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Parventa Library a unique work of art

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Mogens Praestegaard, DK +45 4028 5157 [email protected] Rudidalen, NO +47 2324 7469 [email protected] Kuusisto, FI +358 40 093 7547 [email protected] Miettinen, FI +358 9 584 00 166 [email protected] Savola, FI +358 26266111 allan.savola@luv ata.comNatalia 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 robert.pinter@hcpcin o.orgJir Kratochvle, CZ +42 0261122542 [email protected] Bell UK +4478279 97124 [email protected] Hodson, UK +44 (0)1242 702741 [email protected] Gregorio, ES + 34 91 772 48 60 [email protected]

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Sigurd Frosterus (18761956) ook par i hedesig compe i io o S ockma depar mes ore i dow ow Helsi ki i 191516. His e -ry Ci y 1926 wo he seco d price. Te wi -i g e ry was submi ed by Wa her a d IvarTom as well as Urho berg, a d Eliel Saari ecame hird. Bu wi h Wa her a d Ivar Tomkilled i he Civil War, he desig assig me wasawarded o Fros erus. Te depar me s ore wasbuil i s ages, a d he prese 8-s orey buildi g was comple ed i 1930.

Sigurd Fros erus a d Eliel Saari e were desig -ers o he same era, a d bo h heir archi ec urals yles ca be s udied i he ramework o he ar-chi ec ure a he ur o he ce ury.

Te orm la guage o Eliel Saari e s early worksis domi a ed by a io al roma icism, while he works o Sigurd Fros erus re ec he more ab-s rac , s ruc ural orm la guage ypical o Ce ralEurope. Te o ce block beside he old church o Helsi ki as well as he reside ial buildi gs itl are examples o Fros erus works charac er-ised by his ea ure.

S ockma s desig s also show he same i ue c-es. Fros erus kep he orm la guage u cha gedduri g he lo g desig a d impleme a io s age,

despi e he rise o u c io al co s ruc ivism ibo h i er a io al a d a io al archi ec ure ihe 1920s a d 1930s.

Te orm o S ockma i he ow scape a dhe spa ial s ruc ure o he buildi g oge her wi hhe ma erials crea e he base or he ac ivi ies car-ried ou i he depar me s ore. S ockma hasbecome a ce ral commercial-public space i i sloca io a d he buildi gs rou d i , whe her builbe ore or a er he depar me s ore, co s i u e a sig i ca par o everyday li e i he dow owarea o Helsi ki. Te buildi g also suppor s heopera io s o he depar me s ore, which aresig i ca a Sca di avia level.

S ockma depar me s ore was expa ded i1989 o he basis o desig s produced by Kris-ia Gullichse a d timo Vormala.

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 ulluse. 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.

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The image o cruci ed Christ, made o silvseparated rom the old copper roo ng anpresented in 2009.

Dismantling o old copper roo ng and erection o new copper roo ng during the renovation carried out in the 1970s. The new copper roo ng o the Cathedralcovered with snow.

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Text by Hannele Kuusisto

Organic Growth of a School at the Heart of the Community

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Expansion throughout the centurytoday he school complex comprises wo buildi gs, he older o which is he origi al school desig ed by Vilho Pe il, Archi ec ,a d comple ed i 1898. I represe s he old Fi ish Juge ds il s ylea d is k ow as he Museum. Co s ruc io o he more receWi g buildi g go u der way i 1957. today his buildi g co sis so par s buil a six s ages wi h difere archi ec s. Te rs s age wasdesig ed by Kaarlo K e , he seco d, hird a d or h by Jorma Salme kivi a d he h a d six h by Lee a a d Seppo Lappalai e .

Lah i Coeduca io al School is s ill a priva ely u ded i s i u e. Teschool complex is amo g he mos sig i ca buildi gs i Lah i o-ge her wi h he adjace Ris i kirkko Church desig ed by Elisa a d Alvar Aal o.

