Nord Architects A/S

Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City

Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City
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MULTI-PURPOSE SPORTS FACILITY IN ØRESTAD CITY

NORD Architects

ARCHITECTS
NORD Architects

CATEGORY
Municipal Building

LOCATION
København, Denmark

AREA
1500 m²

PHOTOGRAPHS
Adam Mørk

YEAR
2017

LANDSCAPE
Masu Planning

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Nord Architects

CLIENT
Municipality of Copenhagen, Grundejerforeningen Ørestad Syd (Homeowners' association Ørestad Syd)

Text description provided by architect.

The Multi-purpose Sports and Community Facility is developed through a process based on collaboration with a dedicated group of users, local stakeholders and inhabitants to cater specific local needs.

Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City
© Adam Mørk
Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City
© Adam Mørk

During an open process in the early and developing phase, NORD Architects facilitated workshops where the users dealt with priorities of activities and functions.

The building is open 24/7 to the public, school classes and local sports clubs and is divided into heated and unheated areas, with the unheated part as the biggest multifunctional spaces for different activities as basketball and floorball and the heated part as a space for dance, yoga, material arts or floor exercises for smaller groups.

Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City
© Adam Mørk
Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City
© Adam Mørk

The building is unstaffed and all activities and events are arranged and held by the users themselves whether organized in groups or private initiatives.

As opposed to the surrounding buildings, the lowest point of the Multi-purpose facility is facing Ørestad Boulevard, and in this way meeting and welcoming the people in the neighborhood on ground level.

Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City
© Adam Mørk
Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City
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Furthermore, the building stands out due to its green roof and wooden materials.

"This place is a kind of shelter for local sports and social events and in this way an invitation to both creativity, activity and recreation.

Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City
© Adam Mørk
Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City
© Adam Mørk
Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City
© Adam Mørk

It is built as a light structure that welcomes openness and unpredictability in this otherwise fully planned urban area and we are sure it will generate social interaction and livability in Ørestad City”, explains partner Johannes Molander Pedersen.

The relation to the surrounding park emphasizes the inclusive and accessible character of the building, that has no back, but a long unbroken strip of windows making the activities inside, visible from the park – and reversed.

Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City
© Adam Mørk


Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City
© Adam Mørk
Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City
© Adam Mørk


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Nord Architects A/S
T +45 3369 0908
Nord Architects A/S
Hejrevej 37, 2400 København, Denmark