Re-public designs visual identity for restored Hafnia-Hallen sports centre
Local design agency Re-public used the lines that mark out various sports pitches as the basis for a visual identity and wayfinding at Denmark's largest sports centre ? the Hafnia-Hallen in Copenhagen.
Re-public was asked to come up with a new name and visual identity for the Hafnia-Hallen sports facility, which was built in 1996 as the Club Denmark Hall and was used for elite football training.
After a partial collapse of the roof in 2010, the building lay empty until it was taken over by the City of Copenhagen, which began working on a plan to redevelop it as a multi-sports venue.
Local architecture firm Christensen & Co worked on the restoration of the 9,200-square-metre structure, which now hosts football pitches, handball and badminton courts, a fitness area, climbing wall and conference rooms. As part of the architectural project, the huge cross-laminated timber roof was restored and a clubhouse area containing changing rooms and staff facilities housed in a bold red volume was introduced.
Towards the end of the renovations, the City of Copenhagen approached Re-public about creating an identity centred around a new name that reflects the centre's changing purpose.
"As it was transforming from this elite facility into a multifunctional place intended for public use by all Copenhageners, the name itself was very important," Re-public CEO Morten Windelev told Dezeen.
"Hafnia is the old way of saying Copenhagen in Latin, so that was a way of making i...
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