PROJECT | Scala Axeltorv (Lundgaard & Tranberg) | U/C

[moveteam]

Sådan bliver Københavns nye milliardbyggeri

[Xed]

Looks really, really good! And hopefully it will do a lot of good to the area, even if it doesn't fit the surroundings perfectly. It does help create some space, that are "almost" intimate and that's fine by me, since I unfortunately think we are used to much worse.

All in all I am very satisfied with this project so far. Aesthetically I think it is the best we have seen in Cph since the SEB buildings - also by Lundgaard and Tranberg.

[Never give up]

While I was up in the Tivoli Hotel (see Trafik and Infrastructure posting) I took a shot of Industriens Hus seen from the rear (Tivoli side).
Think that in just a couple of years, the new Scala building complex will appear to the left in front of the present black gable, and spoil the view of Rigshospitalet.
Also visible will be the new Panum Institute high rise a little further to the left.
2 X L and T.


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[Never give up]

Have you seen this awful proposal from the municipality for the future Vesterbros Passage?

While everybody is concentrating on the Scala project, the engineers from the kommune are going to construct this stange asymetric road plan on what could be our mini Champs Elysse with the Freedom statue in the centre at one end.
If ever a street should have a symmetrical plan with a line of trees on both sides of the road, then it is here.
Even worse, DI are contributing to it financially.

I have drawn the central axis line in, to show how off-centre the plan is.

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[Hafnia]

What's so awful about that ?

Every change for Vesterbro Passage is progress compared to now, and the asymmetric design idea will break the long line view. Maybe.

Of most importance will for me be an extension of the pedestrian zones on both sides.

[Hafnia]

Some piling around the ground zero has been hammered down, so someone must be pretty sure that the Scala plan will be adopted by the politicians at the city hall.
Else the big hole looks like it self

[andrejt]

Probably similar photos, but status 03.08.2012 :

Ground works are under-construction by German origin company ZUEBLIN (not too many projects for them here - in Denmark).
I liked the idea of keeping the old facade wall, which is strenghtened with braces now.
Not too big activity at all. As i understand there is no company still for structure, also substructure (probably). ZUEBLIN will perform just soil/excavation works.

See photos :

[Hafnia]

The good news are it's not any longer demolishing at this site, but in fact real ground engineering. The German based Company Zublin A/S is responsable for the excavation of the 4 floors underground parkinglots. It's 16 meters deep, and will be completed in january 2013.








The Wall,

[aarhusforever]

Thank you for the photoupdate, Hafnia

[DenverDane]

Yes, once again, thanks for your hard work, Hafnia! I don't always get to express it, but I sincerely appreciate your Copenhagen updates.

[Fab 5]

[Hafnia]

Thanks again, I hope the photos give you not locals guys, a good chance to follow genesis of this fantastic project.

[Never give up]

Serious drilling for the basement parking at Axeltorv.

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[Hafnia]

More drills..

[aarhusforever]

Was just about to ask for updates

[Hafnia]

Sorry to make some noise in here , and unfortunately it's not big stuff, though I fell over this text from one of the lawyer partners at Gorissen & Federspiel which are the coming main tenant in the new Scala.
My points are: now we got the tenats, we got the owners, we got the financeing, we got the local plan, we got the site, we got the architects/contracors, we got the construction permission.

We now only miss the building..

NIELS HEERING. PARTNER OG BESTYRELSESFORMAND I GORRISSEN
FEDERSPIEL

Gorrissen Federspiel har lidt af kronisk vokseværk de sidste mange år. Siden 1989 har selskabet haft adresse i det historiske Dagmarhus, lige ved Rådhuspladsen, hvor etage for etage gradvist er blevet indtaget af advokatvirksomheden.

"Vi har helt bevidst valgt at blive i centrum hver gang. I modsætning til mange af de andre større advokathuse, der har søgt ud mod havneområderne for at finde plads," siger advokat Niels Heering, der er partner og bestyrelsesformand i Gorrissen Federspiel.

I dag tæller virksomheden lige under 500 ansatte, og man har sågar måtte tage lokaler i brug i begge naboejendomme. Derfor var spændingen stor, da ledelsen for nylig skulle præsentere medarbejderne for en løsning, der vil fremtidssikre lokalesituationen: 15.000 ud af 18.000 kvadratmeter i den nye bygning, der opføres i stedet for Scala på Axeltorv.

