CLT factory is on the cover page of “Byggeri + Arkitektur” (Bulding + Architecture)

In this publication, we focus on renovation as a discipline, because it is important that today priority is given to continuing to work with existing structures and materials, so that the climate impact is limited. Transformation thus plays a core role in the architecture of the future, and in this connection a greater awareness of the choice of materials is necessary – where in architecture you do not hide materials, but on the contrary put the solutions on display and let it be part of the design.

Read the magazine here.

The honest renovation
Furniture designer Jonas Herman Pedersen works, for example, with CLT and Recoma, which consists of recycled packaging. The challenge here has been not to refine the material too much, but to let it speak for itself.

In the interview with Bjørn Mogensen from Sweco Architects, he talks about the fact that the successful transformation does not always return the building to its origins – for him it is about finding the building’s character and soul, squinting at the style history and being inspired.

Jakob Johnsen from Rørbæk and Møller Arkitekter has similarly maintained a balance between modern solutions and a continuation of the industrial look with raw concrete surfaces, steel structures and visible ventilation pipes in the renovation of Pakhus 47 in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn.

Søren Pihlmann talks about the work at Thoravej 29, where the building has been regarded as the primary resource bank, where much has been recycled that would normally be carted away by demolition companies. This entry is both a leg brace and a help to identify the overall framework for a project – where the building’s story emerges from the materials available.

Published on https://byggeri-arkitektur.dk/Byggeri-arkitektur–138