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Front Cover Temporary Pavilion,Mnster, Germany (pages 10-11)Photo: Christian Richters
Copper Diversifcation
www.copperconcept.org
Tis issue brings together an eclectic mix o recent buildings where
copper and its alloys play a key role in architectural expression. It can
be seen as a typological tour, revealing a growing diversifcation in
the use o the material by designers across all k inds o buildings and
in new ways.
Perceptions o copper have changed in line with its role in modern
architecture and continue to do so today. O course, copper is still used
on building types that it is historically associated with. But oten a resh
approach is taken, as with the chapel rounding o this issue (p 3638)
a conical drum bursting through the centre o its school building
host, reerencing ecclesiastical domes and spires together. Copper roos
are also right at the heart o our frst project, a major conerence hotel
atrium (p 47), but in the orm o a deconstructed golden alloy star,
demonstrating the materials possibilities or innovative contemporary
orms, inside and out.
Its shape-making possibilities are taken even urther with the dramaticcurves o a sea-ront clubhouse (p 89), made possible by computer
modelling techniques which oer tantalising opportunities o design
reedom. In contrast, orm ollows unction with a lieboat station
(p 1215) designed around the vessel it houses and protected by cop-
per against the harshest o environments now a proven design set to
be replicated elsewhere. Again, environmental protection defnes bronze
and glass enclosures or two ancient runic stones (p 2829) but with a
simple, sculptural quality.
Clearly defned orms also characterise the Marlowe Teatre (p 1619),a typology traditionally associated with copper. Te same can be said o
public libraries but in Seinjoki (p 3235) an addition to the Alvar Aalto
centre respects its iconic context while distancing itsel with a copper
skin. Another library - the Deptord Lounge (p 2427) develops into
a new, open community building, expressed through the transparency
o its golden alloy acades.
Te typological diversity o copper widens urther with an abstract
treatment using several orms o the material to enliven the acades o
an otherwise typical multi-storey car park (p 2023). And a temporary
building (p 1011) another type not oten associated with copper
takes on special importance with its complete covering o golden alloy.
Finally, a modest-sized house extension (p 3031) acts as a reminder
that copper can also add particular qualities alongside other materials.
Copper architecture continues to develop, driven by architects and their
enthusiasm or the material and its possibilities. And we shall continue
to show the best examples here and on www.copperconcept.org with
your help.
Te Editorial eam
Copper Architecture Forum 33, November 2012
Copper Architecture Forum is part o the European Copper In Architecture
Campaign. It is published twice a year and has a circulation o 25.000 copies.
The magazine is distributed to architects and building proessionals
throughout Europe - and beyond in English, Czech, Danish, Finnish,French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish
and Swedish languages.
EDITORIAL
Editorial team: Lennart Engstrm, Ari Lammikko, Chris Hodson, Graeme Bell,
Hermann Kersting, Robert Pinter, Irina Dumitrescu, Herbert Mock
E-mail: [email protected]
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Publisher: Nigel Cotton, ECI
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Editorial panel:
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Robert Pintr, Hu, Cz, SVK robert.pinter@copper alliance.hu
Vadim Ionov, Ru vadim.ionov@copper alliance.ru
Copper Architecture Forum 2012
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2 Copper Diversication editorial comment
47 Redefning the Atrium a resh take on the hotel atrium with this new conerence centre in Norway
89 Digital Free-orm Copper design reedom or a sculptural Australian sea-ront clubhouse
1011 Transient Star a temporary pavilion or Mnster, Germany, clad in golden copper alloy
1215 Copper Wave copper protects this new lieboat station on Englands most southerly point
1619 Canterbury Tales the new Marlowe Theatre makes a bold statement on Canterburys skyline
2023 Animating the Utilitarian copper brings to lie the acades o a multi-storey car park in Nottingham, UK
2427 Copper at the Heart o the Community a new typology o school and community building or Deptord, London
2829 Sheltering Bronze Hands ancient runic stones in Denmark are protected by bronze and glass
3031 Copper over Time
a contemporary copper and oak house extension anticipates change
3235 Famous Neighbours the challenge o designing a new library close to ve Alvar Aalto buildings
3638 Conical Copper a copper clad chapel at the heart o this new school in Cheltenham, UK
39 Copper Architecture News updates, including our architectural awards launch and a new App or architec
contents
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Clarion Hotel in Trondheim is one o Scandinavias largest conven-
tion hotels and the biggest in Norway. Its architects, Space Group,
adopted a strategy o orientating distinct, slab-like private roomwings to capture the perect views or visitors over sea, landscape
and city. This torsional act tw ists open the central atrium to generate
a thoroughly three-dimensional space with a complex, aceted roo
orm a deconstructed golden star - cascading down. The building is
a dramatic sight rom any angle, but particularly rom above where
most visitors rst view it, when arriving by air.
A hotel complex in Norway aims to transorm the conerence
experience with a dramatic new take on the modern atrium,
as Chris Hodson explains.
