BLOX / DAC, Copenhagen

About

Blox is a mixed use building that takes up a strategic position in the historic waterfront of the city, between the culturally rich Slotsholmen district and the city center. The project creates new links between these areas, respecting traffic at street level and establishing overpasses and underpasses so that pedestrians can enjoy the different uses of the building. The new volume consists of a mix of homes, offices, shops, restaurants and new headquarters of the DAC (Danish Architecture Center). The section of the building emerges from the heaping of rectangular prisms, making the interaction with other elements of the program easier, and creating dynamic facades with a fragmented volumetry that adapts to the conditions of the environment in each orientation. The location of the project – alongside historic monuments like Christiansborg Palace and many other bold, contemporary interventions – defines its exterior image, which highlights the abstract character of the geometry so as not to impose itself on the context. The facades are closed with glass and metallic latticework, letting the building open up to different views of Copenhagen’s waterfront.

Sources

• Arquitectura Viva