PROJECT | The LM Project (Steven Holl) | 113m | 27 fl | 98m | 24 fl | Pro

[Nightsky]

The LM Project
Height: 113m & 98m
Floors: 27 & 24
Proposed (Design revealed on Oktober 31. 2008)
Architects: Steven Holl Architects

Short description of the project from stevenholl.com

The LM Project design for the dramatic new harbor entrance to the great city of Copenhagen is based on a concept of two towers carrying two bridges at two orientations all connecting back to the unique aspects of the site's history. The Langenlinie site, a berth for ocean ships for decades, is expressed in the Langenlinie tower with geometry taken from the site's shape. A prow-like public deck thrusts out to the sea horizon. This deck is the level of public entry to the bridge elevators and has public amenities such as cafes and galleries. It can be reached by a wide public stair as well as escalators. The Marmormolen tower connects back to the City with a main terrace that thrusts out towards the city horizon shaped by a public auditorium below. It can also be reached by escalators and is adjacent to the public bridge elevator lobby.

Each tower carries its own cable-stay bridge that is a public passageway between the two piers. Due to the site geometry, these bridges meet at an angle, joining like a handshake over the harbor. The soffits below the bridges and under the cantilevers pick up the bright colors of the harbor; container orange on the undersides of the Langenlinie, bright yellow on the undersides of the Marmormolen. At night the uplights washing the colored aluminum reflect like paintings in the water.

Copenhagen, Denmark: Friday 31st October, 2008 It was announced today at a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark that Steven Holl Architects has won the international design competition "The LM Project". With a program that connects office towers and civic spaces with a public walkway 65 meters above the harbor, the new design is intended to form an iconic landmark for Copenhagen's waterfront. The competition was organized by CPH City and Port Development and ATP Ejendomme; the CEO's for both companies were among the jury members selecting the winner. The Chairman of the Jury is administrative director of the development company City / Harbor and Copenhagen's former lord mayor Jens Kramer Mikkelsen.

Mr. Mikkelsen said "The project combines the esthetical, the functional and the business minded. This winning proposal is architecture in high, high class."

The current lord mayor of Copenhagen, Ritt Bjerregaard, praised the design, saying "With the winning project, we get a great high-rise building, which will bind the city better together and function as a landmark in the harbor."

Steven Holl Architects' design for the dramatic new harbor entrance to the great city of Copenhagen is based on a concept of two towers carrying two bridges at two orientations all connecting back to the unique aspects of the site's history. The Langenlinie site, a berth for ocean ships for decades, is expressed in the Langenlinie tower with geometry taken from the site's shape. A prow-like public deck thrusts out to the sea horizon. This deck is the level of public entry to the bridge elevators and has public amenities such as cafes and galleries. It can be reached by a wide public stair as well as escalators. The Marmormolen tower connects back to the City with a main terrace that thrusts out towards the city horizon shaped by a public auditorium below. It can also be reached by escalators and is adjacent to the public bridge elevator lobby.

Each tower carries its own cable-stay bridge that is a public passageway between the two piers. Due to the site geometry, these bridges meet at an angle, joining like a handshake over the harbor. The soffits below the bridges and under the cantilevers pick up the bright colors of the harbor; container orange on the undersides of the Langenlinie, bright yellow on the undersides of the Marmormolen. At night the uplights washing the colored aluminum reflect like paintings in the water.

Regarding the winning design proposal, the competition Jury cited the following:
'The jury has unanimously decided to nominate Steven Holl Architects' entry as the winner of the competition. The reason being the special importance placed on creating two buildings each adapted to the site, and the overall idea of how to connect these buildings and ensure that they form a whole across the harbor basin. The project involves a sense of place which is essential for a project on this prominent site."

