Copenhagan design by BIG architects combines leisure and waste energy plant
UK Engineer Adams Kara Taylor is part of consortium which has won the job to design a 拢400m giant new waste to energy plant doubling as a ski slope in Copenhagan.
AKT was in partnership with Danish architect BIG, realities:united, Topotek 1 and Man Made Land for the competition, beating a shortlist that included Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Dominique Perrault Architecture, 3xN, Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects & Gottlieb Paludan Architects.
The consortium decided to overcome potential objections to the creation of a waste recycling plant by turning the 95,000 sq m facility in to a destination. The 31,000 sq m ski-slope will sit on the roof of the building and will use a recycled synthetic material rather than relying on creating freezing conditions indoors, therefore saving energy.
The slope will be accessed by a lift in the building鈥檚 chimney, giving visitors views of the internal workings of the building and, from a 100m viewing platform, of the surrounding city and countryside.
Client Ulla R枚ttger, director of Amagerforbraending, said: 鈥淏IG鈥檚 proposal contributes to the city with something useful and beautiful. We see this creating a lot of opportunities and with this unique building, we can brand the Danish knowledge and technology to show the world our abilities within environmental and energy issues.鈥�
Bjarke Ingels, founder and partner at BIG, said the incinerator was an example of 鈥渉edonistic sustainability鈥�. He said: 鈥淭he idea [is] that sustainability is not a burden, but that a sustainable city in fact can improve our quality of life. The Waste-to-Energy plant with a ski slope is the best example of a city and a building which is both ecologically, economically and socially sustainable.鈥�
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