Dokk1
| Dokk1 | |
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| Dokken or Dok-et | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Aarhus, Denmark |
| Completed | 2015 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Floor area | 60,000 m2 (650,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | schmidt hammer lassen architects |
| Other information | |
| Parking | Automated parking for 1000 cars |
| Website | |
| Official Website | |
Dokk1 or Dokken is a building, public library and culture center in Aarhus, Denmark. It is situated on Hack Kampmanns Plads in the city center by the waterfront next to the Custom House. Dokk1 is part of the much larger development project Urban Mediaspace Aarhus, jointly financed by Aarhus Municipality and Realdania for 2.1 billion DKK. It is designed by schmidt hammer lassen architects and Kristine Jensen, with construction managed by NCC AB. Construction broke ground 8 June 2011 and the building was inaugurated four years later on 20 June 2015.
The name of the building was determined by a public contest held in the autumn of 2012. The combination of letters and number can be pronounced as "dokken", "dok én" or "dok ét", meaning The Dock or Dock One in English. The term references the location on the former industrial harbor by the waterfront.
Dokk1 houses the Aarhus Main Library, the municipal public services department, theater scenes, businesses and a large automated underground parking facility. The building contains 60,000 m2 (650,000 sq ft) of floorspace, with 17,500 m2 (188,000 sq ft) used by the library and 10,500 m2 (113,000 sq ft) for let by businesses. The remainder of the building is mainly the underground parking facility which features an automated lift system and space for 1000 vehicles. The structure will be integrated with the light rail system with trains running through and under the building including a station.
The Dokk1 project represents a trend of combining different cultural purposes under one roof along with commercial or business functions. The building houses both public library, municipal services and concert/theater space while the upper floor of the building is for let and the parking garage in the basement is privately operated. Other examples from Denmark comprise Nordvests Culture House, Ørestad's School and Kulturværftet in Helsingør. The neo-futuristic building is designed as a heptagonal metal disc floating above a glass prism which rests on a bed of wide irregular staircases to all sides. The metal disc holds offices and administration while the glass prism houses the public library, designed to be transparent to all sides and making all activities within visible from the outside, while providing a view across the harbour, bay, forest and city from within.
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