Dorte Mandrup A/S

Ama'r Children's Culture House

Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod

AMA'R CHILDREN'S CULTURE HOUSE

Dorte Mandrup

ARCHITECTS
Dorte Mandrup: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter

MANUFACTURERS
Troldtekt

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Copenhagen, Denmark

CATEGORY
Kindergarten

Text description provided by architect.

The Children’s Culture House mediates the varying scales of adjacent buildings through extruding and cutting their forms.

Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod

The joint of the building, where the extened lines of the existing buildings meet, is low- ered to allow maximum sunlight to reach the neighboring courtyard.

The expression of the Children’s Culture House is surpris- ing and imaginative: the roof and facades are treated the same, and the House does not have a “start” and “end” as ordinary houses do.

Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod

The building is organized as a mountain. All interior spaces are visually connected, and are bound together by dynamic circulation.

The house offers flexible spaces and cus- tomized furniture, which have been proven to enhance children’s creativity and active participation.

Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod

The spaces provide oppor- tunities for varied use and accommodate age groups from 0-18 years with changing needs.

The construction details of The Ama’r Chil- dren’s Culture House have been designed in collaboration with Nøhr and Sigsgaard Arkitekter.

Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod


Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod


Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Torben Eskerod
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Jens Lindhe


Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Jens Lindhe
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Jens Lindhe
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Jens Lindhe
Ama'r Children's Culture House
© Jens Lindhe


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Ama'r Children's Culture House
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First Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
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Roof Floor Plan
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Dorte Mandrup A/S
T +45 33 937350
Dorte Mandrup A/S
Vesterbrogade 95A, 1620 København, Denmark