Addressing the challenge of a multi-form roofTe Museum was re ova ed be wee 1995 a d 1996 by Lee a a dSeppo Lappalai e , Archi ec s, wi h a degree o care a d respec oo e ou d o educa io al buildi gs. Copper is he o ly ex eriorme al claddi g o he redbrick school buildi g. to guara ee i s suc-cess ul replaceme , all he me al claddi g was pho ographed a ddocume ed i measured drawi gs. A par icular challe ge o hedesig ers a d builders alike was he mul i- orm roo , especially hepoi ed s eeple wi h i s copper-shi gle roo a d a almos our-me erhigh spire o he op o he sou heas er cor er o he buildi g. Whe i was ime o ex e d he Wi g agai a he begi i g o his decade, i was clear rom he very rs s ages o desig ha hebuildi g ma erials should be he same as i he earlier co s ruc iophases bo h o he aade a d i he i erior. So, he me al clad-di g o he aades is mos ly o copper combi ed wi h ex e siveareas o red gra i e.today, Lah i Coeduca io al School is a success ul combi a io o ew a d old. Al hough he s yles o he buildi gs origi a e romdifere eras a d are o alike a all, he ge eral impressio is o well-bala ced orga ic grow h due o he co sis e cy o ma erialsa d colours used. Squeezi g a large ew ex e sio o o he exis i g cor er plo was a real accomplishme a d a grea example o how exper ise a d respec or he pas ca be used o crea e a harmo iouscomplex o buildi gs da i g back o difere eras.

Architects:Vilho Penttil, Kaarlo Knnen, Jorma Salmenkivi, Leena and Seppo L appalainen

Copper installer:A. Peura, Jyvskyl, Finland and Construction Company V. Mttl, Mntyharju

In 1896 Lahti Town was just a typical country village with about3000 inhabitants living in small wooden houses. The villagershad the idea of starting a local secondary school - an ambitiousplan at that time, but which was soon implemented attractingindustry, 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.

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A Lyrical Copper LibraryA 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, Krisjnis Barons.

The Town o Ventspilsk in Latvia consists o two airly independent parts separated by theRiver Venta with a single bridge crossing it and the right bank is known as Parventa. Forthis reason, the town duplicates several cultural and sports acilities. Now Parventa hasits own new library with an exceptional curved aade composed o unique per oratedcopper cassettes. The Parventa library building was designed by INDIA, a Riga architec-tural o fce headed up by Ivars Kalvans and Peteris Jajars.

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Writing on the walls

Their vision sought to incorporate the heritage andtradition o Latvia into a modern design. As copperhas been used on some o the oldest churches, mu-seums and other important buildings in Europe orcenturies, the city representatives wanted copperwalls or the library. The material was ordered romLuvata Pori Oy, a Finnish company, renowned or itsskill and expertise in copper as well as its modernNordic Systems products. Individually per orated

cassettes were ideally suited to the architects ambi-tious idea o writing the lyrics o a Latvian olk songon the walls! Every cassette was separately manu-actured and unique. The biggest challenge was todesign the per oration layout to recreate the lyricsand verses o the olk song when laid correctly on topo one another.

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The librarys modern appearance

The abundant design potential o copper has been ully utilized in this thor-oughly modern building. The curved plan shape o the aade was easy toachieve thanks to the malleability o copper. The skill ul use o per orationtechnology creates a modern appearance to complement more typical uses ocopper. There are endless opportunities or creative architectural design, as

even the wildest ideas can o ten be realised with copper and Parventa libraryis a particularly exciting example.

Some 750 m 2 o 1.5mm thick copper was used on the aade. Luvata Pori Oysupplied ready-made specially per orated cassettes to the site and installedby Pilsbuve, the main contractor. Installation o the cassettes was a real chal-lenge but the combination o copper and glass creates a beauti ul result. Thetotal area o the library is 1500 m 2 on three levels. Construction began in April2008 and will be completed this summer.

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Project: Parventa Library, Latvia

Architects: INDIA Architects, Latvia

Main contractor and copper installer: Pilsbuve

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ARCHITECTURAL AWARDS SHORTLIST

Over the years, Copper Forum has eatured the Copper in ArchitectureAwards and witnessed their trans ormation rom a British-based programme just highlighting cra tsmanship, into the important design-led competition orprojects across Europe that we see today. For the rst time, the 2009 Awardsnow 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 quitedi erent buildings a media centre, museum, urban housing complex andtwo very di erent individual homes have now been shortlisted by the panelo judges. Over the next ew pages, architect and consultant to the Europe-an Copper in Architecture Campaign, Chris Hodson reviews the shortlistedprojects, in no particular order, as well as others that particularly interestedthe judges.

