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EditorialWelcome to a new issue o Copper Forum. In this

issue, we hope to give our readers new and resh

examples o architectural creativity, rom an inter-

national perspective, where copper has been used

to give the nal important touch o perection.

Architect Chris Hodson reports rom the Copper

in Architecture Award 2007 ceremony, which

was held in London at the end o last year. A total

o 74 building projects rom dierent parts o Eu-

rope had been entered to the contest! Te jury had

the dicult task to select a winner rom the large

starting eld o high-class design; rom large-scale

industrial projects to smaller residential-building

projects. We will also take a closer look at the win-

ning entry the Jewish Centre in Munich.

Tere is a noticeable trend in Europe to use copper

as aade materia l. We have visited a ew newly-

built projects around Europe where copper was

used as aade cladding, oten industrially pre-

nished modules.

We will also visit the new Aggtelek Visiting Centrein the Hungarian National Park Aggtelek, where

only natural materials, such as copper, wood and

lime stone, were selected to create a weatherproo

surace or the organic main body o the building.

Finally, I would like to take the opportunity to

thank all o you who have sent us photos and told

us about your work and how you have used copper

or both small and large projects. Tanks to your

contributions we are able to produce a magazine

with breath and international air. Please continue

to keep in touch with our editorial sta when youhave comments or exciting projects to tell us about.

Lennart Engstrm, Editor

Cppe Fm Apil 2008

Copper Forum is part o the on going European Copper In architecture Campaigne, and is published twise a year andhas a circulation o 19.000 copies.

The magazine is distributed to architects and proessional in the building construction industry in Russia, Poland, Denmark,Norway, Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Czech Republic and UK.

Eit: Lennart Engstrm, tel +46 70 6574734, ax +46 21198704, [email protected]

Ae: Copper Forum c/o Outokumpu Copper Products A B, Metallverksgatan 5, Box 510, SE-721 09 Vsters, Sweden

Pblie: Lennart Engstrm, Luvata Pori OY

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Pitig: Intellecta Strlins 2006, Sweden

Eitial taff:

Mogens Praestegaard, Danmark +45 40285157 [email protected] Svedman, Sweden +46 2119 82 50 [email protected] Rudidalen, Norway +47 2324 7469 [email protected] Thtinen, Finland +358 26266612 [email protected] Savola, Finland +358 26266111 [email protected] Zhigalina, Ryssland +7 8123202050 [email protected] Ionov, Russia +7 0957872792 [email protected] Sawicki, Poland +48 (22)8258252 [email protected] Zakrzewski, Poland +48 717812504 [email protected] Pinter, Czech Republic +36 12664810 [email protected] Kratochvle, Czech Republic +42 0261122542 [email protected] Robinson, UK +44 (0)1992511117 robbie. robinson@luv ata.com

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4 Nyt hovedkontor for GN Store Nord i Kbenhavn

6 N enhesskle Jens, nlan

8 Wisby Strand ny kulturbygning i Visby, Gotland

10 WTC Plaza i Helsinki er blevet renoveret og fr ny facade

12 Expansion o Central Hospital o Lapland

14 Patinated copper acades on new residential building in Tampere

16 FCG builds new head oce in Helsinki

18 St Henrik Chapel in bo wins the Barbara Coppachin award

21 Corazon copper tents on Gothenburgs Avenue

22 Report rom the 2007 Copper Award ceremony in England

24 Winner o the Copper Award the Jewish Centre in Munich

28 Aggtelec new visiting centre by the Hungarian national park

30 Environmental Developments in the UK

33 St Marys Church in Essex is renovated and gets new copper roo

34 Palanga new residential-building project in Lithuania

36 Mindaugas Apartments in Vilnius, Lithuania

38 Westport County Mayo Cottage, Ireland

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Bygherre: GN Store NorByggeperioe: 2005-2006Arkitekt og totalrgiver: NOBEL arkitekter a/sIngenir: EKJ rgivene ingenirer asBlikkenslager: Glasae Tag & VVS, v. Pal Li negaar

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llerupH

vebgnngen GN Sre Nrs ne hve-

sde er opfrt i 1995 og bestod oprindeligt

a e relnge bgnngsanlg re eager

omkransende en ben grdhave.

Der er oretaget en total ombygning og ornyelse a bygnin-

gen bl.a. med etablering a ny hovedindgang og indretning a

500 arbejdspladser i bne og eksible kontorlandskaber. Det

oprindelige haverum p 40 x 46 meter er overdkket med en

ny stl- og glaskonstruktion. Hermed er der skabt et nyt stort

atrium, der knytter bygningen sammen til en arkitektonisk

helhed.

Atriet indeholder auditorium, mdebygninger, gangbroer

samt trapper/elevator og ungerer som GNs reprsentative

samlingsrum og bygningens visuelle omdrejningspunkt.

Den nye hovedindgang, der leder direkte ind til det nyeatrium, er etableret ved at ferne en del a den eksisterende

acadekonstruktion i stueetagen. Mod ankomsten og atriet er

der etableret en bred baldakin, som er bekldt med orpatine-

ret kobber Nordic Brown, der er eterbehandlet med brug a

bl.a. Nordic Green.

