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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: Jørgen Ramskov on August 26, 2018, 11:17:15

Title: Fjordenhus by Olafur Eliasson
Post by: Jørgen Ramskov on August 26, 2018, 11:17:15
Hi

Haven't been posting anything for quite a while, been busy moving to a new house and such :)

This building, named Fjordenhus, is located at Vejle harbour in Denmark and designed by Olafur Eliasson. It's the office of Kirk Kapital, a business and investment company. What people might not know is that LEGO is a family owned business and Kirk Kapital is owned by them as well. Even though this is an office building, the entry level is open to the public for free every day. There are guided tours to the rest of the building, but as far as I can tell, they are all sold out for now. It opened 9. june this summer and I read that more than 70.000 people have already been past to see it. If you happen to visit Vejle, I highly recommend a visit to Fjordenhus.

#1 The building
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1892/29337652947_5a9046fc38_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LGt97x)
2018-08-25 Fjordenhus - Olafur Eliasson 034 (https://flic.kr/p/LGt97x) by Joergen Ramskov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jramskov/), on Flickr

#2 The entrance
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1872/42466322210_66d398177b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27GB169)
2018-08-25 Fjordenhus - Olafur Eliasson 005 (https://flic.kr/p/27GB169) by Joergen Ramskov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jramskov/), on Flickr

#3 At the entrance
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1847/30407015328_177121bbe6_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/NjXUhY)2018-08-25 Fjordenhus - Olafur Eliasson 009 (https://flic.kr/p/NjXUhY) by Joergen Ramskov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jramskov/), on Flickr

#4 Part of a wall
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1873/30407012968_2d256619b0_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/NjXTAh)
2018-08-25 Fjordenhus - Olafur Eliasson 019 (https://flic.kr/p/NjXTAh) by Joergen Ramskov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jramskov/), on Flickr

#5 Ceiling mirror art
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1862/42466035120_af664600d7_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27GzwKj)
2018-08-25 Fjordenhus - Olafur Eliasson 027 (https://flic.kr/p/27GzwKj) by Joergen Ramskov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jramskov/), on Flickr

#6 Ceiling art
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1891/42466036780_be02d4cd0d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27GzxeW)
2018-08-25 Fjordenhus - Olafur Eliasson 017 (https://flic.kr/p/27GzxeW) by Joergen Ramskov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jramskov/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Fjordenhus by Olafur Eliasson
Post by: Anthony on August 26, 2018, 12:12:14
An interesting and attractive piece of modern architecture, thanks for posting.

And good to see you back.
Title: Re: Fjordenhus by Olafur Eliasson
Post by: Jacques Pochoy on August 26, 2018, 12:19:38
I agree, very  interesting pictures of a "special" building !!!
I wonder if those are brick cladding on concrete or if they are a real brick structure (walls) ?
Title: Re: Fjordenhus by Olafur Eliasson
Post by: Erik Lund on August 26, 2018, 13:56:26
Very nicely done! ;) For sure these are real brick walls
Title: Re: Fjordenhus by Olafur Eliasson
Post by: Akira on August 26, 2018, 14:31:20
Welcome back, Jørgen!

This post is a fantastic representation of this unique facility.
Title: Re: Fjordenhus by Olafur Eliasson
Post by: Bent Hjarbo on August 26, 2018, 14:48:28
An interesting and attractive piece of modern architecture, thanks for posting.

And good to see you back.
+1
Will have a look next time in Vejle, interesting  :)
Title: Re: Fjordenhus by Olafur Eliasson
Post by: armando_m on August 26, 2018, 18:44:59
Interesting building, thanks for sharing your images
Title: Re: Fjordenhus by Olafur Eliasson
Post by: Jørgen Ramskov on August 26, 2018, 19:28:43
Thanks all.

It is a very unique building for sure. I don't know for sure, but I expect Erik is correct about the walls. Besides the variation in bricks as shown in one of the pictures, there's also walls with different, "open" bricks:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1895/43565348754_4de6912460_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29nHNoE)
2018-08-25 Fjordenhus - Olafur Eliasson 029 (https://flic.kr/p/29nHNoE) by Joergen Ramskov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jramskov/), on Flickr

I didn't take a picture of it, but another interesting feature is the doors and windows, they are all curved like the walls.