#vandkunsten

[ainfantek]

Vandkunsten

[afotw]

Expansion of the Bernadotte School, Hellerup 2007 - 2009

The façade of the building is wired up as part of the landscaping and building design.  Today Wisteria, Black Leaf Ivy, and Virginia Creeper filter daylight entering the building.

[meeresfem]

The Modern Seaweed House by Vandkunsten and Realdania

The Modern Seaweed house is a holiday home clad with seaweed pillows in Læsø, Denmark by Vandkunsten and Realdania.

OMG I am SO excited!!!! A seaweed house!!!! Apparently seaweed (eelgrass more precicely) is even fire resistant? On top of having most of the other good qualities that I’d have expected from such a natural fibre, like:

The Modern Seaweed House has shown that eelgrass has a lot of qualities. Besides its excellent insulating property and long-term durability, which in itself offer a lot of potential, it has been discovered through practical application that seaweed has exceptional acoustic properties. This creates surprisingly comfortable rooms while the ability to absorb and give off moisture contributes to regulate a good indoor climate. The numerous qualities provide a wide range of applications in modern, sustainable building.

And longlasting too! I was always in love with thatch, but that’s a super fire hazard and also doesn’t last that long. I wonder why eelgrass wasn’t more common for houses/thatching? Maybe it’s harder to work with because it’s shorter and not as uniform as thatch?

[dezainnet]

BIGやPraksis Arkitekterらが手がけたヴェネチア国際建築ビエンナーレ、デンマーク館の写真など (designboom) The danish pavilion celebrates collaborative innovation with projects by BIG, Praksis Arkitekter, CITA, and Vandkunsten (designboom)

[35letters]

(via A home for the cultural scene of Faaborg)

[missdesignsays]

»Vi kan overskue risikoen ved, at noget går galt«: Vandkunsten og Egen Vinding & Datter opfører 12 genbrugsskure i Musicon

Sekundært byggeri opført i genbrugsmaterialer vinder indpas i byggebranchen. I Roskilde-bydelen Musicon er kommunen ved at opføre 12 affaldsskure bygget i 95 procents genbrugsmaterialer. Håbet er, at et smukt skur bygget af genbrugsmaterialer signalerer, at affald er en vigtig ressource, og at tankegangen smitter af på brugerne.

[okroglo]

VANDKUNSTEN (Denmark est 1970) view of interior street at Jystrup Savværk

[jeroenapers]

Een mooi video over het ontwerp van de Modern Seaweed House op het Deense eiland Læsø en de lokale traditie van bouwen met zeewier. Vorige week had ik al wat mooie foto’s van het buitenhuis, in 2012 ontworpen door Vandkunsten.