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COPPER FORUMTHE MAGAZINE OF COPPER IN ARCHITECTURE • 27/2009

■Pavilion in Hoover Square, Warsaw

■Artist José Antonio Antolí Segura

■A Lyrical Copper Library

■European Copper in Architecture Awards



Over the years, Copper Forum has ollowedand reported rom diferent building projectsthat were competing or the Copper in Archi-tecture Award. Tis autumn it is time againto select a winner. It has been a dicult task or the jury to pick out the ve nominees romthe about 50 competing building projectsrom diferent parts o Europe. Tese venominees will go on to the nal competition,and the winning project will be announcedat a ceremony in London on September 29,2009. In this issue o Copper Forum we willpresent all the nominated projects.

We will also acquaint you with Spanish art-ist José Antonio Antoli Segura, who has usedcopper in his artwork or a long time and de-veloped special techniques or surace treat-ment and shaping the metal.

We have visited some exciting buildingprojects in Poland and Finland, where copperhas contributed to the successul nal results.

Furthermore, we will report rom a newly builtcopper acade in Ventspilsk, Latvia, where di-erent types o peroration techniques bringout unique architectural efects.

I hope you will have some interesting andstimulating reading. As always, we welcomeyour thoughts and suggestions to what you

would like to read about in uture issues o ourmagazine.

Lennart Engström, Editor

Copper Forum, September 2009

Copper Forum is par t o the on going ”European Copper In Architecture Campaign”, and is published twice a yearand has a circulation o 20.000 copies.

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Esko Miettinen, FI +358 9 584 00 166 [email protected] Savola, FI +358 26266111 [email protected] Zhigalina, RU +7 81 2320 2050 [email protected] Ionov, RU +7 09 5787 2792 [email protected] Sawicki, PL +48 (22)8258252 [email protected] Zakrzewski, PL +48 717812504 [email protected] Pinter, CZ +36 12664810 [email protected]í Kratochvíle, CZ +42 0261122542 [email protected] Bell UK +447827997124 [email protected] Hodson, UK +44 (0)1242 702741 [email protected] Gregorio, ES + 34 91 772 48 60 [email protected]

Welcome to a new issue o Copper Forum



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4 Pavilion in Hoover Square, Warsaw

6 A Major Corporate Headquarters or Copenhagen

8 Copper in Art – Perspectives rom Spain

12 Seaarer’s Strand Housing in Lauttasaari

14 Department store in Helsinki undergoes renovations

16 Restoration with a modern touch

18 Organic Growth o a School at the Heart o the Community

20 A Lyrical Copper Library

24 European copper in architecture awards

– Shortlist announced

38 The Pühtitsa Convent in Estonia, re-rooed in copper

TABLE OF CONTENTS



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Pavilion in Hoover Square, Warsaw

Herber Hver Square (Pla Herbera Hvers), alhugh

widely kw by his ame, is he hisri ere Warsaw

– a gree elave siuaed a he wides sei Krakwskie

Przedmieśie, bewee he Mikiewiz Mume ad he

saue he Blessed Virgi Mary Passau. I spaial erms, he

key deisi was siuae a elgaed square, depressed belwKrakwskie Przedmieśie, bewee he hisrial mumes. Tis

lear arrageme made i pssible esablish a beer relaiship

bewee he garde, square ad he sree ruig a w levels

arud i.

A rage ew ailiies – a ae pavi li, kisk, publi veiees,

a udergrud resaura ad gallery – are embedded i he layu

he exisig ad ewly-buil se walls. “Waer seps” lsig

he square he suh allw he Mikiewiz Mume

bled i he mpsii he square. Te r he pavili,

held bewee asias lad wih pper mesh, appears merge wihhe u hedge “brushes”. I is desiged lk as i i had always

bee here r, perhaps, as i i were here a all. Te 15-mere

wide glazed wall he pavili, peig up ully i summer, will

iegrae he square wih he ierirs he buildig.

A subtle new building is used to organise a neglected space and

transorm it into an attractive public square within a garden setting.