Det patinerede kobber danner en eksklusiv materialems-

sig konstrast til de omgivende materialer og giver indgangs-

omrdet en helt srlig karakter. Kobberpladerne er monteret

med skjulte alse, s samlinger og hjrner remstr skarpt og

prcist.Den srlige patinering er udviklet a NOBEL arkitekter i et

tt samarbejde med blikken-slagermester Paul Lindegaard ra

Gladsaxe ag & VVS.

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Jens Linhe

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Bylandskab- Den nye Lyseo-enhedsskole spiller en

vigtig rolle i den rkke a oentlige byg-

ninger, der ligger p det centrale sted i

byen Joensuu. Den midterdominerende

hoveddel a bygningen og dens overord-

nede udseende knytter skolen sammen

med denne rkke ritstende bygninger,

som har plads omkring sig.

- Den grundlggende lsning til den

nye bygning gr det nemt at komme til

den ra alle retninger. Det unktionelle

midteromrde i skolen kan ses ra al le re

retninger og udgr deror en vigtig del a

bylandskabet.

- Valget a academaterialer blev baseret

p skolens rolle som en oentlig bygning

p det centrale sted. Det oxiderede kob-

ber i mrkebrunt sammen med glas giver

en moderne og ophjet enhed i byland-

skabet.

- Skolegrdsomrderne, ejendommens

udendrsareal, er blevet udlagt som et

parklignende sted, som passer til bygnin-

gens rolle i bylandskabet.

Mllen den nye bygningtil Joensuu Lyseo-enhedsskolen

Arkitektur- Filosoen bag indendrsarkitekturen i

den nye bygning er baseret p en tydelig

opdeling a pladsen. Det centrale omrde

med interessante pladsmssige unktio-

ner deler aktiviteterne i bygningen op i

celleenheder. Der er brugt arver til at

gre det nemmere at orientere sig i or-

hold til de re orskellige bygningsdele,

som udgr vingerne p mllen.

- I hver enkelt celle er rummene bygget

op omkring en lille cellelobby. Cellelob-

byerne er visuelt orbundet til det centra le

omrde, men unktionelt er de adskilte.

- Den midterdominerede hoveddel a

bygningen er baseret p en skulpturel op-

deling a enheder og en verden a enkle

materialer i hj kvalitet.

Bygning- Bygningsrammen bestr a kobberbe-

lagte betonmure og stlsjler i vindu-

esmuren og i de centrale dele a rammen.

Mellemetagerne er opbygget a hule

dkplader. Den grundlggende id bag

rammesystemet er at skabe rummssige

enheder, der kan laves om.

- Materialerne til hovedacaden omat-ter oxideret kobber og en vandret opdelt

glasacade med serigratryk.

- Bygningens volumendata er vist i en se-

parat volumenberegning.

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Bo Karlberg

Den politiske og konomiske elite i

Sverige har hver juli i mange r vret

orsamlet i Almedalen i en uge or at

diskutere aktuelle emner i orhold til

remtiden. Denne tradition og det ene-

stende smukke og historisk set interes-

sante milj har medrt et stigende nske

om at bruge Visby som et sted, hvor deraholdes kulturbegivenheder og kone-

rencer or hele stersregionen.

Deror har kommunen i Gotland i sam-

arbejde med EU og den svenske regering

bygget en koncert- og konerencebygning

i Almedalen.

Bygningen vender mod havet. o mure,

der er anbragt i en vinkel i orhold til

hinanden, ormer bygningen rundt om

det store auditorium, oyeren og hoved-

indgangen, der vender ud mod Almeda-

len. Over vggene er placeret en planeret

kobberbelagt kuppel. Denne bygning har

et moderne ormsprog, men er udrt, s

den passer til Visbys enestende bymilj.

Der er blevet anvendt klassiske og tid-

lse materialer: kalksten ra Gotland, be-

handlet kobber, hndudskret marmor-

tr og ubehandlet hvid beton. Det klare

lys, der reekteres ra havets overade

mod vest, ltreres og bldgres a gen-

nemsigtige gardiner samt soltag og mar-

kante udstikkende tagudhng. Foyerens

verste glaspladeniveau hlder en smule

udad og skaber en spejlbillede a horison-

ten, som de personer, der vandrer orbi p

Strandvgen, kan se. Set indera giver dehldende glasader en uorstyrret udsigt

ud over solopgangen i stersen.

Auditoriet, som er lyst op a dagslys, har

plads til 1.000 personer og kan opdeles

ved at opstille to vgge, s der i n sal

kan sidde 600, mens der i to mindre sale

kan sidde 150 personer begge steder.

Bygningen har ogs udstillingsomrder,

seminaraciliteter og en stor restaurant.

Bygningen overholder miljprogrammet

ra kommunen i Gotland, og varmepum-

per srger or havvand til bde akling

og opvarmning. Dermed er energior-

bruget pr. kvadratmeter blevet vsentligt

reduceret, hvis man sammenligner med

tilsvarende bygninger p denne bredde-

grad.

