![COBE, Forfatterhuset Kindergarten, Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo Rasmus Hjortshøj COBE, Forfatterhuset Kindergarten, Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo Rasmus Hjortshøj](/content/dam/domusweb/en/architecture/2015/02/24/_new_copenhagen_kindergarten/domus-01-forfatterhuset-kindergartenj.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
The facade of the kindergarten is a clear reference to the area’s red brick buildings. Instead of using traditional horizontal bricks, the facade consists of vertical brick lamellae continuing as a band from house to house, and surrounding the garden and playground. Besides being the building’s envelope, the facade thus works as a fence for the playground, protection at the roof tops and solar screening in front of the windows.
The facade gives a uniform expression and at the same time creates a modern interpretation and coherence with the area. The goal was to create a house that not only understands and shows consideration for its surroundings, but also contributes something radically new and different.
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Forfatterhuset Kindergarten, Copenhagen, Denmark
Program: kindergarten
Architects: COBE
Landscape architect: PK3
Engineer: D.A.I.
Contractor: Kjær & Lassen
Client: City of Copenhagen
Construction costs: 42 m DKK (5.6 m euros)
Area: 1,927 sqm
Completion: 2014