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Project: Warszawa, Skwer Herberta Hoovera

Completed: 2008

Client: Zarząd Terenów Publicznych

Architect: JEMS Architekci, Warszawa

Main contractor: Mostostal Warszawa

Copper installer: KREST METAL, Niepołomice

Copper supplier: TECU® Net, from KM Europa Metal AG, Osnabrück, Niemcy

Photos: JEMS Architekci




A Major Corporate Headquartersor Copenhagen



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Project: SEB Domicile, Copenhagen Client: SEB Bank & Pension Architects: Lundgaard & Tranberg Copper cladding installers: Poul Lindegaard/Gladsaxe Tag & VVS

As this issue o Copper Forum goes to press an exciting new building near

Copenhagen’s harbour is under construction. The 27,100 m2 SEB Bank &

Pension headquarters at Kalvebod Brygge was designed by architects

Lundgaard & Tranberg. The acades o the SEB building have ull storey-

height glazed sections in a varied composition o copper-clad recessed

openings, totalling some 9,000m2 o copper.

Architects Lundgaard & Tranberg have already distinguished themselves in

recent years with several outstanding buildings in Copenhagen which include

copper acades as an integral part o the design, including:

CBS ”Kilen” (2005) – acades with movable shutters in copper alloy

Tietenkollegiet (2006) – acades in copper alloy

The new theatre building (2008) – stage tower clad with copper




Sunset in the land

The ght (detail)



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Arab Face Mask

Artist José Antonio Antolí Segura (born 1950, Castellón de la Plana, Spain) possesses broad

proessional experience consolidated by over 25 years as a cratsman working with dierent

metals. Using iron and copper over this time, he has expressed the orce which metal provides

to surrounding environments, like a genuine jewel placed in the space. His latest public work,

“Jardín metálico” [Metal Garden], created or the Provincial Oce o Culture o the Autonomous

Region o Valencia, is an example o this.

His copper pieces (commissioned by institutions, architects, interior designers and private

collectors) are ound in several private collections and public spaces. Amongst these are the

oyer mural o the Mari Claire oces, the interior design o the Logos Pub in Castellón, various

murals in the United Arab Emirates and, combining his metalwork with sculpture, the “Drac”

tables and the “Estrella Solar” painting.

He has also participated in various estivals including:

• Barcelona – Iron Horse Sculpture.

• Valencia – Fittings and decorative elements in copper.

• Dubai – Metal Art – Paintings and Linings – “Cobretexturas” [Copper Textures].

Copper in Art – Perspectives rom Spain

Artist José Antonio Antolí Segura (born 1950, Castellón de la Plana, Spain) possesses broad

proessional experience consolidated by over 25 years as a cratsman working with dierent

metals. Using iron and copper over this time, he has expressed the orce which metal provides

to surrounding environments, like a genuine jewel placed in the space. His latest public work,

“Jardín metálico” [Metal Garden], created or the Provincial Oce o Culture o the Autonomous

Region o Valencia, is an example o this.

His copper pieces (commissioned by institutions, architects, interior designers and private

collectors) are ound in several private collections and public spaces. Amongst these are the

oyer mural o the Mari Claire oces, the interior design o the Logos Pub in Castellón, various

murals in the United Arab Emirates and, combining his metalwork with sculpture, the “Drac”

tables and the “Estrella Solar” painting.

He has also participated in various estivals including:

• Barcelona – Iron Horse Sculpture.

• Valencia – Fittings and decorative elements in copper.

• Dubai – Metal Art – Paintings and Linings – “Cobretexturas” [Copper Textures].

Copper in Art – Perspectives rom Spain




Horse

Bull

A vision for copper

Here, he sets out his vision or expanding the use o co-

pper in art and design throughout Spain and beyond.

“Spain has always had a cratworks market o copper

objects or daily use, especially in Andalusia, but the ar-

tistic and decorative expression as an architectural and

expressive element has not enjoyed special relevance.

For years, we have ocused our eorts on making pre-

sentations at interior design oces and architectural

rms through personalised visits.

“In our family-owned company, my sons (one an archi-

tect and the other a publicist) join orces with me to de-

velop the technical aspects o my creations, “cobretex-

turas”, working out the details, analysing projects and

feshing out my new designs in both 2D and 3D. Another

side o our work is ocused more on ELDRAC’s diu-

sion through publicity activities, and we aim to reachthe oreign market, specically addressing the Persian

Gul companies. The good artistic reception in these

countries has given rise to an exposition in Dubai and

contracts with hotel chains which have begun to request

my work. The immediate principle objectives are to con-

solidate exhibitions with galleries and to participate in

art estivals nationally and internationally.