Her er de personer ra Lund & Valentin

som arbejdede p dette projekt:

Arkitekter Bo Karlberg, projektleder,

Fritz Olausson og Magnus Almung,

bygningsingenir Carin Synneby, hnd-

tering og Rol Johannesson.

Bygningens ejer: Gotlan kommneArkitekt: Ln & Valentin-arkitekterOprelse: K-Center Byggkonslt ABElektricitet, opvarmning, ventilation og sani tetCarl Bro ABEntreprenr: Skanska Sverige ABAreal: 6.100 kvar atmeterBygger: 2004-07

P den svenske Gotland midt i stersen ligger Visby, en middelal-

derby med tusind r p bagen og med tydelige spor fra vikingerne og

Hansaerne, som i dag er p UNESCOs verdensarvliste. Lige uden for den

omgivende mur mod vest og havet l engang den gamle havn, som i dag eromdannet til en smuk park ved havet Almedalen.

Wisby Strand,Almedalen, Gotland, Sverige

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ArkitekturUdgangspunktet or renoveringspro-

jektet var acadens drlige tilstand, som

skyldtes vand, der var trngt igennemdet erormede plademetal p acaden

og ind i de ydre murstrukturer. Et andet

orml var at orbedre ydermurens var-

meisolering. ilpasning a museets og de

tekniske krav betd, at det designms-

sigt var en kompliceret opgave. Faca-

den blev renoveret som en vejrbestandig

kombination a en stlkonstruktion og

aluminiumsvinduer belagt med patine-

ret messing, der ikke ndrer bygningens

udseende. Der er anvendt srlig omhu,

bde nr det glder design og implemen-

tering a galvanisk isolering a orskellige

metaller. Varmeisolering orbedres ved at

bruge ny glasteknologi til de store glas-

overader.

Der viste sig ogs vre adskillige repa-

rationsopgaver i bygningen i orhold til

unktionalitet og teknologi. Den vigtig-

ste unktionsmssige ndring er stl-

trappen, som gr igennem kontoretager-

ne or at gre trakken mellem etagerne

nemmere. Den indvendige kvalitet er

orbedret ved hjlp a nye rummssige

arrangementer, overadestrukturer, sa-

nitre aciliteter og ventilationssystemer.

Sanitet, ab og elektriske systemer blev

ogs udskitet.

Eero Valtiala, arkitekt SAFACJN Arkkitehit Oy

Bygningsdesignermiske bevgelser og korrosion samt

brandmssige problemstillinger i atrium-

met og gennemboring a gamle bjlkertil brug or ny teknologi, ophngning a

den nye indendrstrappe og lukningen a

den gamle med en EIR60-stlkonstruk-

tion var nogle a de strste udordringer

i renovationsprojektet. Problemet med

de termiske bevgelser blev omhyggeligt

undersgt sammen med erselementti,

som har stet or konstruktionsopbyg-

ningen, og konklusionen blev at sttte

rammen p hver enkelt etage i orhold

til hver enkelt mellemetagedk. Dette

orbedrede ogs sikkerheden a bygnin-

gen, da brandisoleringen blev orbedret

p mellemetagerne. De 2-etager hje

brandsikrede glasmure ved glastaget i

atriummet krver specialviden inden or

brandbeskyttelse.

Den nye trappe, der blev bygget indven-

digt i bygningen mellem ferde og sy-

vende etage, blev til sidst hngt op i en

brandsikret stlbjlke, som blev stttet

a de eksisterende bjlker i mellemetagen

og dkpladerne p ottende etage. Bjl-

ken kunne ikke placeres i lotet p tredje

etage, ordi brugen a den medicinske

klinik p denne etage ortsatte hele vejen

igennem projektet.

Ri Jyri Larinantti, RI-Plan Oy

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ExPANSION OF CENTRAMARKuS AALTONEN, ARCHITECT SAFA

or areas

Te expansion project signicantly changes

both the appearance and the unctions o the

entrance courtyard o the Central Hospital.

Te extensive shelter over the main entrance

protects the entrance area. Te glass walls o

the shelter protect the ambulance entrance

rom sideways rain and the grates improve

the privacy o patients arriving in ambulanc-

es by limiting direct visibility down rom the

main entrance ramp.

A new maintenance courtyard enclosed by

a wall is built at the east end o the expansion,

below the parking area.

Blng archecre

Despite its small size, the extension changes

the appearance o the whole hospital build-ing due to its central location. Te acade so-

lution was selected to display a modern hos-

pital image. Te eaves line o the acade is at

the same height with the lower section o the

existing hospital building. Tis makes the

expansion a part o a pedestal or the central

tower, which remains the dominant eature

o the building. Te common long eaves line

o the extension and the main entrance shel-

ter emphasises this impression.

