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The Silo Apartments in Copenhagen
Contemporary Housing in Nordhavnen: Renewed Danish Building on Fortkaj ? design by COBE architects
28 Jun 2017
The Silo Apartments
Location: Fortkaj, Nordhavnen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Design: COBE, architects
The Silo Apartments in Copenhagen

As the centrepiece of Copenhagen?s redeveloped Nordhavn (North Harbour), Danish architects COBE and clients Klaus Kastbjerg and NRE Denmark unveil the completed transformation of The Silo. The former industrial silo was originally used as a storage container for grain. Fifty years later, the 17-storey silo has been converted for new use as a residential apartment building with 38 unique units, ranging from 106 m2 to 401 sqm in size, and with public functions such as event and dining facilities on the upper and lower levels.
The Silo is part of the transformation of Copenhagen?s Nordhavn (North Harbour) ? a vast post-industrial development, currently being transformed into a new city district. Designed by Danish architects COBE with clients Klaus Kastbjerg and NRE Denmark, a 17-storey former grain silo and the largest industrial building in the area has been transformed into ?The Silo?, housing residential apartments and public functions.

Inside-out transformation

In order to bring The Silo?s industrial concrete facade up to current standards, the exterior of the existing silo has ...