Redening the Atrium
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Breaking through between each block and
linking them together is the shattering gold star
Rigorous materialityThe design exhibits a rigorous applica-
tion o materiality between the dier-
ent elements. The massive, textured
dark box o the main conerence hall
contrasts starkly with ully glazed bed-
room blocks, silk-screen printed white
but dematerialising to orm windows
with a sot, cloud-like eect. Breaking
through between each block and link-
ing them together is the shattering gold
star, ormed rom an alloy o copper with
aluminium and zinc.
Project architect Jens Niehues com-
mented: In the copper alloy we ound
a material which enabled us to design
with a vibrant surace which refects the
inherent unction o the Star and gives
it a rich, golden through-colour. Besides
realising our conceptual intentions, o
course the material also had to meet the
technical challenges o the demanding
climate o the west coast o Norway.
The copper alloy does not develop a
blue or green patina over time, even in
this harsh climate, but keeps its golden
colour. The characteristics o the mate-
rial allow vertical, horizontal or inclined
joints which underline the triangular
shape o the Star. Furthermore the
material can be worked to a crisp edge
reveal and the gutter details are clean.
The choice o golden copper alloy de-
nitely paid o in the nal building.
Architects: Space Group www.spacegroup.no
(Full credits or the design team and otherconsultants are available on www.copperconcept.org)
Copper installer: Mster Blikk Trondheim
Copper Products: Nordic Royal
Photos: Joern Adde, Peter Hebeisen
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Orientation to capture perect views
generated the central golden star.
Deconstructing the conventional hotel atrium.
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The drama buildsInternally, the drama builds as the externally ex-
pressed hotel plan orm dissolves to give open
public spaces. At the heart o this, the vertical
central space is conceived as a transormation
o the hotel atrium typology rom the one-dimen-
sional into a dynamic, three-dimensional space.
Here, the mood and scale shit between intimate
and spectacular, as do views between pano-
ramas outside and internal crystalline shapes
reerencing dramatic ice ormations, clis andice foes. And above it all are the long strips o
the golden copper alloy star.
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The dramatic roof forms of thissea-front clubhouse demonstrate
the design freedom that can be
realised in copper, particularly
when Building Information Model-
ling (BIM) techniques are applied.
Architect: Walter Barda Design Copper product: TECU Classic Copper installer: Copper & Zinc Link Photos: courtesy o Trend MagazineText: based on an article in Trend Magazine www.trendsideas.com and with the help o Morten Pedersen o Copper & Zinc Link.
DIGITAL FREE-FORM COPPER
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The Hamilton Island Yacht Club and Villas development in
the Whitsunday Islands, which orm part o Australias
Great Barrier Ree, was designed to create visual impact
not only viewed rom the island and sea but also rom the
air, which is how many guests arrive. The architects envisaged
a building that would straddle the breakwater and reerence
the marine elements and yachting heritage. The design pro-cess led to a sculptural assemblage o copper-clad orms that
suggest wind-lled sails, spinnakers, keels and the swirling
orces o the winds, tides and currents.
The central core o the yacht club is a covered porch, or pi-
azza, that leads into the various private and public rooms. With
a gradual change o ceiling levels and a processional ramp,
the building leads to a dramatic raised platorm cantilevered
over the water. The clubhouse contains acilities including res-
taurants, bars, an auditorium, conerence suites, gymnasium,
lap pool, reading room and exhibition space. The integrated
development also provides 35 detached villas.
Copper Cladding Complex Forms
The complex petal-shaped roos o the yacht club are sup-
ported on steel tree columns, with their branches meeting
the curved roo at a variety o angles. A structural steel gril-
lage was developed that could span up to 16 m and cantilever
up to 11 m, transerring the lateral loads to the central walls.
This minimised the structural depth between the roo cladding
and ceilings, as demanded by the architecture. It also simpli-
ed the abrication and roo construction. Copper was chosen
or its durability as well as its visual characteristics and, o
course, its unique capability to clad complex three-dimension-
al orms.
Building Inormation Modelling
BIM proved vital to the detailed design and construction pro-
cess o the Hamilton Club particularly its copper roos.Because o the complexity o the shapes, numerous sections
and detail drawings were needed to show how the components
tted together. Data was exported to others involved or
example, to the structural steel manuacturer who worked di-
rectly rom the digital model.
Availability o a ull digital model o the building on site also
meant the construction team could view three-dimensional
drawings alongside the building as it took shape. Cutaway
views o the dierent components were also available, which
helped everyone to understand precisely how the building was
constructed. But BIM goes well beyond CAD and three-di-
mensional modelling, with components and materials havingmodel attributes such as cost, environmental credentials and
maintenance intervals.
BIM seeks to provide a complete digital model or design,
manuacture, construction and use o buildings, with all
stakeholders ully involved. It helps architects create more
sustainable, accurate designs with ewer errors and less
waste. Being able to simulate perormance in the real world
also provides a better understanding o costs, scheduling and
environmental impact.