Te material is pre-patinated copper cas-

sette, which is practically maintenance-reeand thanks to excellent weather resistance

has low lie cycle costs. Te copper creates a

contrast to the existing expanded-aggregate

concrete acade. Te strongly proled con-

crete o the old section was the starting point

or the design o the acade. Te openings

and the prole o the extension respect the

themes o the existing acade.

ncns

Te rst oor o the extension is reserved or

emergency reception, new magnetic imag-

ing acilities, lounges or meetings, rooms or

pastoral carers, a patient hotel and adminis-

trative oces. Te patient hotel oers accom-

modation services to out-o-town patients. In

the uture, the emergency reception acilities

will become part o the common emergency

area. Te oncology unit, as well as acilities

or general hospital psychiatry, nutrition

therapy and administrative unctions are lo-

cated on the second oor. Te lower so-called

hillside oor contains the pharmacy storage,

and acilities o the central warehouse, tech-

nical sta, appliance maintenance and equip-

ment maintenance.

Arm

Te ull-height atrium between the expan-

sion and the existing building is covered with

a curved lantern that hints at the shapes o

the Lappish hills. Te solid roo o the lan-

tern creates a ruled surace, and the vertical

north side o the lantern is glass, allowing

natural light into the atrium.

Te atrium is in eect an empty space in the

middle o the various unctions. I let as an

outdoor area, it would be very dicult to

maintain. A covered atrium was considereda worthwhile solution, as it results in sav-

ings, making the building envelope smaller

and both building and operating costs lower.

Te atrium also serves as a recreational area

or the sta and the patients, which can be

considered an additional bonus. A Japanese

rock garden and a retreat area are built in the

atrium, and it can also be used as a venue or

the exensn s lcae n he eas se he man enrance he Cenral

Hospital of Lapland, in front of the old building. In addition to the actual extension

a new enrance sheler ha cvers bh he amblance enrance n he rs fr

and the existing main entrance of the hospital was also added.

small gatherings. Te sta use it as

or relaxing and a meeting point.

Te gross area o the extension is ca. 3500

the area o the shelter is ca. 650 m2.

The bottom sr ace o the new steel shabove the entrance is mae o white stcassettes. Their raial ivision emphasthe semi-circlar orm. Copper sracare se on the sies o the shelter,an a glass wall between the ramprailing an the bottom srace othe shelter protects the entrancerom sieways rain an win.

Marks Aaltonen, Architect SAFAMain designer/Thti-Set Oy

Johanna Kaikkonen, Architect SAFACoorinating architectral esigner/Thti-Set Oy

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HOSPITAL OF LAPLANd

A view rom the lowest level o the atrim. The photo showsthe staircase between the rs t foor an the secon foor,covere with brown pre-patinate copper.

A view rom ner the new entrance shelter. The new acae (to thelet) is covere with pre-patinate copper cassettes.

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Housing corporation As Oy

ampereen SuvantopuistoIn terms o the townscape, the starting pointwas to adapt the building to the redbrick tradi-

tion ound on the banks o River ammerkoski.

Te building delimits Nalkalantori square as a

block-wide redbrick entity identiable in scale

with the old redbrick actories in ampere, with

a curved building mass in green pre-patinated

copper towering over it. Te solid block-like na-

ture o the main aades has been emphasised

by replacing apartment balconies with semi-warm conservatories located behind the build-

ing aades.

Te building aces east, the main viewing direc-

tion being towards Ratina backwater. Te apart-

ments could not be designed to ace west due to

the parking house that borders the building plot

on the west side.

Functionally the building is a twin-block

residential acility or the elderly, with various

services and stores on the ground oor, such as a

restaurant, a gym and an assembly room, as well

as physiotherapy acilities. wo sheltered hous-

ing units are located on the ground oor and the

rst oor, and apartments on the upper oors

vary rom bedsits to 3 bedroom apartments.

Most o the apartments are single and double bed-

room ats. Parking space is provided in a basement

parking garage.

Te building has been implemented utilising

highly versatile technical systems: oating oor

structures ensure good sound insulation, the heat-

ing system is a radiant in-oor heating system, and

ventilation is completely mechanical and equipped

with a heat recovery system. An automatic re extin-

guishing system covers all the areas o the building.

Ilkka Laitinen

Archec QUAD arkkitehdit OyArchitect Ilkka Laitinen, design stageArkkitehtitoimisto Ilkka Laitinen, building stagedeveler YH Lnsi Oydesgn-bl cnracr Lujatalo OyFloor area 7 200 m2Volume 34 900 m2

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FCG CentreKpyl, Helsinki, Finlan

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Te ve-storey oce block near the K-

pyl station is the rst building stage o

FCG Centre. Te core o the building

is the ull-height entrance lobby, which

is delimited by a tall glass wall stiened

with tension reinorcement. Te lobby

continues as an assembly terrace betweenthe buildings. Both oce wings utilise

the oor-specic unctions and coneren-

ce rooms located in a six-storey tower

suspended rom the roo structures o the

lobby.

Te central solution o the oce wings

is based on dividability, eciency and

exibility. Te number o load-bearing

structures and xed installations has

been minimised. Separate lanes are reser-

ved in the suspended ceiling or building

services. Te oor levels are supported on

beams in the external wall line without

any columns that would restrict the mo-

diability o the central area.

