THE ELEPHANT HOUSE
![]() TRAINING HALL | PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR The Elephant House is a project that transforms an existing Chapel building, from the 1880s, into an Activity Centre and Men’s Shed affiliated with Copenhagen Centre for Cancer and Health. The centre offers different rehabilitation programs that will make use of the new spaces for fitness and training, mindfulness, yoga, discussion groups, events and more. The centre inhabits an adjacent building from 2009 by Nord Architects Copenhagen, and the Elephant House will function as an annex for the centre. Carefullness The Elefant House was honoured with the prestigious Store Arne Award 2019 by The Association of Architects Copenhagen. ![]() PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() NICHE CARVED BY LIGHT PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() ORIGINAL DECORETED CEILING | PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() STAIR TO 1st FLOOR AND NICHE CARVED BY LIGHT | PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR The project appreciates and cares for the existing qualities of the historic building and the marks that have been left over time. The simple and authentic timber structures, terrazzo floors and chalkstone block walls. The materials and colour schemes stem from a careful reading and translation of the historic building, for example the decorated wood ceilings. New double steel glass doors and a large steel window painted in Copenhagen green allows light to fill the spaces. Blue solid doors, black handles, dark red furniture elements in MDF, stainless steel kitchens and red lacquered radiators links the new spaces to history and time. ![]() ORIGINAL DRAWING | CITY ARCHITECTS OFFICE ![]() BEFORE RENOVATION | PHOTO: LETH & GORI ![]() UNDER CONSTRUCTION | PHOTO: LETH & GORI ![]() AS BUILT | PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() KITCHEN SPACE | PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() DRESSING ROOM |PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR Resilient architecture ![]() OLD PEOPLE’S CITY, COPENHAGEN ![]() PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR Strategic partnership About Copenhagen Centre for Cancer and Health See mere here: The Elephant House is coming back to life And here: Copenhagen Centre for Cancer and Health ![]() PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() WORKSHOP SPACE MEN’S SHED PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() MEN’S SHED | PHOTO: STAMERS KONTOR ![]() THE ELEPHANT HOUSE | GROUND FLOOR PLAN ![]() THE ELEPHANT HOUSE | LONGITUDINAL SECTION ![]() THE ELEPHANT HOUSE | GROUND FLOOR AXONOMETRIC ![]() THE ELEPHANT HOUSE | 1ST FLOOR AXONOMETRIC
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