BIM is set to grow rapidly in the design o buildings o all
types. It opens the door or architects to explore new orms o
expression and copper is ideally suited to help them realiseinnovative designs.
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Transient StarA thoroughly contemporary intervention, clad with
a golden alloy o copper, aptly signaled the Golden
Splendour: Mediaeval Treasure Art in Westphalia
exhibition held in the Mnster, Germany, this summer.
Located on the central Domplatz, the temporary pavil-
ion set a contrast o modernity against the historic city
centre, linking exhibition venues in the museum and the
Cathedral Art Chamber. The pavilion project was the result
o collaboration between the Mnster School o Architecture
and the architectural rm modulorbeat. Headed by architects
Marc Gnnewig and Jan Kampsho, a team originally o 33
students developed various outline drat designs.
Golden SolutionIn the end, a jury decided in avour o the golden solution, a
star-shaped building with a stylised cross plan orm, charac-
terised by the gold-coloured copper alloy acades. A tempo-
rary pavilion to communicate an art event is not exactly new to
Mnster. Five years ago, modulorbeat created a similar type
o building that, too, used the copper alloy.Functioning as a living workshop, the pavilion hosted educa-
tional sessions on art held in parallel with the exhibition. Seen
through the glazed end walls, the continuation o the simple,
unadorned design is carried through to the interior. The load-
bearing structure, made o solid wood or cross laminated tim-
ber, is completely bare giving the suraces o foors, ceilings
and walls a uniorm light wooden glow as with the eight work
tables assembled by the project participants themselves.
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workshop
83,5 m2
information
12,9 m2
entrance
4,0 m2
ramp
sliding
door
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South West Elevation with glazed end-wall
North East Elevation with sheltered entrance
Modulated FacadesThe copper alloy aades were modulated vertically with
unique, irregular wave-like proles, reminiscent o a bellows,
specied by the architects. These were produced quickly,
cheaply and without any uss by a specialist company using
their dedicated proling technology. The Golden Splendour
pavilion presented an uncompromising homogenous golden
entity, broken only at the end walls o the cross with sheltered,
recessed doorways or seamless ull glazing.
By the time you read this article, the pavilion will already ha
been dismantled. But it will be rebuilt again, using all the origin
materials, in a local school where it will be used or teaching a
and other subjects: a tting and sustainable outcome.
Architect: Modulorbeat and Mnster School o Architecture
Copper installer: Schabos GmbH
Copper preabricator: MN Metallverarbeitung Neustadt
Copper products:TECU Gold
Photos: Christian Richters
Floor Plan
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The new structure sits on the ootprint
o the original building: well-positioned
or lieboat launching in bad weather
but also reducing the environmental
impact o the scheme. At rst sight,
the wave prole o The Lizard lieboat
station appears symbolic o its coastal
position - but orm really does ollow
unction and refects the arrangement
o internal accommodation, ocused on
the lieboat itsel. Essentially, the ves-
sel is mounted on a tipping cradle, which
tilts to align with the slipway, enabling it
to be launched and recovered allowing
volunteer crews to reach those in trou-
ble as quickly as possible. The outward
raking wall to the side o the building
refects the demand or accommodation
at the main foor level with ast access
straight onto the lieboat.
by Chris Hodson
The new RNLI lieboat station at The Lizard is protected by a curved copper skinto withstand the extremely aggressive coastal environment o its unique locationon Englands most southerly point. The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volun-teers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom andRepublic o Ireland coasts. The buildings design was developed rom a previousproject, also by PBWC Architects, in Padstow, Cornwall. It is a direct response tothe specic technical demands o the new RNLI ast slipway type lieboat housedthere and is an exemplar or uture buildings o the type in other locations.
Weather-tight DesignAll accommodation is located on one
side o the building, which allows the
heated and serviced zones to be e-
ciently grouped together and all ventila-
tion and lighting needs to be met with a
strip o ribbon glazing or punched win-
dows within the raked wall. The curve
o the roo then encloses the minimum
volume required or the lieboat and cre-
ates a simple orm that lends itsel to
a single fexible roo nish. The design
aims to maximise roo area while mini-
mising penetrations to ensure a robust,
weather-tight nish.
Photo: PBWC Architects
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Copper ChoiceThe selection o metal roong was a logical
progression rom the development o the dis-
tinctive, wave-like, curved orm. PBWC project
architect Cian Spowart commented: Ater the
Padstow project, we reviewed the roong ma-
terial and system or The Lizard lieboat sta-tion. Here, copper was selected or its durabili-
ty and capability o withstanding the aggressive
coastal environment, including the possibility
o debris being thrown up rom the sea. In ad-
dition, the aesthetic choice o copper over other
metal roong was driven by its characteristic
weathering over time to give a rich green patina
complementing the aqua blue hues o the local
coastline.
Architects: PBWC Architects
Copper Installer: Full Metal Jacket
Copper product: Nordic Standard
Photos (where indicated) and drawings: PBWC Architects
All other photos: Geo Squibb (Cornish Pixels Photography)
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Challenging ConstructionUnsurprisingly, the buildings site at the
bottom o a tight, steep slope presented
special challenges with construction. The
building is predominately timber rame
with glulam-curved members providing the
iconic shape. Dry construction and preab-rication techniques are maximised or ast,
sae assembly and ecient deliveries to
site.