Te attic oor contains sauna acili-

ties, meeting rooms and a roo terrace.

Srcres an maerals

Te aades towards Osmontie Road and

uusulanvyl Road are primarily built

o thermo prole panels with pre-pati-

nated copper cladding installed on the

site. Te continuous aades are plastered

sandwich panels. Te appearance o the

lobby area is dominated by wooden ve-

neer cladding.

Te load-bearing columns and beams are

precast concrete units, and the interme-

diate oors are hollow-core slabs.

CG Cenre

Osmontie 34, Kpyl,Helsinki, FinlanComplete inSeptember 2007

prjec exen1st biling stage-foor area 7100 m2

-gross area 11300 m2

-volme 39700 m3

Clen

Norisk Renting/KOY Osmontie 34

En-serFinnish Conslting Grop

Archecral esgn, ArchecsTomo Siitonen OyTomo Siitonen, architect SAFAMika Lnberg, architectEsko Valkama, architect SAFA

prjec eam

Terhi Mkel, Mikko Liski,Virve Kaartoloma,Kalle Korhonen

Srcral esgnSnnittelkesks OyKari Lehtonen, Kari LomperiSteel strctres o glass wallin lobbyKPM-Engineering Oy

Cnacrs

General contractorSkanska Etel-Somi O

Cer aaesLvata Oy

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S Henrks Chael was cmlee

in 2005. It is located in Hirvensalo

on the west coast of Finland. During

s shr exsence has ars-

e we neres an wn several

awards. This year the chapel was

als resene wh he renwne

inernanal Barbara Cach Ar-

chitectural Award. The exceptional

aearance he blng an he

sclral se w nrs are

stunningly beautiful.

The Ikhtys Chapel Symbolizes Fish

Garbi Architect Matti Sanaksenaho and

his team consisting o Pirjo Sanaksenaho

and Enrico based the design on sh, the

symbol o Christianity. Tereore the

chapel is called Ikhtys, which is Greek

and means sh. Te layout as well as the

appearance o the chapel imitates a sh.

However, some also see it as a boat tur-

ned upside down. Te building is loca-

ted on a wooded hilltop with a hospice

and an oncological hospital nearby. Tus

the chapel serves the distressed as well asthose seeking or peace and tranquillity.

Natural Materials Play a Key Role

Te materials used in the chapel are

wood and copper. Teir abundance gives

the building a peaceul and stately ap-

pearance. Oxidization has already tur-

ned the initially clear copper cladding

dark. Te chapel may gradually acquire a

patina on its surace due to the vicinity o

the sea and the surrounding conditions.

Te use o copper was a conscious deci-

sion by Architect Matti Sanaksenaho as

copper is such a vivid material, in act,

art designed by Mother Nature. echni-

cally speaking, the curved shapes o the

walls and working on a man lit were areal challenge to Sheet Metal Worker Jari

Lehtinen, who was alone responsible or

the copper installations. Te same sh

theme is repeated in the rhythm o the

seams o the banded material. Finnish

pinewood is used inside the chapel, whe-

re evenly spaced massive beams make the

interior an impressive work o art. A long

aisle leads to a simple altar, onto which

daylight is ltered beautiully through

high windows. Te altar was designed bythe late Kain apper.

vir

a big screen. One by onTet an pictres by Hannele Nmminen

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ThE BArBArA CoPPAChI ArChITECTurAL AwArd wAs GIvEn To

Architectural design byArchitects Oce Matti Sanaksenaho Oy

design Firm Narmaplan Oy

Sheet metal contracting byPeltisaari Oy in Salo, Sheet Metal Worker Jari Lehtinen

Altar and interior by Kain Tapper

Glass materials by Hann Konola

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Winning designOver the past ew years St Henriks Art Chapel has won several

awards. In 2005 the chapel was awarded the annual Wood Pri-

ze by a popular vote. Te prize was received by Kalevi Narmala

o Design Firm Narmaplan Oy. In the same year the chapel

also won the Roo o the Year competition. Tis year Architect

Matti Sanaksenaho received the 60 000-euro Barbara Cappo-

chi International Grand Prix Architectural Prize, which is gi-ven in Italy every other year. Te prize particularly ocuses on

architecture that maintains the message o hope, optimism and

peace. All these properties are combined in a very special way

in the urku Ecumenical Art Chapel. Te prize was awarded to

Matti Sanaksenaho in Padova in October 2007.

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Te largest shopping and strolling area in Gothenburg, Sweden, is called theAvenue. Here, small, cosy restaurants can be ound in every block along the

boulevard. On warm summer evenings, when Gothenburgs night lie is star-

ting up, cas and restaurants are quickly lled. Tis is where people go to

meet old riends and make new acquaintances. One o the many restaurants

along the Avenue, the Corazon, recently opened a brand new outdoor section,

where the concept is a number o copper tents. Te tents are constructed

o at copper sheet that has been perorated, which allows the guests to look

out through the walls and yet be protected rom the elements. Te concept

gives people the comort o being in an enclosed area, and at the same time be

part o the nightlie on the Avenue. Our guess is that the Corazon copper tent

will be one o the most popular watering holes along Gothenburgs mainboulevard during the coming summer.