The project utilizes a variety of progressive sustainable solutions to ensure this important international landmark is rooted in Denmark's identity as one of the world leaders in alternative energy. Both towers have high performance glass curtainwalls with a veil of solar screen made of photovoltaics; collecting the sun's energy while shading. They are connected to a seawater heating/cooling system with radiant heating in the floor slabs and radiant cooling in the ceiling. Natural ventilation is provided on every floor with windows opening at the floor level and ceiling level for maximum air circulation. Optimum natural light is provided to all offices due to the reflective light performance of the screens. Wind turbines line the top of the pedestrian bridge roof; providing all electricity for lighting the public spaces. Due to wind power, this inviting harbor front gateway is always glowing.

stevenholl.com

EDIT by Swede

[staff]

Not exactly news, but I wonder why this project hasn't got its own thread yet.

[FREKI]

Originally Posted by Fab 5

This has to be - it has to!

[knilaus]

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[Köbtke]

Originally Posted by knilaus

There is NO proposal. It is a master plan for the area ... please control your thread-creating trigger happiness in this forum. Lots of things may still be changed. It is far too premature to create a thread for a high rise that does not even have a final design yet. It's not a UN building either! It's supposed to contain offices as clearly indicated by the picture reproduced by FREKI. Get your facts straight before posting. Tsk tsk..

If you make clear it's not a proper proposal yet, I don't see any harm in opening threads about it. All the key elements of a future proposal are there. A high-rise and a skybridge as the architects have stated they want to have in any final proposal.

And early awareness about such a project and master plan as this is a good thing in my opinion. The sooner people start advocating this, the more time there is to generate a positive wibe before any fixed proposals for a high-rise is put forward.

[EDK_DK]

Originally Posted by knilaus

There is NO proposal. It is a master plan for the area ... please control your thread-creating trigger happiness in this forum. Lots of things may still be changed. It is far too premature to create a thread for a high rise that does not even have a final design yet. It's not a UN building either! It's supposed to contain offices as clearly indicated by the picture reproduced by FREKI. Get your facts straight before posting. Tsk tsk..

We need a MOD to Delete/change the facts in this thread...
On the other hand cool down - please... No harm made that we can't change

[Fab 5]

Yeah, but Nightsky needs to get his facts right and perhaps be just a little more reserved before posting. I mean, there are several renderings available and the project has, of course, been discussed heavily in the Copenhagen thread (and elsewhere).
I wouldn't just go in and start posting half-finished threads on a landmark project for Stockholm before I had actually looked into that respective thread and searched for more adequate information.

[Fab 5]

And BTW: The name of this thread should also be changed - the project is called "The Marble Pier".

[Köbtke]

Well as I understand it, the UN part won't be in the tower, will it?

It'll be in the green area (ie low-rise) of the last picture...?

But I'm still loving this project. Opened a thread about it over at the Highrise section (granted, a bit early maybe - but excitement took over)

[FREKI]

Where there's threads there's hope

[Nightsky]

First I want to tell that everyone has their right to their opinions, but I can't understand this agression from some forumers, it makes me feel I don't want to post anything at all on this forum. All wrong info can be corrected afterwards so I don't think there is any need to be hysterical.
I just read the article in DN and that's where I got all the info, I didn't know that it was the same building that has been posted in the rendering and I didn't know that the highrise itself is not supposed to be a UN building. Since it was a new article I thought it was a new project.
If the thread doesn't fit we could tell the mods to delete it. There was no thread about it and I really think that a 140m tall building needs an own thread, just like Staff said.

The information in media is sometimes very wrong, but the only info I could find was that it should be a UN building and I couldn't find any other name anywhere.

[Fab 5]

Originally Posted by Nightsky

The information in media is sometimes very wrong, but the only info I could find was that it should be a UN building and I couldn't find any other name anywhere.

My point was just to be a little more focused and perhaps take a look in the Copenhagen thread before posting. Of course such a project had already been debated there heavily. Again, I wouldn't personally just start posting a half-finished thread on a prestigious landmark Stockholm project before I had looked into the respective Stockholm thread and got the facts right. Nightsky, I really don't hope you see this as a hysterical aggression towards you; it is definitely not meant like that. It is just a polite suggestion. Nothing more than that.

