With the opening October 1, 2018, Tingbjerg Library and Culture House is a new landmark building in Copenhagen, Denmark. COBE?s aim is for the project to serve as an urban catalyst and an architectural framework for social and cultural activities, thereby contributing to a positive development of the local community – currently a marginalized area with high crime rates but also an architectural cornerstone in Danish modernism.
Photography: Rasmus Hjortshøj – COAST
?As an architect, it is an honor to have the opportunity to build in Tingbjerg because of its rich architectural history, created by two prominent figures in Danish modernism, architect Steen Eiler Rasmussen and landscape architect Carl Theodor Sørensen. Before we even began our work the bar was set high. We wanted to create a new destination in Tingbjerg that respects both its surroundings through a choice of materials and shape while at the same time creating a strong identity of its own. Our ambition was for the Tingbjerg Library and Culture House to become a social and cultural engine,? says Dan Stubbergaard, architect and founder of COBE. Photography: Rasmus Hjortshøj – COAST
Tingbjerg Library and Culture House have been conceived as a large wedge-shaped shell and at its narrowest, the building is only 1.5 meters wide. It has been built as an extension to Tingbjerg School with an angled roof sloping down to the school?s entrance. Through the transparent glass facade inlaid into the wide f...