Working with the copper industry“Our company is prepared to collaborate with the co-

pper sector in various ways. We are looking or a joint

initiative with companies associated with copper in or-

der to disperse knowledge about this to universities, in

technical careers such as architecture, engineering and

design. We hope to explore tenders or competitions in

these universities or the execution o some research

projects in varied elds o the material’s application. We

would also like to launch a national copper estival and

promote the material in the media highlighting its qua-

lities, such as recyclability, durability, malleability andsustainability.”



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Project: Merenkulkijanranta (Seaarer’s Strand)

Completed: 2008-2010

Habitable floor area: 22, 500 m2

Client: YIT Rakennus Oy

Architects: Arkkitehdit NRT Oy, HelsinkiJyrki Tasa, archi tect SAFA

Photos: Antti Luutonen and Eark

Illustrations: Arkkitehdit NRT Oy / Jussi Kalliopuska

Te plaig his asal area Helsiki resuled rm a ivi-aial mpeii rgaised i 2002. Buildig aiviies sared

wih he w blk i 2007 ad he rs uis mpleed i he

auum 2008. Te eral heme he wiig ery was

exed he harbur amsphere he eas shre Lauasaari ad

pla he blk layu s as prvide as may aparmes as

pssible wih sea views ad pimum rieai wards he su.

Aher impra bjeive was blk he views rm he

exisig resideial buildigs.

Te slui is based rd-like buildigs sadig perpediular

he shrelie. Te buildigs lses he shre are lw-rise ad

parly suppred lums s ha hey exed ver he sea. Te

srey heigh he buildigs he ireases i sages wih greaer

disae rm he shre. Te area is divided i zes parallel

Text byArkkitehdit NRT Oy HelsinkiJyrki Tasa,architect SAFA

Seaarer’s Srad Husig i Lauasaari

he shrelie; he rs ze ais publi piers ad a pedesriaarea, llwed by a gree yard ze, a ree-rm ze paved yards,

a gree lae ad he he sree area. A parkig garage uder he

uryard prvides parkig spae r 272 ars.

Te mai aade maerials ilude ligh-lured reder ad p-

per. Te rear walls ad rs balies as well as he uderside

suraes ailevered sruures are wde.

Apar rm esseially exible layus, he key elemes emphasised

i he desig he 230 r s aparmes – whih vary i size be-

wee 50 m2 ad 130 m2 – are lighess, spaiusess ad views.

Large balies ad r erraes urher irease he peial

ejy he magie lai he area.







StocKMAnn deparme sre i Helsiki uderges revais

TextEsko Miettinenarchitect SAFA

Sigurd Frosterus (1876–1956) k par i hedesig mpeii Skma deparmesre i dww Helsiki i 1915–16. His e-ry “ciy 1926” w he sed prie. Te wi-ig ery was submied by Waher ad IvarTmé as well as Urh Åberg, ad Eliel Saarieame hird. Bu wih Waher ad Ivar Tmékilled i he civil War, he desig assigme wasawarded Frserus. Te deparme sre wasbuil i sages, ad he prese 8-srey buildig was mpleed i 1930.

Sigurd Frserus ad Eliel Saarie were desig-ers he same era, ad bh heir arhieuralsyles a be sudied i he ramewrk he ar-hieure a he ur he eury.

Te rm laguage Eliel Saarie’s early wrksis dmiaed by aial rmaiism, while he wrks Sigurd Frserus ree he mre ab-sra, sruural rm laguage ypial ceral

Eurpe. Te fe blk beside he ld hurh Helsiki as well as he resideial buildigs itöölö are examples Frserus’ wrks haraer-ised by his eaure.

Skma’s desigs als shw he same iue-es. Frserus kep he rm laguage uhageddurig he lg desig ad implemeai sage,

despie he rise uial sruivism ibh ieraial ad aial arhieure ihe 1920s ad 1930s.

Te rm Skma i he wsape adhe spaial sruure he buildig geher wihhe maerials reae he base r he aiviies ar-ried u i he deparme sre. Skma hasbeme a eral mmerial-publi spae i islai ad he buildigs rud i, wheher buil

bere r aer he deparme sre, siue asigia par everyday lie i he dwwarea Helsiki. Te buildig als supprs heperais he deparme sre, whih aresigia a Sadiavia level.

