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Orestad College Copenhagen, Gynasium, Building, Images, Design, Award
Ørestad Gymnasium, København, Danmark
Danish School Building by 3XN, Architects
3XN nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2009
2 Dec 2008
3XN's "virtual college", Ørestad College, has been
nominated for the honourable Mies van der Rohe Award.
Ørestad College was built in immediate continuation of new
legislation in the Danish educational sector in 2005 and is an educational
building remarkable for its complete absence of class rooms in the
traditional sense. At present, the gymnasium is the most-applied-for
in Denmark.

The Mies van der Rohe European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
is given away every second year for the purpose of recognizing and
paying tribute to European architecture of high quality. Ørestad
College has already received international praise - e.g. the Forum
AID Award 2008 for Best Architecture in the Nordic Region.
Orestad College
Ørestad Boulevard/Arne Jacobsens Allé, Copenhagen
1st prize in invited competition 2003
Completion: 2006
Architect: 3XN
Ørestad College, Copenhagen, Denmark: Description
Address: Ørestad Boulevard/Arne Jacobsens Allé, Copenhagen
Client: Copenhagen Municipality
Award: 1. prize in invited competition 2003
Completion: 2006
Size: 12.000 m2
Budget: DKK 200 mio. / € 27 mio / $ 32.5 mio
Architect: 3XNielsen Kim Herforth Nielsen, Bo Boje Larsen, Kim Christiansen
Engineer: Søren Jensen A/S
Adviser: Helle Mathiasen, cand. pæd. ph.d.
Acoustics: Frederik Wiuff
Photo: Adam Mørk

The Ørestad College will be the first in Denmark to fulfil new educational
visions regarding subjects, organisation and teaching systems.
Communication, interaction and synergy has been key issues. The project
displays a visionary interpretation of openness and flexibility regarding
team sizes, varying from the individual over groups to classes and
assemblies, and reflects international tendencies aiming at achieving
a Ørestad College Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark more dynamic and life-like
studying environment and introducing IT as a main tool. The intention
is also to enforce the students’ abilities gradually to take responsibility
for own learning, being able to work in teams as well as working individually.
The college is interconnected vertically and horizontally. Four boomerang
shaped floor plans are rotated to create the powerful super structure
which forms the overall frame of the building – simple and highly
flexible. Four study zones occupy one floor plan each. Avoiding level
changes makes the organisational flexibility as high as possible,
and enables the different teaching and learning spaces to overlap
and interact with no distinct borders.
The rotation opens a part of each floor to the vertical tall central
atrium and forms a zone that provides community and expresses the
college’s ambition for interdisciplinary education.
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Orestad College - exterior:

Ørestad College Copenhagen
: 3XN
Ørestad Arkitektur masterplan
- photos
Ørestad Copenhagen - housing:
Steven Holl Architects
Orestad College - interior:

Mies van der Rohe Award
2009 Nomination
Copenhagen Architect Offices
Copenhagen Building News
- Selection
Copenhagen Harbour Gateway
: Steven Holl Architects

image Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects
Rødovre Skyscraper Copenhagen
: MVRDV win

Scala Tower : BIG

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