one roof – connecting students, researchers and staff with shared sports facilities and urban character.
Courtesy of ADEPT – Photographs : Adam Mørk
The result is a building designed for the challenge of both mind and body – and to establish a close relation between the building and its surroundings. Placing the sports facilities as a ‘roof’, spanning between the four houses, we create a both physical and mental experience of sharing, as well as a new hybrid between knowledge and movement.
 
Courtesy of ADEPT – 1st Floor Plan
The four individual houses are separate volumes but are connected in several ways: the urban space floating into the building at the entrance level, the criss-crossing stairs spanning the triple-height space atrium and the common area at the top floor. The sports facilities at the top floor hovers over the four heavy houses and endows the building with a literally enlightening identity. When darkness falls, it lits up to tell the story of a active environment for education, research and movement  – around the clock. Courtesy of ADEPT – Diagram
Courtesy of ADEPT – Photographs : Adam Mørk
A large skylight draws daylight down on the common square where a number of social and administrative functions are located as center points in the central meeting space of the building. Standing on...