Sonnesgade 11

Designed by Sleth in Aarhus, the office building is a collage of elements reflecting the surroundings with six facades creating a dialogue with the mixed vague context.

The starting point for the design of the new office building is an ambition to reuse and rethink spatial and material quality on the former industrial site. The new building is directly grounded on the original underground industrial constructions, which acts as the building’s foundation.

Sleth, Sonnesgade 11 Office Building, Aarhus, 2016
Sleth, Sonnesgade 11 Office Building, Aarhus, 2016
Sleth, Sonnesgade 11 Office Building, Aarhus, 2016
Sleth, Sonnesgade 11 Office Building, Aarhus, 2016
Sleth, Sonnesgade 11 Office Building, site plan
Sleth, Sonnesgade 11 Office Building, ground floor
Sleth, Sonnesgade 11 Office Building, first floor
Sleth, Sonnesgade 11 Office Building, section
Sleth, Sonnesgade 11 Office Building, exploded axonometry

  The building consists of three stacked layers of 50 meters long office floors supported by a core wall. Underneath the office floors, where the sloping terrain defines an opening, the restaurant is located facing the street. The parking garage and a wine retailer is located under the sloping landscape. The building has a high degree of flexibility and interaction between the floors, which enhances the meeting situations between different users of the building. The individual floors are open, flexible working environments with the service functions integrated as a single architectural element in the eastern facade of the building.

Sleth, Sonnesgade 11 Office Building, Aarhus, 2016

Around the building, the sloped asphalt terrain is forming the outdoor areas for terraces, bikes and gardens. The building’s expression is a collage of elements reflecting the surroundings with six facades creating a dialogue with the mixed vague context.

Sleth, Sonnesgade 11 Office Building, Aarhus, 2016


Sonnesgade 11 Office Building, Aarhus
Program: multifunctional office building
Architect: Sleth
Engineer: Søren Jensen Engineering Consultants A/S
Area: 2,800 sqm
Completion: 2016