ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 446
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Fri Oct 2 11:14:56 PDT 2009
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COLLEGE IN COPENHAGEN
by Terri Peters
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From the outside, Orestad College in Copenhagen,
Denmark, is a simple five-story cuboid. But the
conventional exterior form conceals a radical open-plan
interior.
Designed by Danish architects 3XN, the experimental
secondary school seems to embody all kinds of things
that a school typically isn't.
Gleaming white inside, with a four-story atrium that
extends from the public cafe to the roof terrace, the
building is airy, full of natural light, and
acoustically regulated. Unlike most schools,
Orestad College is spatially complex, with an
undulating circulation element that unfolds throughout
the building.
The open space gives a sense of calm minimalism, and
when it is empty and quiet, it seems more like the new
headquarters for a creative industry rather than a high
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Public Space, Open Place
The building stands along the canal and skytrain line in
the developing Orestad neighborhood south of
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Dear Editor,
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authorities of Maidstone:
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People and Places
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