URBAN MEDIASPACE AARHUS Dokk1 and the waterfront area is more than just a building and a square – it is a brand new urban space. URBAN MEDIASPACE AARHUS 5 URBAN MEDIASPACE AARHUS Urban Mediaspace Aarhus is the largest restructuring of traffic flow means that construction project in the history of the area will become a multi-purposed, PROJECT OWNER: the City of Aarhus and it is part of the diverse and active urban space. The City of Aarhus / transformation of Aarhus Inner Harbour www.urbanmediaspace.dk from industrial harbour to urban space. The project is carried out in partnership Pier 2 PARTNERS: Realdania / The project creates a relation between with Realdania and Realdania Byg, who www.realdania.dk and city and water and will have great take part in establishing the waterfront Realdania Byg / influence on the harbour area and urban spaces and the automatic car park. www.realdaniabyg.dk life. The area is convenient for Aarhus BUILDING CONSUltANT: city centre, the Cathedral, the pedestrian The architectural firm schmidt hammer Pier 1 Rambøll Denmark / www.ramboll.dk zone and the river milieu. lassen architects is the architect and ARCHITECT AND coordinating contractor for the project COORDINATING CONTRACTOR: The project includes Dokk1, the future and they are affiliated with Arkitekt schmidt hammer lassen architects / P Main Library and Citizens’ Services, Kristine Jensens Tegnestue and Alectia arade Quay ‘Mellemarmen’ www.shl.dk an innovative automatic car park with A/S as sub-consultants. Rambøll LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: 1000 parking spaces, three new vibrant Denmark is the client consultant on the Arkitekt Kristine Jensens waterfront spaces, restructuring the project. Tegnestue / www.kristinejensen.dk area’s infrastructure, preparations for ENGINEER: Alectia A/S / the light rail, opening up the last part Dokk1 and the car park are scheduled www.alectia.com of Aarhus River and climate protection for the turn of 2014 - 2015 while the of the city centre. The new spots and waterfront spaces and the rest of the The new urban waterfront spaces and harbour basin Current quayside recreational spaces, Dokk1 as well as project will be completed in 2016. New harbour basin 6 URBAN MEDIASPACE AARHUS Urban Floor, standard: 8,750 m² The Harbour Square: 11,000 m² Project boundary Open space levels: 6,050 m² Seating: 970 m² Urban Floor, special: 58,000 m² Urban Context, incl. bridges: 9,210 m² Navitas Park • The building’s gross floor area: 28,000 m² • Area for library and citizens’ services: Approx. 17,500 m² • Area to let: 10,500 m² • Area for arrival centre: 500 m² Toldboden The new harbour basin • Areas for technical rooms, depot etc.: 4,000 m² Aarhus River Pakhus 13 • Basement: Large capacity with room for automatic car park and 1,000 cars Europahuset • Roofed outside space beneath the building: 10,500 m² Dokk1 • Number of expected visitors per day: 3,500 people • Number of parking spaces: 1,000 • Number of bicycle parking spaces: 500 Mouth of the river • Total Construction Sum: Approx. 2 billion DKK USER INVOLVEMENT Only by involving future users and the influence is clear and that the processes city’s major cultural players can we take place at times during the process generate new urban waterfront spaces when there is an actual opportunity to and a Mediaspace that will exist in a influence the project. Urban Mediaspace hundred years. Aarhus must be a unique place for cooperation – during development and Urban Mediaspace Aarhus has been building process as well as when the developed through a visionary and project is completed. involving process. Using The Aarhus model for citizen involvement as a starting point, the project is based on citizens’ use of services, ideas and wishes, making them visible throughout the development process and in the final project. Citizens, networks, employees and cooperating partners are all key users of Urban Mediaspace Aarhus. By making the users our starting point, the project is strengthened through continuous involvement processes. When involving users it is imperative that the latitude for 8 URBAN MEDIASPACE AARHUS THE MASTER PLAN The Junction is the expression which – the Urban Floor – forming a visually A The comprehensive master plan for B Green connection best describes the vision of the cohesive pavement from urban front to Risskov the new urban waterfront and Dokk1 overall master plan. With Dokk1 as a across the road and light rail tracks and is based on the city’s scenic location: significant centre of rotation, the city’s all the way to the waterfront. the terrain that stretches from the many directions are conveyed. The lakes in the west along the river to the dynamic, hovering shape of the roof The new waterfront spaces create an Aarhus Cathedral bay in the east and with the woods to plate is inspired by the rotation of this opportunity for new activities and the the north and south. directionless urban space. urban front, the row of buildings along The Master Plan Kystvejen, will have a direct connection Urban Mediaspace B The master plan with waterfront