The double skin roo is nished in copper
trays with standing seam joints and was
installed by copper specialists Full Metal
Jacket, who recently won an Award or their
work on the project rom the National Fed-
eration o Roong Contractors. The long-
strip, copper trays were craned down onto
the building and installed by hand, display-
ing a particularly high standard o crats-manship under challenging conditions.
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The Marlowe is, in ormal terms, a complex
pavilion. It sets up a dynamic relationship
with its viewers, giving dierent architec-tural and urban emphasis depending rom
where in the city it is viewed. At street
level, its architecture is ordered by an
8m high colonnaded loggia in white cast
Dolomite stone, which orms a portal to
the multi-level glazed oyer and sets up a
civic elevation to the Friars, an important
historic street within the city. The oyer
connects all the major internal spaces to
the riverside terraces and pathways and is
seen as a crystal ribbon by day transorm-
ing into a blade o light by night. New viewso the rootops o the historic city and its
cathedral open up rom the main stairs
and upper levels.
The colonnaded loggia mediates be-
tween the street scale o the Friars (the
street which the Marlowe aces) and the
necessarily larger orms o the two thea-
tres and the fy tower. The colonnaded
Standing on the banks o the River Stour and close to Canterbury Cathedrals
UNESCO World Heritage Site, the new Marlowe Theatre makes a bold
statement on the Canterbury skyline. Architect Keith Williams discusses his
practices competition-winning design and its use o materials.
Copper plays a distinct role in the composition of the theatre overall
Canterbury Tales
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overhang also provides shelter to the
south-acing oyer rom high angle solar
gain and provides an architectural unity tothe composition. A new public square has
been created by setting the Marlowe back
rom the existing street edge.
The fy tower o the old theatre, widely
regarded as an eyesore, was the second
tallest structure in the city ater Bell
Harry, the medieval Cathedrals principal
tower. The new Marlowes fy tower is 9m
taller than its predecessor, allowing it to
be sculpted to create a pinnacle orm ac-
ing toward the Cathedral, adding accent
and silhouette to the citys skyline. Its
orm can be seen as a prominent symbol
o secular architecture within the historic
city whilst ensuring that Bell Harry re-
tains its predominance. From the east, the
fy tower dominates the street scene an-
nouncing this major new cultural project
within the city.
Materiality and ContextualityThe composition and massing o the new
Marlowe is rooted in its context. The build-ing is seen to step up in scale gradually
rom a lower-rise street scale along the
Friars, up to the larger volumes o the
main auditorium and fy tower beyond.
Materiality is also determined to a large
degree contextually, in that it borrows
the hues and tones o the Canterbury
townscape. The reconstituted stone col-
onnade takes its cue rom the whites and
creams o buildings in the city, whilst the
pre-oxidised brown copper cladding ech-
oes the colour and hues o the nearby tiledrootops. Materials are used to create
something highly contemporary, whilst at
the same time complimentary to the con-
text in terms o texture and colour.
Copper plays a distinct role in the compo-
sition o the theatre overall, surrounding
the volume o the studio space, which me-diates between the entrance scale and the
larger volumes beyond. The studio theatre
is raised 4 metres above the ground; a vol-
ume wrapped entirely in copper. As such it
is almost at roo level o the surrounding
buildings hence the relationship between
the reddish brown copper cladding with
the colouration o Canterburys rooscape.
The underside o this volume orms the
internal sot to the restaurant space cre-
ated beneath. The raising o the volume
allows the restaurant to be slid beneathat oyer level, giving views to an adjacent
external terrace and the banks o the River
Stour.
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Architects: Keith Williams Architects
Copper Installer: TR Freeman
Copper product: TECU Oxid
Photos: Hlne Binet (unless indicated otherwise)
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Level 2 Level 3
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Photo: Keith Williams Architects
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Copper Studio
Horizontal standing seam bands o varying
widths (using trays o 230 mm, 430 mm
and 600 mm) wrap continuously around thestudio volume, with olded birds mouth
corner details enabling the horizontality
to fow continuously around all sides. At
the junction with the main glazed curtain
walling, the copper runs cleanly through
rom outside to inside, with internal
openings ormed to create a connection
between the studio theatre bar areas and
the main entrance oyer.
Though the rationale in each case is
dierent, the use o copper at the Marlowe
echoes our previous work at the Unicorn
Theatre in London, completed in 2005 (UK
Award Winner o the Copper in Architecture
Awards 13 in 2007).
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copper rainscreenpanels on underlay
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ANIMATING
THE UTILITARIAN
Forming part o the Hub development at Nottingham RailwayStation, this 6-storey structure accommodates 950 car spaces.