Biling year 2007Architect White Architects

the cer enn he Avene

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AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCEDIn the last issue of Copper Forum (23/2007) we featured all the projects short-listed for the 2007 Copper

in Architecture Awards. Now we are able to highlight the winners, announced at a presentation cer-emony in London last autumn. This ceremony proved to be a particularly lively event with an exhibition

an rjec resenans b her esgners - brngng geher archecs, cnracrs an her clens

from around Europe and reafrming the popularity of copper as a modern architectural material.

he Copper in Architecture Awardsprogramme considers architecturalprojects rom around Europe using cop-

per in all its orms. Te team o experi-

enced architect judges - led by Paul Finch,Editor o Architectural Review magazine

and joined or the rst time this year by

the winner o the last European Award

Kari Jarvinen rom Finland ocused

on the quality o architectural design.

Te 2007 entries revealed an exceptional

diversity o important buildings rom

various countries many not yet widely

known or published amongst the 74

entries received. Tis year, the judges

task was made particularly dicult by

the exceptional quality o entries but, a-

ter much deliberation, awards were made

rom the six projects short-listed or the

European category.

Te European Winner was the Jewish

Centre in Munich designed by Wandel

Hoeer Lorch Architekten. Tis impres-

sive project discussed in more detail

in the building eature on page 24-27

includes a veil o woven bronze mesh sur-

mounting the rusticated stone base o the

synagogue building. Te choice o ma-

terials has symbolic relevance inormed

by Jewish culture but is also particularly

eective architecturally. Tis deceptively

simple elegance and use o materials won

the judges over.

Tree other contrasting projects were also

Highly Commended or their exception-

al qualities. Te judges were particularly

impressed with the careul, crated de-

sign o Jarmund/Vigsns AS ArchitectsSvalbard Science Centre with its long,

low, aceted copper prole. o nd archi-

tecture o the highest standard in such a

remote, arctic location and successully

meeting such major technical challeng-

es is exciting. All those involved in the

design and construction o this beauti-

ul building deserve congratulation or

this achievement. Also rewarded or its

exceptional quality was the Teatre in

Vicar, Spain, by Carbajal + Solinas Verd

Arquitectos. Tis design takes a radical

approach to cladding at suraces, using

a combination o brass, bronze and plain

copper strips which also led to it winning

an Innovation Award. But the judges

considered its design as more than in-

novative and, in the strong Spanish sun-

light, the visual eect is simply stunning.

Also Highly Commended, the Kumu

Art Musem in allinn, Estonia was de-

signed by Vapaavuori Architects. Unlike

many other entries, the orm o copper

cladding is straightorward but nonethe-

less essential to the overall composition.

Te judges regarded this major cultural

building, with its clear national identity,

as an elegant solution to the complexities

presented by buildings o this type.

Jewish Centre, Germany

Theatre in Vicar, Spain

Km Art Msem, Estonia

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he judges also wanted to acknowl-edge the excellent standard o en-tries generally and two other short-listed

projects in particular. Lands Architet-

tures Une Bote Moire is a modest scale

copper box in the Swiss countryside, us-ing rich combinations o copper cladding

and perorated screens. In contrast, the

Skive CHP Station in Denmark show-

casing the new biomass technology with

sustainable copper cladding designed

by C. F. Mller Architects, is an exem-

plary utility building designed with a

real architectural response.

Separately rom the European catego-

ry, the Copper in Architecture Awards

continue with recognition o the best UK

projects. Winner o the UK category was

Keith Williams Architects Unicorn Te-

atre in London. Te cool, calm approach

taken with this landmark building and a

careul use o materials singled it out or

the Award. In addition, two other projects

were Commended. Allies and Morrisons

landmark Planetarium in Greenwich in-

corporates beautiul surace treatments

to the smooth bronze cone, while Feilden

Clegg Bradleys Formby Swimming Pool

gives an elegant understated solution to a

public building. Finally, the Awards pro-

gramme does not orget about our uturedesigners with special Awards or Stu-

dents o Architecture, or those who help

make architects concepts a reality with

Awards or Cratsmanship o the highest

standard.

Planning has already started or the

next Copper in Architecture Awards, so

look out or urther announcements in

uture issues o Copper Forum and the

copper industry websites below. More

images and inormation about all the

short-listed projects can be ound in is-

sue 23/2007 o Copper Forum or at:

www.cda.org.uk/arch but many o the

other buildings submitted will also be

o interest to architects, so all the Award

entries rom around Europe are eatured

at www.copperconcept.org.

Skive CHP Station, denmark

Formby Swimming Pool, uK

Planetarim in Greenwich, uK

unicorn Theatre, uK

Svalbar Science Centre

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Designed by Wandel Hoeer Lorch Ar-chitekten, the primary concept or the

Jewish Centre was its natural integra-

tion with the city structure by utilising

public space. Tis skilul integration sig-

nals a renaissance o public Jewish lie in

Munich. Te Centres public nature and

openness is experienced in a succession o

squares, paths and passageways between

the buildings and their neighbourhood.