The winning projects will be announced at a presentation in London on 29September this year and, o course, reported in the next issue o Copper Fo-rum. More in ormation on the European Copper in Architecture Campaign,the Awards and numerous project re erences rom around Europe can beound 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 overrecent years demonstrates the status that these Awards have now attainedwithin the international architectural community. Taken rom this group, the2009 Awards judging panel was:

Paul Finch, (Chairman o the Judges), Director o the World Architecture Festivaland just appointed as the new Chairman o the Commission or Architecture and theBuilt Environment (the UK Governments advisor on architecture, urban design andpublic space).

Einar Jarmund of Jarmund Vigsnaes as Arkitekter designers o the SvalbardScience 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 be ore discussing speci c projects that couldmove orward to the next stage. Then, selected projects were openly debated andthe shortlist o ve agreed unanimously. This judging process by an internationalpanel served to con rm that the language o architecture is universal and designexcellence knows no borders.

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The Clip House in Madrid, Spain designed by Bernalte-Len y Asociados is a highlysculptural design de ned 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 li e-style o its owner rather than making any response or concessions to itssuburban setting. Internal spaces or living, work and sleep fow reely, served by top-lit

circulation within the concrete spine.

Expansive di used glazing in lls between the copper bands food the spaces with lightwhile clear glazed panels just to the narrow rontage and subdividing internal spacesallow views through. The dramatic copper bands, made up o numerous small pieces ocopper and lined internally with timber, orm a continuous skin o the house, shaping thearchitectural spaces, occasionally breaking through to the inside. They can also be seenas a graphic device - perhaps refecting the clients background in advertising and parto the simple language created by the interplay o di erent materials.

MAKING A STATEMENT THROUGH DESIGN

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The second individual home to be shortlisted - the Ticino House insouthern Switzerland couldnt be more di erent. Davide MaculloArchitettos sensitive design responds to its beauti ul rural settingand makes the most o a sunny hillside with outstanding views.

A cave-like entry at the lower level is sheltered by the landscapewith service spaces set into the hillside. The simple square plano the main living areas above is pierced on each side by the land-scape, orming protected courts and breaking up the building intosmall monolithic volumes. This grouping refects a cluster o typi-cal rural buildings that once stood on the site and the new houseollows the original buildings ootprint.

A modular, ormal arrangement o copper mesh panelscharacterises the buildings external skin, protectingthe timber envelope and screening large areaso glazing. Other building elements are cladin copper sheet as part o a restrained

palette o sustainable materials.

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INTEGRATING LANDSCAPE AND HOME

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RESPONDINGTO HISTORYThe Archaeology Museum of Vitoria in Spain shares a courtyard with the historic Palace oBendaa, closing o the space and replacingthe backs o other buildings. The design makesextensive use o cast bronze elements to createcontrasting elevational treatments. From out-side, continuous vertical ns create an impen-etrable wall with a ew, deep-set windows, whilethe glazed courtyard acades are screened with astrong vertical matrix.

The overall e ect is o an ageless ortress in anurban setting, revealing more o its nature andgrowing increasingly open as you approach andenter the courtyard. The architects, Mangado yAsociados S.L, describe the building as a com-pact jewel box concealing the treasures that his-tory has entrusted to us. This theme is carriedthrough with conviction to the dramatic exhibitionspaces where white, glazed daylight prisms piercethrough the dark foors and ceilings, with thickouter walls containing the exhibition displays.

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SETTING THE STANDARDFOR HIGH-DENSITY LIVING


In Copenhagen, Denmark, the Frederikskaj Housing project makes the most o its harbour-side location with 152 light andspacious apartments overlooking the regenerated canal dis-trict. Apartment layouts are fexible, extending outside ontogenerous 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 arkitekt rmas cool design uses quality materi-als refecting nautical re erences textured and fat copper, hard-wood windows and glass but in a thoroughly modern way. Theunderstated but beauti ully detailed copper skin gives the building asolidity in dialogue with its concrete rame that is entirely appropri-ate in this commercial area. The architects see the building as likea luxury liner, docked in the harbour a slickly designed, uni ed

entity.

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

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Photos: Alejo Bagu


SHAPING THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

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The Mediacomplex 22@ project resulted rom a partnership between the city oBarcelona, 22@ an organisation or the development o new technologies - and acommercial company. Its pivotal location sees Barcelonas orthogonal grid inter-sect with the Avinguda Diagonal an area with an industrial heritage. The projectbrings together a diversity o activities including research, teaching, productionand 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 programmeand 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 streetpattern below. The Factory is opaque and smooth with panels o per orated copperltering 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 uni ying material.