The 112 m long building is sandwiched between the railway to
the north and the busy Queens Road to the south with older
buildings beyond. Architects Leeds Studio developed an original
design by another practice, BDP, (ollowing a successul bid by
VINCI Construction UK) adding an array o horizontally banded
vertical copper panels to transorm this typical parking building.
The panels create an architectural language and are continuous
over curtain walling as well as conventional open car parking
decks, only being broken by the concrete lit core on the West
Elevation.
The palette o copper suraces at Nottingham includes solid
green pre-patinated copper and a variant with less intense
patination, revealing some background material. Standard mill
nish and light brown pre-oxidised copper were also used, to-
gether with an alloy o copper and aluminium with a long-lasting
golden colour which provides distinctive highlights around the
building.
Although creating a random, abstract eel, arrangement o the
panels is based on a limited modular language with three panel
widths: 210 mm, 420 mm and 840 mm, and spacing between o:
105 mm, 210 mm and 420 mm. Panels are generally 2870 mm
high with some reduced to 1470 mm crowning the top o thebuilding and where the base o the cladding is raised up.
by Chris Hodson
An abstract design using vertical panels o copper with
dierent suraces animates long, straight acades o an
otherwise typical multi-storey car park, adding a sense o
movement which refects its transport interchange setting.
Architects: Leeds Studio
Copper Installer: CA Group
Main Contractor: VINCI Construction UK
Copper products: Nordic GreenTM Traditional, Nordic GreenTM Living 1
Nordic Standard, Nordic BrownTM Light, Nordic RoyalTM
Photos: Chris Hodson
Drawings: Leeds Studio
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Tere is a designed progressionof copper colours running
around the whole building
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A Mosaic of ColourThe composition gives a mosaic o colour that sits in clearly de-
ned horizontal bands along the length o the building, breaking
up the subservient concrete rame - typical o multi-storey car
park buildings - and curtain walling. The eect is particularly
animated on the two long elevations, especially when viewed
rom moving trains or cars. In addition to the layering o ma-
terials, the colour choices are carried through in the design torepresent diering aspects o the location.
Project architect Antony Hall explained: The copper panels
to the North are predominantly in green shades and reer to the
modern aspect o the adjacent railway. The panels on the South
are predominantly in traditional brown copper shades to reer-
ence the brick heritage warehouses and other structures lining
the conservation area opposite across the busy road. Key view-
points ormed in locations around the building are highlighted
with the golden coloured copper alloy. Vertical circulation ele-
ments are also highlighted in the same manner. There is a de-
signed progression o copper colours running around the whole
building, beginning and ending at the West Elevation lit shat.We have also anticipated the natural changes to copper in the
environment.
Multi-storey car park architecture is generally constrained by
vehicle circulation and other technical demands, reducing it to
a utilitarian level. But the numerous permutations o suraces
and orms available with architectural copper today oer de-
signers exciting possibilities to treat bare acades as a blank
canvas. The Nottingham project is an inspiring example o this
approach.
North Elevation showing the disposition o green, gold and brown copper shades.
The previous station car park t ypies the conventional open concrete deckdesign approach, contrasting with that o the new building.
South Elevation.
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COPPER AT THE HEART
OF THE COMMUNITY
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This landmark building makes symbolic as well as unctional use o itsperorated golden copper alloy acades to generate a new civic ocus.Pollard Thomas Edwards architects describe how the programme anddesign developed a new typology o school and community building.
Overall complex with Deptord Lounge on the right.
Deptord Lounge is the jewel inthe crown o the regeneration o
Deptord. Tis is a antasticpublic space with rst-classacilities, which is already
proving popular withthe community.
- Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor o Lewisham
Photo: Chris Hodson
Resolution Way Resolution Studios School School Play School Deptord Lounge Griin Street Deptord Lounge School School Play School Resolution
Resolutio
The brie rom the London Borough o Lewisham was to create the centrepiece
o their regeneration o Deptord Town Centre a new civic ocus or Deptord.
This was to include a state-o-the-art public library, including a resource centre
and council services centre called the Deptord Lounge with a new building
or Tidemill Primary School, relocated rom its existing site.
Our scheme, completed in December 2011, created rom the bare bones o this
brie, a highly innovative mix o co-located uses on a single site: the completed
complex houses acilities shared between the new primary school and the whole
community via the Deptord Lounge. To this mix we also added apartments over
artists studios and exhibition space Resolution Studios.
The design was also driven by the aspiration to restore to Deptord something
o the grandeur o its past, rst as a hub o shipbuilding and later as the location
o the rst railway station south o the River Thames. Now the golden Lounge
building sails galleon-like above Gin Square, a new public space or Deptord.
Tidemill Academy lies within an urban oasis, sheltered on one side by the Dept-
ord Lounge and on the other by Resolution studios, with classrooms grouped
around a green and leay central play space. And new homes look out over the
historic St Pauls Church and the railway line leading over the r iver.