Skma deparme sre was expaded i1989 he basis desigs prdued by Kris-ia Gullihse ad tim Vrmala.

Te department store is now undergoing reno-

vations. Large-scale remodelling and expansion

works are being carried out in the town block

with the department store remaining in ull

use. Te main designer o the project is archi-

tect Pekka Laatio. Te progress o the construc-

tion project is visible externally in the orm o

the new copper roo that stands as witness or

renovation works on the top foor.







Te revai prje arried u i he cahedral turku ward he ed he 1970s was desiged mpleme he resrai prje realised i he1920s. Te mai bjeive he prje was imprve he ehial perr-mae he buildig. oe he ms impra asks was ehae re

saey, pariularly wih respe he ai spaes ad he wer. R sruures were ud be i pr dii ad siued a re risk, ad were replaedby ew sruures made pressure impregaed glulam. Te ais, whih hadpreviusly rmed a mpleely pe spae, were mparmeed wih rewallsad he wer wih repr iermediae rs. As a resul, he pper rg isalled aer he big re i turku was replaed. A he ed he prje everybdy ivlved i he repairs reeived a memeplae made he ld meal. Te ld pper was als aalysed ad ud -ai sme impuriies – bu als silver ad gld, whih were separaed ad sredi he vaul he parishes. Te gld was rerieved r re-use whe a ew bapi-sig bwl was eeded r he cahedral hael sme years laer. Te bwl wasreaed as a hemisphere sadig seel ee suppred a limese base. Teieral surae he bwl is gld ad a glde rss was sulped i he ere he bm wih a ruby embedded a he iersei he arms he rss. A remvable glass dish r bapisig waer s iside he bwl.Te ld silver was als eeded whe a small ruix - reeived as a gi ad plaed he mai alar - did ully saisy he eeds fiars a hurh erem-ies. Te image chris ruied he ruix pured i brze siss hree piees be silver bar. While i is uusual r arhies be asked de-sig areas suh as hese, my lg-erm ivlveme wrkig he cahedralpersuaded me ha i was righ d s.

Resrai wih a mder uh

Turku gained the status o the capital o the Gra

Duchy o Finland in 1809. Prior to that the Fren

Emperor Napoleon and Russian Czar Alexis I agre

in Tilsit in 1807, to separate Finland rom Sweden a

make it part o the Russian Empire. Then, in 1812, t

rights o the capital were assigned to Helsinki.

Most o the original houses in Turku were o wood

construction. The largest re in the history o F

land – and indeed the whole o Scandinavia – rag

in Turku in 1827, leaving some 11,000 townspeop

without homes. It was ater this re that the roo

Turku Cathedral was covered with copper, althou

shortly aterwards, in 1868, the roo covering w

replaced because o the poor quality o the origin

work.

This copper roong was renewed in the 1970s

part o an on-going renovation project. Architect O

Laiho has been involved in the design o the Cath

dral’s renovation works throughout various stag

His work, including a number o sculptural arteac

has produced high quality church renovation arc

tecture infuenced by modernism.

Esko Miettinen, architect SAFA.

Ola Laiho, architect SAFA

The bowl was createda hemisphere standon steel eet supporon a limestone base. Tinternal surace o bowl is gold and a goldcross was sculpted in centre o the bottom.

Photos Ola Laiho




The image o crucied Christ, made o sseparated rom the old copper roongpresented in 2009.

Dismantling o old copper roong and erection o new copper roong during the renovation carried out in the 1970s. The new copper roong o the Cathedracovered with snow.




Text by Hannele Kuusisto

Organic Growth o a School at the Heart o the Community




Expansion throughout the century

tday he shl mplex mprises w buildigs, he lder whih is he rigial shl desiged by Vilh Peilä, Arhie,ad mpleed i 1898. I represes he ld Fiish Jugedsil sylead is kw as he ”Museum”. csrui he mre ree”Wig” buildig g uder way i 1957. tday his buildig siss pars buil a six sages wih diere arhies. Te rs sage wasdesiged by Kaarl Kööe, he sed, hird ad rh by JrmaSalmekivi ad he h ad sixh by Leea ad Sepp Lappalaie.