A CONSIDERED USE OF MATERIALSTree interrelated buildings the Com-

munity Centre, the main synagogue and

the Jewish Museum o the City o Mu-

nich - orm a balanced ensemble while

clearly retaining their own autonomy.

Each building is dierentiated through

individual use o materials while set-

ting up relationships between them. For

example, travertine is used in dierent

shapes and orms: rusticated natural

stone orms the rugged base o the syna-gogue, contrasting with polished stone

used or the museum and the cut slabs

which reect light and shadow onto the

acades and around the patios o the Com-

munity Centre.

ARCHitECtuRE ANd SyMBoLiSMThis building study takes a closer look at the design o the new Jewish Centre inMunich, Germany winner o the 2007 European Copper in Architecture Awards.

Mnchs new Jewsh Cenre nes a we range acles, scaere hrgh he c rng he s-war

period, in a single, central location. It was inaugurated on the anniversary of the 1938 Kristal Nacht the night of

the broken glass when Nazi thugs moved through German cities burning synagogues and attacking Jewish people

and their properties. At its heart is a synagogue whose design is rich with symbolic meaning and which is sur-

mounted by a unique translucent woven bronze mesh veiled lantern.

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DEFINING THE SYNAGOGUE

Named Ohel Jakob, or Jacobs ent, ater

the original synagogue destroyed in 1938,

the new synagogue is oriented towards the

east and stands unattached within the pub-lic space. One o the main challenges ac-

ing the architects was to derive a typology

or the built orm o synagogues, as archi-

tect Andrea Wandel explains: Te absence

o a dened tradition or this particular

building type at rst meant that there were

ew coherent guidelines that might inu-

ence our design. Nevertheless, we used as

a starting point two elements that could be

described as the core experiences o Juda-

ism: the temple and the tent o epiphany.

In the 1920s, the Viennese art historian

Max Eisler during an architectural com-

petition or a synagogue mentioned the

tent as an appropriate building orm. Sub-

sequently, Salomon Korn highlighted the

contrasting pair temple and tent. Te

rst Lord`s house o the Jews was an in-

terim solution: the tent o epiphany. Tis

ormed an ephemeral cover or the portable

ark o the covenant, ready or dismantling

and moving at any time. In contrast to this

portable sanctum the second Jewish church

was a massive structure: the temple o Solo-

mon. With links to Mount Zion and sup-

ported by an immense substructure, the

temple clearly represented permanence and

durability.

DEVELOPING A BUILDING TYPOLOGY

We could see that, in general, syna-

gogues exhibit elements o both the

temple and the tent o epiphany, in each

case with more o an accent on one or

the other. So, the architectural concept

o the synagogue is typied by an inter-

play o permanent and transitory states.

In our design, the massive stone base

represents the permanence o the temple,

contrasting with the woven bronze veil

which suggests the ragility o the tent.

Tis concept translates into a deceptively

simple composition o two contrasting,

stacked cuboids: an almost impenetrable

eight metre high rough stone base with ataller ligree glass and steel construction

rising orm its centre, cloaked in a woven

bronze translucent veil. During the day,

the bronze veiled lantern brings light into

the interior and in the dark it shines.

Jewish Centre in Munich, Germany winner o the 2007 European Copper in Architecture Awards

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TRANSPARENCY AND PATTERN

Te lantern is built with three overlap-

ping layers o materials that ow into

each other like abric but, at the same

time, appear to separate, drawing the eyeupwards. Steel triangles orm the sup-

porting structure, with glass at the cen-

tre and the owing bronze mesh outside.

Te interaction o the spirals o bronze

mesh - widened to create the optical im-

pression o an equilateral triangle - with

the similarly triangular construction o

the glass aade behind the mesh, gener-

ates patterns clearly suggesting the Star

o David symbol but without directly

replicating it. Te realisation o this con-cept demanded a special solution or the

mesh and the lantern construction.

MAKING CONCEPTS A REALITY

Te bronze wire mesh was developed

by metal weave experts GKD Gebr.

Kuerath AG. Usually, a mesh covering

o this scale would require a substrate

or support and to accommodate wind

loadings. But to avoid such a substrate

and enable the required transparency,the aade mesh is suspended rom the

top, xed to the steel substructure us-

ing inserted bronze at proles, then

in the middle screwed to a bronze pipe

construction and at the bottom stretched

tight to the substructure with springs.

Extensive technical trials were required

to gain approval rom the local building

authorities or this innovative and ex-

ible solution. Te decision to use bronze

was inuenced not only by the aes-

thetic qualities o the material but also

by its perormance advantages. As time

passes, the bronze will oxidise and lend

the building a unique patina o its own.

And, o course, the long service-lie, non-

ammability, minimal maintenance and

recyclability o the woven bronze mesh

make it a singularly attractive solution.

Te roo and aades o the glass lantern

are clad in a total o 1,300 m2 o bronze

mesh.