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School and Community Use
Shared acilities o Deptord Lounge include a rootop sports
pitch, a fexible suite o assembly spaces and a dining hall and
kitchen, which are available or hire. All these acilities are lo-
cated on the upper foors o the Lounge building and all elements
have separate access points both rom within the school and
rom the public realm. This enables the school to have sole use
o the shared acilities during the school day. Then, out o school
hours, the shared acilities orm an integral part o the Deptord
Lounge and are open to the whole community.
The rootop sports pitch enclosed by pierced copp er alloy panels.
School playground with steps to the Deptord Lounge beyond.Photo:ArcEyeImagesLtd/RobertG
reshoff2012
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ImagesLtd/RobertGreshoff2012
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Architects: Pollard Thomas Edwards architects www.ptea.co.uk
Copper installer: English Architectural Glass (EAG)
Copper Products: Nordic Royal
Photos: Chris Hodson, Robert Gresho (ArcEye Images Ltd)
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INTERVIEW
CH:How did your selection o the golden cop-
per alloy come about and did you look at othermaterials?
HK-B: We wanted a material that related
strongly to the conceptual meaning o the
Deptord Lounge on a series o levels. It was
to be seen as a landmark a civic ocus or
all ages and cultures. Initially timber cladding
was considered, relating to Deptords nautical
past but timber requires maintenance. We
also sought an inspiring material, with reec-
tive properties that would give the building a
jewel-like quality set against its main street
context. Tis meant considering various met-
als including copper. It also led to the idea oexpanded metal meshes or perorated sheets.
We elt that the perorated golden copper al-
loy cladding oered multiple meanings on a
conceptual level. Te gold surace symbolises
wealth across all cultures, welcoming and
bringing together a diverse community into
a building that oers a wealth o knowledge
and services.
CH: What about sustainability and environ-
mental considerations when choosing the aade
material?
HK-B: Copper and its alloys have sound sus-
tainable credentials with exceptional durabili-
ty and liespan. Te weathering characteristics
o this copper alloy are important: the mate-
rial is virtually maintenance ree and provides
a surace that will change very little over time,
which means it wi ll retain its crisp jewel like
quality.
CH: What were the design intentions behind this
dramatic statement o a transparent golden skin?HK-B: Te wrapping o the gold cladding
aims to uniy the buildings complex range o
unctions, binding them together.
Contextually, it relates to various points o
Deptords rich history, including its growth
rom a small shing village into the Royal Na-
val Dockyard with links to HMS Discovery,
Sir Francis Drake and Captain James Cook.
So, the wrapping has multiple unctions and
reerences. From a distance the golden orm
appears solid but close-up reveals itsel as
transparent and light-weight, oating above
its glazed base. On a unctional level, thewrapping provides solar shading to the large
areas o glazing, while also allowing suitable
levels o light in.
CH: How were these intentions realised on the
building with the pierced copper alloy panels and
how did the detailed design develop?
HK-B: Te panels are rigid olded cassettes
that provide sharp and clean joints between
panels, rather than something that would
buckle and distort. Te nautical reerences
continue with the setting-out o the panelsin a stretcher bond pattern like historic tim-
ber hull construction in ship-building. Te
perorations are kept back rom the edges to
help express each panel individually while
retaining rigidity. We explored various pero-
ration shapes, rom square to raised diamond
patterned with a cheese grater appearance,
and settled on simple circular holes, again ar-
ranged in a stretcher bond pattern. Dierentlevels o peroration were also considered, as
the transparency o the wrapping adds anoth-
er dimension with the play o light. Te build-
ing responds to its uses and environment,
continually changing with light conditions
throughout the day and into the evening, be-
coming more or less revealing suggesting
discovery. Te level o transparency increases
with distance away rom the solid ships bow
corner, with its large symbolic window, gradu-
ally blurring solid and void.
CH:How was the light, foating eel o the piercedcopper alloy skin achieved in structural terms?
HK-B: Initially, the cladding was to be sus-
pended on rods rom a ring beam. But due to
the buildings subtle shits o orm both in
the vertical and horizontal planes additional
support was required, depending on location
around the building. Te solution was to x
steel brackets back to the main building struc-
ture at the top and bottom o the wall. Tese
then support a rame and suspension rods, to
which the copper al loy panels were xed. Ad-
ditional structure and stays were incorporated
where the golden wrapping pulled urther
away rom the building, reducing movement
rom wind loading. Te transparency o the
panels also oered urther opportunities to
express the structure behind with honesty.
Chris Hodson discusses the transparency and materiality o the Deptord Lounge acades
with Hamish Kilord-Brown, Project Architect at Pollard Thomas Edwards architects.
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Te Jelling runic stones mark Denmarks transition to Christi-
anity in the year 965 and the monument is also known as Den-
marks birth certicate. Inaugurated in December 2011, the
project is based on the winning competition design by NOBEL
arkitekter. Our principal aims were to protect the runic stones
or the uture and, at the same time, provide an architectural
composition allowing spectators to get very close to them.