Lahi ceduaial Shl is sill a privaely uded isiue. Teshl mplex is amg he ms sigia buildigs i Lahi -geher wih he adjae Risikirkk churh desiged by Elisa ad Alvar Aal.

Addressing the challenge of a multi-form roof

Te “Museum” was revaed bewee 1995 ad 1996 by Leea adSepp Lappalaie, Arhies, wih a degree are ad respe e ud eduaial buildigs. cpper is he ly exerirmeal laddig he redbrik shl buildig. t guaraee is su-essul replaeme, all he meal laddig was phgraphed addumeed i measured drawigs. A pariular hallege – he

desigers ad builders alike – was he muli-rm r, espeially hepied seeple wih is pper-shigle r ad a alms ur-meerhigh spire he p he suheaser rer he buildig. Whe i was ime exed he ”Wig” agai a he begiig his deade, i was lear rm he very rs sages desig ha hebuildig maerials shuld be he same as i he earlier sruiphases – bh he açade ad i he ierir. S, he meal lad-dig he açades is msly pper mbied wih exesiveareas red graie.tday, Lahi ceduaial Shl is a suessul mbiai ew ad ld. Alhugh he syles he buildigs rigiae rmdiere eras ad are alike a all, he geeral impressi is

well-balaed rgai grwh due he sisey maerialsad lurs used. Squeezig a large ew exesi he exisigrer pl was a real amplishme ad a grea example hwexperise ad respe r he pas a be used reae a harmiusmplex buildigs daig bak diere eras.

Architects:Vilho Penttilä, Kaarlo Könönen, Jorma Salmenkivi, Leena and Seppo L appalainen

Copper installer:A. Peura, Jyväskylä, Finland and Construction Company V. Mättölä, Mäntyharj

In 1896 Lahti Town was just a typical country village with about

3000 inhabitants living in small wooden houses. The villagers

had the idea of starting a local secondary school - an ambitious

plan at that time, but which was soon implemented attracting

industry, such as a brickworks, and employment to the village.

Lahti Coeducational School has since expanded and been mod-

ernised over and over again with a consistent use of copper,

and remains one of the most highly achieving senior secondaryschools in Finland.





A Lyrical Copper Library

A new library building in Latvia makes extensive, ambitious and in-

triguing use of perforated copper technology both inside and out, in-

cluding a stunning graphic display of lyrics by the father of Latvian

folk songs, Krisjänis Barons.

The Town o Ventspilsk in Latvia consists o two airly independent parts separated by the

River Venta with a single bridge crossing it and the right bank is known as Parventa. For

this reason, the town duplicates several cultural and sports acilities. Now Parventa has

its own new library with an exceptional curved açade composed o unique perorated

copper cassettes. The Parventa library building was designed by INDIA, a Riga architec-

tural ofce headed up by Ivars Kalvans and Peteris Jajars.




Writing on the walls

Their vision sought to incorporate the heritage and

tradition o Latvia into a modern design. As copper

has been used on some o the oldest churches, mu-

seums and other important buildings in Europe or

centuries, the city representatives wanted copper

walls or the library. The material was ordered rom

Luvata Pori Oy, a Finnish company, renowned or its

skill and expertise in copper as well as its modern

”Nordic Systems” products. Individually perorated

cassettes were ideally suited to the architects’ ambi-tious idea o writing the lyrics o a Latvian olk song

on the walls! Every cassette was separately manu-

actured and unique. The biggest challenge was to

design the peroration layout to recreate the lyrics

and verses o the olk song when laid correctly on top

o one another.




The library’s modern appearance

The abundant design potential o copper has been ully utilized in this thor-

oughly modern building. The curved plan shape o the açade was easy to

achieve thanks to the malleability o copper. The skillul use o peroration

technology creates a modern appearance to complement more typical uses o

copper. There are endless opportunities or creative architectural design, as

even the wildest ideas can oten be realised with copper and Parventa library

is a particularly exciting example.

Some 750 m2 o 1.5mm thick copper was used on the açade. Luvata Pori Oy

supplied ready-made specially perorated cassettes to the site and installed

by Pilsbuve, the main contractor. Installation o the cassettes was a real chal-

lenge but the combination o copper and glass creates a beautiul result. The

total area o the library is 1500 m2 on three levels. Construction began in April

2008 and will be completed this summer.