"Medarbejderne blev meget begejstrede. Alle vil helt sikkert helst arbejde her i hjertet af København, hvor alle let kan komme til med bus, tog, metro eller bil. Arbejdspladsen bliver jo et naturligt mødested, også til ærinder efter arbejdstid, f.eks. hvis man skal på en biograftur eller ud at spise. Der er simpelthen mere liv en fredag sidst på dagen," siger Niels Heering.

'THE CITY'
Gorrissen Federspiel lægger stor vægt på at være hvad man på engelsk kalder 'a city firm of lawyers'. Med adresse i landets og hovedstadens finansielle centrum, tæt på Fondsbørsen, Finanstilsynet og de store virksomheder i finanssektoren.

Med en meget stor andel udenlandske klienter er det desuden en klar fordel, at taxachaufføren altid kender vej til Rådhuspladsen, og gæsterne kan bruge de sparsomme pauser til at nyde centrums mange seværdigheder - alt sammen i gåafstand.

"Vi bruger vores placering i byen meget aktivt. Når de tænder juletræet på Rådhuspladsen, har vi f.eks. en fast tradition om at mødes med vores familier til gløgg og julehygge. Så er vi mange samlet herinde - på en søndag," siger Niels Heering.

[LetMeLoose]

Originally Posted by tournesol

Well, I have a suggestion:
The facade has the status of "bevaringsværdig". This is however far from the same as "fredet". But until the lokalplan for the site has been approved, I don't think they are allowed to tear it down. But eventually they will. Just a matter getting the paperwork done...
This is all guesswork on my side, but based on the following excerpt from the lokalplanforslag:
"I lokalplan nr. 382 "Jernbanegade" er en facade på matr. nr. 66 mod Jernbanegade udpeget som bevaringsværdig. Det ansøgte projekt vil betinge denne facade nedrevet, hvilket vurderes at være arkitektonisk forsvarligt, idet tilsvarende bevaringsværdige facader er bredt repræsenteret andre steder i området."

Sadly, the facade will not survive. I was hoping they would use it somewhere else. I sent an email to Københavns Kommune a few weeks ago and they told me it would be torn down sooner or later. Don't remember the exact answer but the message was clear. I just had a look but couldn't find their response in my inbox. I must have deleted it.

Speaking of facades - What is going to happen to the empty spot on Strøget very close to Rådhuspladsen? They could have tried to fit a part of the facade from scala-grunden in that location. I'm sure the people from "Den gamle by i Aarhus" could have helped them rebuild it

I'm not satisfied with the loss of this facade. It's right there and should be relocated or at least stored for later use. That area has lost some very nice buildings already (Dagmarteatret).

[ramblersen]

The Strøget site was acquired by Absalon & Co. after first Oskar Jensen Gruppen and then Fionia Bank went bankrupt. It is the company behind Galleri K (previously City Arkaden)and one of the leading commercial space agents im the city centre so expect some pretty generic shopping arcade.

I'd much rather see Manuelle Gautrand's project revived than a transfer of some discarded facade which wouldn't even fit in proportionwise and in terms of lines and window placement. Or some other interesting, modern addition to the site. And I liked the idea of a passageway connecting Frederiksberggade to Vestergade.

[tournesol]

Originally Posted by Hafnia

My points are: now we got the tenats, we got the owners, we got the financeing, we got the local plan, we got the site, we got the architects/contracors, we got the construction permission.

We now only miss the building..

Well, almost. The localplan is still not approved, so nothing is certain just yet. The public hearing has ended, so they are probably in the process of evaluating the complaints and suggestions they have received. Fingers crossed...

[Hafnia]

Originally Posted by tournesol

Well, almost. The localplan is still not approved, so nothing is certain just yet. The public hearing has ended, so they are probably in the process of evaluating the complaints and suggestions they have received. Fingers crossed...

The protests against this project has been remarkable poor, and grass roots movements or massive attacs from our opponents has more or less been absent so far.

I'm 1000 % certain, that the current design gets approved and adopted by the city council.