NOBIS is latin for ?for us?.

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Architects: LAARK

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

Architect: Michael W. Laungaard

Client: HF-Centre Efterslægten

Area: 2200.0 sqm

Project Year: 2013

Photographs: Henrik Dons Christensen

Engineer: Kristian Rahbæk

Client Advisor: Nikolaj Thymark

Budget: 36 mio DKK

NOBIS is latin for ?for us?.

© Henrik Dons Christensen

The project was to construct an indoor sports arena in an already existing urban environment. The challenge was to find the right architectural connection and identity between the existing structures and the new building.
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© Henrik Dons Christensen

The functions of the new building, its dance hall, gym and lecture halls were different from that of the existing buildings and finding the right balance became a key priority. The new indoor arena is pressed into the landscape and solidly grounded in order to ensure that the structure is kept on the same horizontal level as the existing structures.

© Henrik Dons Christensen

© Henrik Dons Christensen

Pockets of light and air have been constructed to underline the different levels and dimensions of the surrounding landscape and the creation of layers in the façade to th...