Project: Parventa Library, Latvia

Architects: INDIA Architects, Latvia

Main contractor and copper installer: Pilsbuve




ARCHITECTURAL AWARDS SHORTLIST

Over the years, Copper Forum has eatured the Copper in Architecture

Awards and witnessed their transormation rom a British-based programme

just highlighting cratsmanship, into the important design-led competition or

projects across Europe that we see today. For the rst time, the 2009 Awards

now consider all entries together to select the very best in contemporary ar-

chitecture rom across Europe.

With almost 50 entries rom 16 countries, the 2009 Awards reveal an excep-

tional diversity o projects – many not yet published or well known. Five quite

dierent buildings – a media centre, museum, urban housing complex and

two very dierent individual homes – have now been shortlisted by the panel

o judges. Over the next ew pages, architect and consultant to the Europe-

an Copper in Architecture Campaign, Chris Hodson reviews the shortlisted

projects, in no particular order, as well as others that particularly interested

the judges.

The winning projects will be announced at a presentation in London on 29

September this year and, o course, reported in the next issue o Copper Fo-

rum. More inormation on the European Copper in Architecture Campaign,

the Awards and numerous project reerences rom around Europe can be

ound at: www.copperconcept.org

EUROPEAN COPPER INARCHITECTURE AWARDS

– SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED



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JUDGING THE AWARDSThe growing group o architectural critics and architects actively involved over

recent years demonstrates the status that these Awards have now attained

within the international architectural community. Taken rom this group, the

2009 Awards judging panel was:

• Paul Finch, (Chairman o the Judges), Director o the World Architecture Festival

and just appointed as the new Chairman o the Commission or Architecture and the

Built Environment (the UK Government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and

public space).

• Einar Jarmund of Jarmund Vigsnaes as Arkitekter – designers o the Svalbard

Science Centre, Norway (Highly Commended, Europe, 2007 Awards) – 1

• Simone Solinas of Solinas Verd Arquitectos – designers o the

Vicar Theatre, Spain (Highly Commended, Europe, 2007 Awards) – 2

• Laurence Bain of Bain and Bevington Architects

• Shane de Blacam of de Blacam and Meagher

– designers o the Dublin Mews Houses, Ireland (Winner, 2002 Awards) – 3

• Craig Casci of Hamiltons

– designers o Brewery Square, UK (Winner, 2003 Awards) – 4

• Keith Williams of Keith Williams Architects

– designers o the Unicorn Theatre, UK (Winner, UK, 2007 Awards) – 5

• Catherine Slessor, Managing Editor o The Architectural Review.

All the entries were assessed by this panel o eight judges rom photographs,

drawings and descriptions submitted by their designers. Initially, judges inde-

pendently considered each entry beore discussing specic projects that could

move orward to the next stage. Then, selected projects were openly debated and

the shortlist o ve agreed unanimously. This judging process by an international

panel served to conrm that the language o architecture is universal and design

excellence knows no borders.





The Clip House in Madrid, Spain – designed by Bernalte-León y Asociados – is a highly

sculptural design dened by sinuous curving bands o copper cantilevered rom a verti-

cal concrete spine and enveloping the main spaces. The design concept refects the in-

ternational lie-style o its owner rather than making any response or concessions to its

suburban setting. Internal spaces or living, work and sleep fow reely, served by top-lit

circulation within the concrete spine.

Expansive diused glazing inlls between the copper bands food the spaces with light

while clear glazed panels just to the narrow rontage and subdividing internal spaces

allow views through. The dramatic copper bands, made up o numerous small pieces o

copper and lined internally with timber, orm a continuous skin o the house, shaping the

architectural spaces, occasionally breaking through to the inside. They can also be seen

as a graphic device - perhaps refecting the client’s background in advertising – and part

o the simple language created by the interplay o dierent materials.

MAKING A STATEMENT THROUGH DESIGN









The second individual home to be shortlisted - the Ticino House in

southern Switzerland – couldn’t be more dierent. Davide Macullo

Architetto’s sensitive design responds to its beautiul rural setting

and makes the most o a sunny hillside with outstanding views.

A cave-like entry at the lower level is sheltered by the landscape

with service spaces set into the hillside. The simple square plan

o the main living areas above is pierced on each side by the land-

scape, orming protected courts and breaking up the building into

small monolithic volumes. This grouping refects a cluster o typi-

cal rural buildings that once stood on the site and the new house

ollows the original building’s ootprint.

