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Signalhuset

Tue, May 27, 2008Apartment CondoDenmark2006Postmodernism, Metarationalism, De Stijl, BrutalismNobel Arkitekter A/S

SIGNALHUSET

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Close view of Signalhuset’s balconies, with vertical metal screens and varied coloured façade panels.
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ARCHITECTS
Nobel

AREA
8.3 m2

YEAR
2006

LOCATION
Copenhagen , Denmark

CATEGORY
Apartments

Signalhuset beside the canal, showing its elevated residential floors and glazed ground level.
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Text description provided by architect.

The Signal House has a central location in Ørestad City, oriented directly towards the curved canal along Arne Jacobsens Allé

The building is elevated on a number of concrete elements lifting the 288 housing units hover above the ground.

The building facades are composed of an external transparent screen of galvanised stretch metal frames that define the building's outer shape.

View through a courtyard-like passage between Signalhuset’s residential wings and concrete supports.
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Concrete supports carry Signalhuset’s residential floors above the glazed ground level.
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Signalhuset’s upper floors project above a shaded ground-level walkway supported by concrete walls and columns.
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Together with the external screen, the coloured facade areas create a lively, varied structure that adds presence and identity to the building.

The plan concept is based on the ‘four-in-one' principle, which means that it is relatively simple to convert four youth units into a single, traditional one-family dwelling.

Signalhuset’s inner façade at dusk, with concrete piers and illuminated apartments behind screened balconies; designed by Nobel Arkitekter A/S.
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Signalhuset’s residential façade extends over a glazed ground floor beside the canal.
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Close view of Signalhuset balconies with metal screens, glass railings and coloured façade panels.
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Detail of Signalhuset’s façade where a concrete wall meets balconies with metal screens and coloured panels.
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Building section drawing of Signalhuset showing the elevated housing volume and its ground-level supports.
Elevation drawing of Signalhuset showing repeated balcony bays above the ground floor.
Floor plan drawing showing Signalhuset’s angled residential wings and central open space.

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