Model view of how apartments in the surrounding buildings will see the green roofing, access stairways, and skylights. The section of roof above the cooking school kitchen, the area closest to the viewer from this angle, will house a small herb and vegetable garden to serve the cooking school. This will allow the students of the program to learn about plants and cooking simultaneously, and keep the garden out of reach of animals and thieves.
The plan is organized around a central courtyard, and with the main-use areas of the building along the south and eastern walls. Lockers, storage spaces, and office areas line the rear, north-eastern wall. The focus of the assignment was on the organization of the cooking school kitchen.
Model view of how the plan is manifested below the roof.
Due to Copenhagen's latitude, the city experiences a variety of angles of sun throughout the year, from nearly overhead in the summer, to only 10 degrees off the horizon in winter.
Model view from the southern wall, through the main entrance. The cooking school kitchen occupies the room to the left, while to the right of the main hallway we see the café kitchen, and the café seating area.
Watercolor view from the south-west corner of the building.
Model view from the western wall.
The park in Nørrebro, Hans Tavsens Park, is in the process of being redesigned for Climate Adaptation by SLA Architects. Denmark is a very flat country, with a lot of precipitation throughout the year, and high flood risks. The goal of the firm's project is to plan for flood accommodation with landscape design, by creating depressed and raised areas to collect water and keep it from flooding the surrounding buildings. This drawing shows how Lys Hus will fit into the patios, trees, and wet areas the SLA has planned, with some paths reshaped to fit Lys Hus.
This plan shows a material study of the building. Blue indicates that the room will have waterproof surfaces, such as concrete and tiling. This includes the cooking school kitchen and café kitchen, three bathrooms, and the food storage room. Red indicates rooms with warm inviting materials, such as wood. These rooms include the café seating area, the café wardrobe, the multipurpose room, the main office, general storage, and the children's locker room. The green in the hallways shows areas mimicking the outdoors, as these halls will have tiles that match those of the patios surrounding the building. This integrates the indoors with the outdoors, and gives the interior rooms a feel of a small village rather than one interior space.
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Lys Hus
Lys Hus was a response to an assignment to create a cooking school, café, and culture house in a park in the neighborhood of Nørrebro, a district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The goal of Lys Hus is to incorporate as much light as possible in the interior program, to accommodate the cloudy country of Denmark.
