National Rowing Stadium, Bagsvaerd Sports Facility, Architect, Danish 21th Century Building Images, Design
National Rowing Stadium in Bagsvaerd
Sports Centre Architecture in Copenhagen, Denmark – design by AART architects
1 Jun 2017
National Rowing Stadium
Design: AART architects – Sub-consultants include: E+E Arkitekter (co-architect) and LIW Planning (landscape architect)
Location: Bagsvaerd, Copenhagen, Denmark
National Rowing Stadium

Denmark?s Rowing Stadium at Bagsværd Lake fulfils the vision of creating a rowing stadium in an international league of its own. Beautifully situated with water and forest on all sides, it is a place that accommodates both the elite and the broader public. Here, poised between lake and forest, the classical disciplines of rowing intersect with other forms of leisure. It is thus much more than a rowing stadium.
It is a sports centre that mixes various kinds of sports with social and scenic experiences. It shows that sport ? for the elite and the public ? is not just about strength and stamina, but also social well-being and mental health. It is about the whole person, and that is precisely the starting point for the new national rowing stadium that, as a broadly inclusive framework in everyday life, helps to enhance the performance of the individual athlete.

 

This has become possible through an unfolding of the site?s potential and by entering into dialogue with its different users. The result is a national sports centr...