A modular, ormal arrangement o copper mesh panels

characterises the building’s external skin, protecting

the timber envelope and screening large areas

o glazing. Other building elements are clad

in copper sheet as part o a restrained

palette o sustainable materials.





INTEGRATING LANDSCAPE AND HOME









RESPONDINGTO HISTORYThe Archaeology Museum of Vitoria in Spain

shares a courtyard with the historic Palace o

Bendaña, closing o the space and replacing

the backs o other buildings. The design makes

extensive use o cast bronze elements to create

contrasting elevational treatments. From out-

side, continuous vertical ns create an impen-

etrable wall with a ew, deep-set windows, while

the glazed courtyard acades are screened with a

strong vertical matrix.

The overall eect is o an ageless ortress in anurban setting, revealing more o its nature and

growing increasingly open as you approach and

enter the courtyard. The architects, Mangado y

Asociados S.L, describe the building as ‘a com-

pact jewel box concealing the treasures that his-

tory has entrusted to us’. This theme is carried

through with conviction to the dramatic exhibition

spaces where white, glazed daylight prisms pierce

through the dark foors and ceilings, with thick

outer walls containing the exhibition displays.




SETTING THE STANDARDFOR HIGH-DENSITY LIVING


In Copenhagen, Denmark, the Frederikskaj Housing project

makes the most o its harbour-side location with 152 light and

spacious apartments overlooking the regenerated canal dis-

trict. Apartment layouts are fexible, extending outside onto

generous balconies, with ull-height glazing maximising day-

light and views. Social living is concentrated around a new ca-

nal and well-designed landscaping, creating a link to the har-

bour: the building literally has its eet in the water.

Dissing+Weitling arkitektrma’s cool design uses quality materi-

als refecting nautical reerences – textured and fat copper, hard-

wood windows and glass – but in a thoroughly modern way. The

understated but beautiully detailed copper skin gives the building a

solidity in dialogue with its concrete rame that is entirely appropri-

ate in this commercial area. The architects see the building as ‘like

a luxury liner, docked in the harbour’ – a slickly designed, unied

entity.

This project was also discussed in the last issue o Copper Forum (26/09, page 10)









Photos: Alejo Bagué


SHAPING THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT




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The Mediacomplex 22@ project resulted rom a partnership between the city o

Barcelona, 22@ – an organisation or the development o new technologies - and a

commercial company. Its pivotal location sees Barcelona’s orthogonal grid inter-

sect with the Avinguda Diagonal – an area with an industrial heritage. The project

brings together a diversity o activities including research, teaching, production

and creativity – all associated with the audiovisual world.

The design, by Patrick Genard y Asociados and Ferrater & Asociados, responds di-

rectly to the strong local urban ramework while meeting the complex programme

and is divided into two, polarized elements. The Factory is a solid, horizontal block,

aligned with an existing 19th century industrial building as a simple continuation. Incontrast, the vertically orientated Tower expresses in its plan the changes in street

pattern below. The Factory is opaque and smooth with panels o perorated copper

ltering the daylight while the Tower presents a strong vertical grid o deeply re-

cessed, copper-aced screens shading the glazing. But both elements share com-

mon proportions and extensive use o copper as a uniying material.





Although not selected or the shortlist,

these our projects generated particular

interest and debate amongst the judges.

They are also a urther demonstration o

the real diversity o building types and ar-

chitectural styles where copper - in all its

orms – plays a central role.

The Royal Playhouse, designed by Lun-dgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter, is an im-

portant and iconic public building on the

harbour ront in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The main tower is clad in horizontal cop-

per panels set in dierent planes which

is already creating patination at dierent

rates, bringing this monolithic orm to

lie. (1)

Herbert Hoover Square in Warsaw, Po-

land, is an attractive public space in a

ARCHITECTURAL AWARDSDIVERSITY WITH COPPER

garden setting. JEMS Architeckci’s design

centres on a new pavilion accommodat-

ing a range o acilities and embedded in

the network o stone walls. Copper orms

part o a limited palette o high quality

materials, including a copper mesh ascia

intended to refect nearby trimmed hedg-

es. (2) This project is discussed in more

detail on page 4.