Sheltering Bronze Hands
Deceptively simple bronze and glass structures provide a safe
environment for preserving two unique 10th century runic
stones designated a UNESCO World Heritage site - at Jell-
ing Church, Denmark. But these interventions go well beyond
conservation, seeking to transform the visitor experience, as
architect Erik Nobel explains.
by Chris Hodson
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Te design orms a stylised dialogue between the two stones,
which represent the rst two kings o Denmark Gorm and
Harald Bluetooth. Te bronze angles orm one gable and the
roo or each structure, while the other aces are ully glazed. Our
objective was to accentuate the runic stones curved orms by
contrasting them with the straight lines o the coverings which,
in a metaphorical sense, hold protective hands over them. Te
cast bronze contrasts with the texture o the ancient stones and
highlights their grey and reddish granite suraces.
Te requirement or creating a controlled climate around the
stones was a centra l consideration in the development o the pro-
ject. Our consulting engineers rom Rambll designed a special
heating and ventilation system which ensures a rost-ree climate
around the runic stones. Articial lighting has been discreetly
added using specially designed bre-optic light sources, which
are integrated in the roo structure.
Te lighting emphasises the stones runic scriptures and visual
motis, and accentuates their shapes. Juxtaposed with the angu-
lar bronze orms, the articial lighting creates a completely new
way o viewing the rune stones, enhancing the experience o one
o Denmarks most valuable monuments.
Architect: NOBEL arkitekter a/sPhotos: Jens Lindhe (unless indicated otherwise)
Photo: NOBEL
Plan arrangement
Elevation
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We were appointed to careully restore elements o the ex isting
architecture creating a contemporary yet sensitive addition to
the rear. o the ront o the property the new addition appears as
a simple copper box peeping above the layers o existing green
glazed tiles o the existing home.
In the reurbishment, living and entertaining space is provided
at ground oor through the introduction o a predominantly sin-
gle storey glazed element. At rst oor, a layered copper and oak
orm appears to delicately hover. Set on a shited geometry to
acknowledge the existing building orm, this creates a series o
overhangs, cantilevers and canopies to shelter its occupants rom
the persistent Welsh rain.
Copper over timeTis thoroughly modern addition to an existing home in
Cardif, South Wales discussed by Kristian Hyde o Hyde
+ Hyde Architects combines copper with oak and glass in
its careully conceived design to anticipate change.
Te original house is quirky but beautiul. Te unknown ar-
chitect has put a great deal o eort into the detailing, some
o which is very playul. Tere is a certain humour about some
o the spaces that continue to make our clients smile. Te new
addition responds with a singular oak clad curve at rst oor
which mimics the geometry o the existing curved glazing o
the main house. Tis is introduced to turn the new addition
into the main private garden at the rear.
Copper was chosen as a suitable material or acades and other
details to converse with the existing green glazed roo tiles o
the existing dwelling. Ater a decade it will begin to relate in
colour and tone to the existing tiles nearby, its salmon pink and
russet brown tones will be gone orever. Tats the beauty o
copper, its timeless and orces us to think about buildings in
time. Coppers material character helps buildings eel as i they
have always been there.
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Tats the beauty o coppeits timeless and orces
to think about buildings in tim
Architects: Hyde + Hyde Archit
Photos: Kristian Alexander Hyde, Warren Orc
Internal openable wor natural ventilatio
Timber cladding ree
materiality o tree ca
Hardwood concealed glazing
Copper standingseam to matchexisting vocabularyo green roo
Original House
UPPER LEVEL PLAN
Terrace
New Addition
Bedroom
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copper has been used comprehensively across acades,
plinth and roos creating a single-material skin
Photo:MarttiKapanen
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Famous
Neighbours
The Centre displays Aaltos masterul touch, ranging
rom the areas town planning to the smallest door
detail and is an invaluable cultural asset which gives
the whole town its identity. Five Aalto buildings make
up the Centre: the City Hall, State Oce Building,
Theatre, the Cross o the Plains Church and the Old
Library.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN OLD AND NEW
Built in 1965, the Librar y needed a modern extension
to meet todays demands and JKMMs design, called
Clover, won the competition or the project. The aim
was to create dialogue between old and new. The new
library respects the protected cultural environment
but, at the same time, takes pride in contemporary
architecture. One o the objectives o the design was
to nd an interace with the typical characteristics oAlvar Aaltos architecture without imitating it.
The Finnish town o Seinjoki hosts the mos
extensive cluster o buildings designed by Alva
Aalto in the world. Asmo Jaaksi o architects
JKMM explains his practices approach to design
ing a new addition to this hallowed Aalto Centre.
Photo:TuomasU
usheimo
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VARIED INTERESTING SHAPES
The new library stands separate rom Altos
original, although connected by an under-
ground link. Division o the building into
three sculptural units was an important de-
cision to be able to blend the large buildingvolume with the surrounding townscape.
This generates varied, interesting shapes
when viewed rom dierent directions. The
exposed boarded-ormwork concrete in-
teriors are punctuated by careully placed
windows and larger glazing oering con-
trolled views o the Centre. The view rom
the glazed wall in the main library hall is
dominated by the highlights o the area: the
bell tower or the Cross o the Plains Church
and the an-shaped acade o the original
Aalto Library. The heart o the building isthe wide staircase, intended or dierent
events and as an inormal meeting place,
which leads to the collection departments
on the ground foor and through the con-
necting underground corridor to the Aalto
Library.