Aarhus The connection between city centre to the water. spaces and Dokk1 connects the and harbour is essential. It is created river and bay. Green connection to the by letting the promenade along the Marselisborg Woods A Risskov river continue around Dokk1 and into the waterfront spaces. By the mouth Urban of the river, large steps are created by Mediaspace Aarhus River Valley Aarhus open space levels all the way down to the water, producing a new and vibrant urban pulse on this spot. The master plan’s consistent formation Marselisborg of space across the coast road stretch Woods will be constructed as a vast surface Nørreport URBAN MEDIASPACE AARHUS 9 Havne- pladsen Aarhus Cathedral Aarhus Harbour Basin Toldboden Hack Kampmanns Plads Pakhus 13 Aarhus River Europa Plads Europahuset The urban harbour space is a large Dokk1 adaptable urban space, structured around the idea of three spaces in one where the three space formations have different qualities and encourage different usage. Mouth of the river Daylight is drawn in via skylights and rectangular openings distributing light deep into the building. With the split levels it generates a number of different spatialities. CORE VALUES Dokk1 should be the city’s heart for knowledge and culture. Through an involvement process with participation from citizens, users, networks, employees and politicians, seven core values have been developed for Dokk1: • The citizen as key factor • Lifelong learning and community • Diversity, cooperation and network • Culture and experiences • Bridging citizens, technology and knowledge • Flexible and professional organisation • Sustainable icon for Aarhus The seven core values were adopted by Aarhus City Council. URBAN MEDIASPACE AARHUS 11 DOKk1 – ARCHITECtuRE Dokk1 is not simply a building. It is a unique quality. Here, travellers meet in promenade along the river and harbour to ascend to a high place where you can a place – a space for the exchange a large dynamic space with open façades and create a physical connection truly experience the view of the great of knowledge and opportunities. It to the river, the water, the city and the between the building and the city. At harbour space and the horizon. is a cultural rendezvous which will new waterfront spaces. Large sculptural the same time, access to the outdoor change people’s perception not only of stairs connect the level above with the area on floor1 provides an opportunity Europaplads and the harbour, but of the entire city. Openness and 360 degree contact with the city are the words that best describe the design for Dokk1. Dokk1’s entirely open façade creates an intentional linking together of outside and inside and ensures a coherence with the surroundings – modern urban life, historical city centre, industrial harbour, the water’s great open surface, and the horizon. Europaplads extends to the area under the building, producing a roofed outdoors arrival- and transit centre with 12 URBAN MEDIASPACE AARHUS A large media ramp connects the two main floors of Dokk1, creating a free flow between levels. blå billede - mmh set fra vandsiden URBAN MEDIASPACE AARHUS 13 WHAT IS DOKK1 ? Dokk1 will become Aarhus’ new Main absorption as well as numerous forms points forward and makes Dokk1 a place Library and Citizens’ Services. It is a of expression. that can recharge us [‘dock it’ is one relocation, expansion and development pronunciation of the name in Danish] and of the current Main Library in Aarhus. THE NAME OF THE HOUSE put us in connection with the surrounding In the autumn of 2012, we initiated a world. Moreover, the name is both simple, Dokk1 offers manifold facilities for social process to find the final name for the idiomatic and clever at the same time. and association activities as well as house following Mediaspace, which had networking. By means of project rooms, served as the working title for the new study cells, media, café, classrooms, Main Library and Citizens’ Services. halls, activity- and transformation spaces and informal open spaces in Hundreds of citizens, cooperating particular, the building and its facilities partners and employees contributed generate a flexible and dynamic name suggestions. Based on 1250 sanctuary for everyone in search of suggestions, the committee chose knowledge, inspiration, and personal the name Dokk1. The committee development – an open and accessible emphasised, among other things, learning environment supporting that Dokk1 is a name which indicates democracy and community. the building’s location in the city and provides food for thought. Dokk1 provides access to differentiated knowledge and the latest media and It evokes associations with the harbour offers room and opportunity for and life in it. At the same time, the name Logo/visual identity 14 URBAN MEDIASPACE AARHUS 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 5 6 7 CROSS SECTION 1 Area for let 2 Open to floor 2 3 Media area 4 Media ramp 5 Study cells 6 Urban Floor and transfer cabins 7 Automatic parking system Dokk1 is an open and democratic space in the city – a place for everyone.