Borgarfjrdur College, Borgarnes, Ice-

land is a community acility in a dramatic

setting, with a strong cubic design by

Kurtogpi Architects. Brass was chosen

or the external cladding or its colour

which resonates with local natural stone.

The random pattern o brass cladding on

the simple rectilinear acades also ech-

oes the juxtaposition o irregularity and

ormality seen in the surrounding rock

ormations. (3)

The Finnish Wooden Boat Centre on Ko-

tkansaari, Finland includes a dramatic

parabolic roo clad in pre-patinated cop-

per. The design, by architects Lahdelma

& Mahlamäki Oy, is specically or boat

building and restoration. But, apart rom

practical considerations, the simple,

curved shape is reminiscent o an up-

turned boat, reinorced by the use o cop-per with its strong nautical heritage. (4)

More inormation on the European Cop-

per in Architecture Campaign, projects

rom the 2009 and previous Awards, and

numerous other project reerences rom

around Europe can be ound at:

www.copperconcept.org

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Copper ConventFour very different churches at the famous Pühtitsa

convent In Kuremäki, Estonia, have now been re-roofed

in copper to solve long-term technical problems.




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The nuns are sel-sufcient multi-skillers

From the very beginning the Pühtitsa nuns, currently numbering

approximately 150, have secured their livelihood and looked ater

visiting pilgrims through their own work and sel-suciency. Tey

grow vegetables and ruit, sow crops and preserve mushrooms and

berries. Tere is also a cattle arm to produce dairy and other animal

products. Pühtitsa is widely recognized as an interesting area, well

known to the Estonian Orthodox and oreigners alike. Te conventhas a lot o visitors as the place is o interest to scientists, culture and

art enthusiasts, students and oreign tourist groups. Te convent area,

where old customs and a long tradition o charity still prevail, is always

open to the public.

Te convent – dedicated to the Dormition o the Mother o God – was

established in 1891 on the site o revelation o the Mother o God in

the 16th century. Te Orthodox built a small wooden chapel there and

it was ca lled Pühtitsa, “a holy place” in Estonian. Pilgrims rom all over

the world have been visiting the place or three centuries. A new, bigger

church was built next to the wooden chapel in 1885, called Uspenie

Church, which became the centre o the rst Pühtitsa OrthodoxParish. Tere was also an Uspenie women’s community, which shortly

developed into a convent.

Leaking roos replaced with copper

Te Pühtitsa Convent has six churches still in active use. Te designs

or the convent were originally drawn by Mihail imoeevich

Preobrazhenskij, Academian rom St Petersburg, and the architectural

and constructional work was run by Alexander Poleschuk, born in

Saarema. Since some o the buildings had been built in the previous

century, the old sheet metal roos had rusted and were badly in need o

repair. Constant patching was extremely dicult, and only helped or

a short time, so re-roong was essential.

“Te ordinary sheet metal that used to cover the roo was susceptible to

corrosion and needed constant repair and painting. At the same time

the domes also had to be painted, which was neither simple nor sae.

Copper was selected as it is durable and requires no paint”, says Mother

Varvara , Mother Superior o the convent or over orty years. Tis time,

our o the six convent churches were re-rooed with Finnish copper. All

the buildings have diferent shapes and materials, some with painted

wood and stone on the açades. Tereore the selection copper colour

required careul consideration. Te dark Nordic Brown copper was

chosen or the Cathedral o the Dormition o the Mother o God,

Uspenie Church and the Church o St Elijah the Prophet in Vasknarva.In contrast, Nordic Green was installed on the Church o St Nicholas

and the Church o St Sergius o Radonezh.

Installation o the roos was carried out by a group o Russian sheet

metal workers and the architectural work was run partly by Mr

Melnikov, Manager. Te demanding two-year project has just been

completed and convent lie has now returned to normal. Te convent

is an interesting place to visit and the nuns’ diligence can be seen

everywhere throughout the vast area – in the well-preserved buildings,

beautiully kept gardens and neatly stacked rewood.

Architects: Mihail Timofeevich Preobrazhenskij, Academian, renovation byMr Melnikov, Manager

Construction work: Alexander Poleschuk from Saarema



Architecture from

Austria • Belgium

Czech Republic • Denmar

Finland • France

Greece • Germany

Holland • Hungary

Italy • Luxemburg

Norway • Poland

Russia • Spain

Sweden • Switzerland

United Kingdom

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