[Blue Viking]

Guys, I think this is becoming a bit too anal

If Nightsky wants to open a thread, then let him do it. And the same goes for Knilaus.

Although Nightsky isn't the most frequent visitor here at N&B, he is a legend to some of us. To anyone who hasn't seen them yet, I can only recommend that you check out Nightsky's renderings at SSP. And Knilaus is also a very valuable and knowledgable ressource here at N&B, so I think it is fine if he opens some threads as well. Cheers to both of them

Anyway, this is all OT.

Great project. I wish the master plan was the final plan. For some reason, there are very few highrises in this country with nice glassy facades. I can only think of Ferring and Prismet right now. I would love to see this one with a big fat mirror facade!

[Fab 5]

But a least we need to get a MOD to change the name of this thread to "The Marble Pier" + have Nightsky present the high-resolution pics of the project in the top of this thread - you can find them in my post at page 53 of the Copenhagen thread.

[Blue Viking]

Agree! And as a "punishment" for invading Danish territory Nightsky also has to do a render of the project and post it in the first post!

[Swede]

Originally Posted by Nightsky

First I want to tell that everyone has their right to their opinions, but I can't understand this agression from some forumers, it makes me feel I don't want to post anything at all on this forum. All wrong info can be corrected afterwards so I don't think there is any need to be hysterical.

Wise words! The name is easily changed and if the info is wrong in the first post, that is easily changed too. Quit it with the hate-fest. It's stupid and uncivilized.
IMO this project does warrant a thread of its own and the "Pro" tag. Picking up on new proposals early and following to their completion/death is the point of this forum. It may be just a concept in a prposed new area plan, but that still a proposal!

Originally Posted by Blue Viking

Guys, I think this is becoming a bit too anal
If Nightsky wants to open a thread, then let him do it. And the same goes for Knilaus.
Although Nightsky isn't the most frequent visitor here at N&B, he is a legend to some of us. To anyone who hasn't seen them yet, I can only recommend that you check out Nightsky's renderings at SSP. And Knilaus is also a very valuable and knowledgable ressource here at N&B, so I think it is fine if he opens some threads as well. Cheers to both of them
Anyway, this is all OT.

It is, and if it continues I'll get rid of that whole debate. As for Nightsky... You're right. He's been around here for a long time, is a real nice guy and the amount and quality of SSP diagrams he's done does rep us N&Bers nicely.
But, that's all OT as you said. So,

NO MORE OF THE OT

[Fab 5]

I still think it could be a slide suddenly allowing all kinds of dreams and hollow ideas and initial master plans in this part of the forum, however, I'll keep my mouth shut for now. I am pretty new to SSC and realize I have to be more reserved... I don't want to be called aggressive, hysterical, stupid, uncivilized and hate focused again just because I (together with Þróndeimr) was addressing an issue to be discussed and agreed upon in order to have a smooth running forum.

[staff]

And a good lesson is: don't trust your national newspapers when it comes to information regarding other countries. Hell, don't trust them anyway.

Swedish medias' portrayal of Danish issues, especially politics, are just outrageous.

[TORONTOCOPENHAGEN]

I really admire all of you who post pictures etc regarding the projects going on in Copenhagen and I want to thank you all for doing it.

One minor thing: Is the name of this high rise "United Nations Building"? If not we must change the name of the thread accordingly!

Peter

[Fab 5]

Originally Posted by TORONTOCOPENHAGEN

I really admire all of you who post pictures etc regarding the projects going on in Copenhagen and I want to thank you all for doing it.

One minor thing: Is the name of this high rise "United Nations Building"? If not we must change the name of the thread accordingly!

Peter

As I have written, the thread should at least have a name change to "The Marble Pier". Nightsky should get hold of a MOD.