LIVELY AND VIVID SURFACE
The external skin o the new library is
dominated by copper. The darkening pre-
oxidised copper sets the new library apartrom the whiteness o the surrounding
buildings. Copper is not a new material to
the area but in the Aalto Centre it is mainly
the roos that eature the materials beauti-
ully patinated green suraces. In the new
library, copper has been used comprehen-
sively across acades, plinth and roos
creating a single-material skin.
A special shape o copper shingle was spe-
cically designed or the acades to give the
building a highly individual, lively and vivid
surace. In some situations, the shingle
surace is ormed into ventilation slots to
accommodate air handling. Copper is also
used to orm vertical grilles and as a door
acing to maintain the material continuity.
Photo:TuomasUusheimo
Photo:TuomasUusheimo
Photo:MarttiKapanen
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CELLAR 1:500
READINGSTEPS
YOUTH,MUSIC,MOVIES
OPEN STACK
SOCIALSPACES
EXHIBITION
MUSICLISTENING
GAMES
YOUTHINFO
GROUND LEVEL 1:500
BOOK HALL
CHILDREN
NEWS AREA
ENTRANCE HALL
READINGSTEPS
SILENTREADINGROOM
CUSTOMERSERVICE
CAFE
JAAKSI HALL
BOOKMOBILESTACK
OFFICES
OFFICES
DISTRIBUTION
A
A
B
B
PLAY
EXHIBITION
1ST FLOOR 1:500
OFFICES
OFFICES
OFFICES
MEETINGROOM STAFF
CAFE
A
Facade nort
Facade north
Facade sout
Facade sout
NORTHWEST
NORTHEAST
SOUTHWEST
SOUTHEAST
Section A
Section B
SECTION A 1:500
::
T T L L L T L. + . + . .
: : . .
: ECTION B 1:500
::
Cellar Ground level 1st Floor
Architects: JKMM
Copper Installer: Pohjanmaan Pelti
Copper Product: Nordic Brown Light
Photos: Tuomas Uusheimo, Martti Kapanen
Photo:MarttiKapanen
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All Saints Academy is a church schoolor the community in Cheltenham,UK. It provides secondary education or
900 pupils and 250 sixth-orm students.
Te buildings striking orm curves around
an impressive external plaza with an ele-
gant canopy and three-storey high glazed
atrium at its centre. Te design developed
around the concept o a hand, the atrium
acting as a uni ying device rom which key
internal and external areas are accessed.Curved open galleries within lead to three
radiating learning wings providing most o
the classroom accommodation.
A Visible BeaconTe entrance atrium orms the heart o the
building and the public ace o the Acad-
emy. Above the reception area rises the
distinctive conical orm o the copper-clad
chapel. It acts as a visible beacon reecting
the Christian ethos o the Academy. Te
building is clad with a limited palette o
materials. Te ground oor is brickwork
to provide a human scale to the Academy
as well as being durable. Upper levels are
clad with an insulated render system. Te
copper shingles to the chapel and the con-
dent use o colour oer a lively counter-
point to the rened acades.
Sculpting o the chapel brings light pour-
ing into the space rom above. A single
slot window with a coloured glass design
provides a ocus within the contemplative
space. At roo level, the cone is truncated
and a large opening ormed in the vertical
ace, inlled with glazing. A separate, low-
er copper clad orm completes the compo-
sition and encloses mechanical plant ser-
vicing the chapel.
A chapel in the distinctive form of a copper-clad cone is at the heart of the glazed
atrium welcoming visitors to this new school. Russel Hayden of Nicholas Hare
Architects discusses the design concept and how it was realised.
CONICAL COPPER
Learning wings
Dining and kitchen
Main hall and drama
Chapel above reception
Library
Primary circulation
WCs and changing areas
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coPPeR close-UP
Covering the Cone with CopperA key element o the concept was or the
chapel to appear monolithic both with-
in the space and externally as it reached
through the atrium roo. Te original
proposal was or timber cladding, but the
design team recognised the difculty o
ensuring the internal and external elements
would weather consistently. Bright copper
was selected with a special, anti-weathering
coating to minimise any change as the sur-
ace aged.
Shingles were chosen to deal with the com-
plex orm that curves in both plan and
section. Te cladding o the chapel was
undertaken with real cratsmanship by
NDM, the copper shingles gradually re-
ducing in size to accommodate the conical
shape. Te orm was computer modelled,
as the size o each row o shingles had to
be calculated to suit the diminishing diam-
eter.
Architects: Nicholas Hare Architectswww.nicholashare.co.uk
Copper Installer: NDM Metal Rooing & Cladding
Copper Product: TECU Classic (coated)
Photos: Huton+Crow
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Entries are invited for the 2013 European Copper in Architecture Awards
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