Water Culture House

Project description

The new Water Culture House and harbor bath at Christiansholm, "Paper Island", emphasizes the importance of water in history, culture and city life in Copenhagen. The project creates a wide and varied experience of water in its various stages and shapes. The keywords are motion, reflection and transparency.

The architecture is created through studies of the composition of positive and negative volumes. A number of different volumes of pyramids are worked vertically and horizontally to create special experiences for each room.

ConstructionThe Water Culture House consists of a roof that divides the upper volumes of the house into five independent pyramid-shaped structures, a coherent ground floor and basement floors. The basement is made of concrete structure and the ground floor as a combination of steel and concrete constructions. The roof surface is constructed according to a continuous principle based on a steel grid solution. The pyramid consist of grid surfaces that lean against each other, thus providing a stable construction. The facade will be covered with tiles on the inside and on the exterior of the building.

Indoor environmentFrom the beginning of the project a focus has been to secure a great indoor environment with a low use of energy in the challenging architecture.

The facades are sealed. The building envelope has low U-values and very energy efficient ventilation system with possibility for recirculation. The ventilation system will distribute the air in the swimming pool area via slot diffusion integrated in the floor. The supply air system is placed I a U-shape around three sides of the swimming pool. The extraction device is placed on the side of the pool and in the cone to gain the most optimal air supply in all zones.

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