Team members
Annette Jensen, Bo Benzon, Henning Stüben, Henrik Juul Nielsen, Jesper
Wichmann, J?rn Jensen, Mads H. Lund, Marc Jay, Nina Ter-borch, Xavier
Pavia Pages,
The Maritime Youth House, located on the island of Amager, in Copenhagen, took as
point of departure a technical problem related with the physical characteristics of
the plot. A third of our budget was allocated to remove polluted topsoil. By covering
the site with a wooden deck, we could leave the soil where it was and invest the
money on the building, rather than the site’s polluted topsoil. The result is a public
landscape of social functions surrounded by water on all sides, breathing new life
into a former desolate harbor front.
Two very different users with conflicting requirements had to share the facilities:
a sailing club and a youth center. The youth center wanted outdoor space for the
kids to play, while the sailing club required most of the site to moor their boats.
The building is the result of these two contradictory demands. The deck is elevated
high enough to allow for boat storage underneath while providing an undulating
landscape for the kids to run and play above. In 2004 the Maritime Youth House was
awarded the Copenhagen Architecture Award for being one of the best examples in
recent years.
AWARDS
2008 Wood Award; 2005 Mies Van Der Rohe Award Honourable Mention; 2004 European
Architecture Award Luigi Cosenza; 2004 Copenhagen Award For Architecture; 2004 Ar+d Award,
Architectural Review, Riba
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