BLACK & WHITE TWINS

The twin-villa's are almost finished - here are the latest shots taken on the site this weekend.

KAUPTÚN - SHOPPING CENTRE

A couple of shots taken at the building site yesterday.  Things are progressing - and starting to take shape.

OUR PROPOSAL FOR THE CHICAGO UNION STATION 2020 COMPETITION

Chicago is renowned for its number of public parks, famous for giving birth to the world’s first skyscraper and recognized as a metropolis that in its structure masters the choreography of urban movement.

This proposal is a loving tribute to the inherent qualities of the city and it’s history. The new dynamic center has two key components; the Union Plaza and the Vertical City. A vibrating metropolitan plaza, celebrating the dynamics of the transit’s constant state of flux, and a reinvention of the skyscraper through a site specific structure - incorporating the diverse characteristics of Chicago.

In respect of Union Station, the historic building is kept almost entirely in its original form with its importance enhanced by the new adjacent Union Plaza. The Grand Hall is given a new life as a connection point between the West Loop Transportation Center and the HSR-platforms. The perforated plaza, above the platforms, is conceived as a vibrating urban juncture between horizontal and vertical movements – between the underlying flow of high speed trains, the Chicago river and the stream of people traveling through the vertical city.

Elevated above the plaza, the Vertical City can be viewed as a condensed sampling of the unique urban fabric of Chicago – a slice of the city that has been rotated 90 degrees. A collection of “horizontal” skyscrapers - each with their individual program and identity; streets, sidewalks and parks, stacked on top of each other. Programmatically tipping our hat to Burnham & Bennets’s Plan of Chicago, a vertical chain of public parks and recreational areas is introduced throughout the structure.

The proposal’s ambition is to create a strong landmark for Chicago, rooted in the city’s genus loci, and at the same time challenge the traditional typology of plinths and towers.

Results of the competition can be seen here

MODELSHOP IN FULL EFFECT

Knives cutting and foam flying in the pursuit of our next project.  We use the model for sketching and testing new ideas and for final presentation.

"BYOASE" A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN HERNING WITH C.C. CONTRACTOR AND THE CITY OF HERNING

KRADS, C.C. Contractor and the dept. of city planning of Herning creates this visionary scheme for a whole new urban area in the center of Herning. 

The site is surrounded by Dronningens Boulevard, Fredensgade, Dalgas Allé and Lykkesvej.

It´s called an URBAN OASIS (BYOASE) and is a combined transformation of the old power plant in the city and a scheme of a new development of 30.000 + sqm.

The focus of the project is the diverse identity of a post industrial area and its buildings being transformed in synergy with a whole new development. The concept is to let the new structure frame the site and its old buildings - generating a intense athmosphere of dynamics and diversity. This is going to be a place for living, working, leisure, culture and recreation.

The project was pre-approved by the politicians of Herning last month. Today it´s being published in the Danish media. This marks the beginning of the futher development of the project. During the next 12 month the city of Herning will work on the local planning.

See BØRSEN, HERNING FOLKEBLAD november 5th. or Magasinet Ejendom, online.

Please contact KRADS / Mads Bay Møller for further information or the Danish press-material, Phone: +45 27 82 95 42 // +45 96 76 80 00