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Although not selected or the shortlist,these our projects generated particularinterest and debate amongst the judges.They are also a urther demonstration othe real diversity o building types and ar-chitectural styles where copper - in all itsorms plays a central role.

The Royal Playhouse, designed by Lun-dgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter, is an im-portant and iconic public building on theharbour ront in Copenhagen, Denmark.The main tower is clad in horizontal cop-per panels set in di erent planes whichis already creating patination at di erentrates, bringing this monolithic orm toli e. (1)

Herbert Hoover Square in Warsaw, Po-land, is an attractive public space in a

ARCHITECTURAL AWARDSDIVERSITY WITH COPPER

garden setting. JEMS Architeckcis designcentres on a new pavilion accommodat-ing a range o acilities and embedded inthe network o stone walls. Copper ormspart o a limited palette o high qualitymaterials, including a copper mesh asciaintended 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 dramaticsetting, with a strong cubic design byKurtogpi Architects. Brass was chosenor the external cladding or its colourwhich resonates with local natural stone.The random pattern o brass cladding onthe simple rectilinear acades also ech-oes the juxtaposition o irregularity andormality seen in the surrounding rockormations. (3)

The Finnish Wooden Boat Centre on Ko-tkansaari, Finland includes a dramaticparabolic roo clad in pre-patinated cop-per. The design, by architects Lahdelma& Mahlamki Oy, is speci cally or boatbuilding and restoration. But, apart rompractical considerations, the simple,curved shape is reminiscent o an up-

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

More in ormation on the European Cop-per in Architecture Campaign, projectsrom the 2009 and previous Awards, andnumerous other project re erences romaround Europe can be ound at:www.copperconcept.org

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Copper ConventFour very different churches at the famous Phtitsaconvent In Kuremki, Estonia, have now been re-roofedin copper to solve long-term technical problems.


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The nuns are sel -su fcient multi-skillersFrom the very beginning the Phtitsa nuns, currently numbering approximately 150, have secured their livelihood and looked a tervisiting pilgrims through their own work and sel -su ciency. Tey grow vegetables and ruit, sow crops and preserve mushrooms andberries. Tere is also a cattle arm to produce dairy and other animalproducts. Phtitsa 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 andart enthusiasts, students and oreign tourist groups. Te convent area,

where old customs and a long tradition o charity still prevail, is alwaysopen to the public.

Te convent dedicated to the Dormition o the Mother o God wasestablished in 1891 on the site o revelation o the Mother o God inthe 16th century. Te Orthodox built a small wooden chapel there andit was ca lled Phtitsa, a holy place in Estonian. Pilgrims rom all overthe world have been visiting the place or three centuries. A new, biggerchurch was built next to the wooden chapel in 1885, called Uspenie

Church, which became the centre o the rst Phtitsa Orthodox Parish. Tere was also an Uspenie womens community, which shortly developed into a convent.

Leaking roo s replaced with copperTe Phtitsa Convent has six churches still in active use. Te designsor the convent were originally drawn by Mihail imo eevichPreobrazhenskij, Academian rom St Petersburg, and the architecturaland constructional work was run by Alexander Poleschuk, born inSaarema. Since some o the buildings had been built in the previouscentury, the old sheet metal roo s had rusted and were badly in need o repair. Constant patching was extremely di cult, and only helped or

a short time, so re-roo ng was essential.

Te ordinary sheet metal that used to cover the roo was susceptible tocorrosion and needed constant repair and painting. At the same timethe domes also had to be painted, which was neither simple nor sa e.Copper was selected as it is durable and requires no paint, says MotherVarvara , Mother Superior o the convent or over orty years. Tis time,our o the six convent churches were re-roo ed with Finnish copper. Allthe buildings have diferent shapes and materials, some with painted

wood and stone on the aades. Tere ore the selection copper colourrequired care ul consideration. Te dark Nordic Brown copper waschosen 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 Nicholasand the Church o St Sergius o Radonezh.

Installation o the roo s was carried out by a group o Russian sheetmetal workers and the architectural work was run partly by MrMelnikov, Manager. Te demanding two-year project has just beencompleted and convent li e has now returned to normal. Te conventis an interesting place to visit and the nuns diligence can be seeneverywhere throughout the vast a rea in the well-preserved buildings,beauti ully kept gardens and neatly stacked rewood.

Architects: Mihail Timofeevich Preobrazhenskij, Academian, renovation byMr Melnikov, ManagerConstruction work : Alexander Poleschuk from Saarema

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