Te selection o materials has particular

symbolic signicance with the rough

stone base and translucent bronze mesh

characterising opposites o the synagogue

stability and ragility. erra rma and

transcendence or darkness and light are

in balance. And this architectural in-

tensity continues with the interior. Al-

though considerably smaller than many

churches and other places o worship,

the synagogues deceptively simple de-

sign, utilising Lebanese cedar paneling,

generates an impressive space. Te veil

o bronze mesh around the glass lantern

disperses the sunlight alling onto it and

bathes the interior in a warm light. Tis

sensitive interplay o light, transparency

and shadow gives the space a unique at-

mosphere.

Looking up into the translucent bronze

mesh tent roo intensies the experience

o transience.

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Te Aggtelek Visiting

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A slen new vsrs cenre

enhances he exerence en-

erang sberranean sace n

a dramatic cave.

My aim was to create a special gate to epress the

ne transitions between the shining srace o the

earth an the eep, romantic, interior space o this

wonerl cave.This shape the nal strctre o the space an gave

the lanscape its remarkable character.

What I am trying to say now is that this project was

aime to create a portal into the bowels o mother

earth, eploring all its rama.

The nstable rocks were taken ot o the limestone

cave, an eventally incorporate into the bilings

base. This local stone became the projects ominant

material.

The carpentry was complete by the best carpenters

in the worl, those rom Transylvania.

The skin o the biling is copper, with oble roo

covering.

The crve strctre o the biling is stck to the

crater shape earth srace.

The gron foor is the main space with 4 areas o

ierent nctions:

From the 1000 sqm verana yo can get access to the

cash esk, the bistro, the git shop an the lavatories

an a secon nction place.

The real cave entrance is in the basement. Here, I re-

trne to the original man-mae entrance-concept.

The rst foor comprises an ehibition room, a rest

room with sanitary space or tor gies, an a fat

or the caretaker.

By Architect Csaba JakabPhotos: Zoltn Csik

Centre

Comissioner: Directorate of Aggtelek National Park

Designers: Architect: Csaba Jakab (HT-F Bt. 2120 Dunakeszi, Brassi u. 5.)

Address: 1085 Budapest, Hornszky u .25., Phone.: 06-1-338-00-92, E-mail: jcs@c

Designing: 1997-2003 Construction: 2004-2005

General Contractor: Adeptus Rt., 3525 Miskolc, Szepessy Pl u. 3-5

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or aluminium - but the same principles

hold or thicker cladding materials. Lie

spans o 200 years or more or copper

are justied by experience, while both

aluminium and stainless steel industries

claim 100 years each. Tis independent

study clearly shows that copper oersthe lowest embodied energy o the three

metals (103 MJ/m2 compared with 157

MJ/m2 or stainless steel and 115 MJ/m2

or aluminium) as well as the lowest CO2

equivalent emissions.

MAtERiAL iMpLiCAtioNS

Even without detailed scientic sup-

port, many architects eel instinctively

that copper is a sustainable architectural

material. It has, o course, been usedsince the dawn o man in numerous ap-

plications and as a building covering or

centuries: a 13th century copper roo re-

mains intact today on a German church.

It has been estimated that only 12% o

known copper reserves have been mined

throughout history and the recycling o

copper is a well-established practice. Tis

is due to the relative ease - compared with

other metals o re-using both process-

ing waste and salvaged scrap rom even-

tual demolition, as well as the incentive

o coppers value. oday, copper scrap is

re-used ad innitum and more than 55%

o copper used in architecture comes

rom recycled sources. And, o course,

as a natural element within the earths

crust, incorporated into living organisms

throughout the evolutionary process,

copper is an essential nutrient required

by all higher lie orms.

SAE to SpECiy

Sometimes concern is expressed about

the possible eects o copper in rain-

water run-o rom roos and cladding,

oten uelled by out-dated laboratory

experiments involving conditions never

encountered in the eld. As a result,

signicant scientic research has been

carried out to understand the complex

processes actually taking place. Tis has

demonstrated that the use o copper in

external building applications is not

harmul to the environment. Trough

natural processes o binding to organic

matter, adsorption to particles and pre-

cipitation, the copper run-o nally

comes to rest in a mineral state as part o

the earths natural background o copper

material, continuing the natural extrac-

tion/mineralization cycle.

In any event, copper in run-o comes

to rest very early in current drainage re-

gimes. In the UK, the issue o rainwa-

ter run-o and recent ooding aroundthe country are being addressed with

new planning regulations demanding

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS).

Te techniques used in SUDS include

permeable (or pervious) paving, soaka-

ways (or inverted wells) and swales (or

wadis). Te most denitive guidance on

SUDS design shows that all these tech-

niques arrest the major part o copper

material in runo: or example, perme-

able paving detains 60-95% within itsconstruction. I released to the soil, the

remaining available copper is taken up

by organic matter in soil or at sewage

treatment plants, or by other chemicals.

Tis orms compounds with minimal,

i any, amounts ultimately joining the

natural background presence o copper

in aquatic environments. In any event,

copper does not bio-accumulate and, o

course, no harmul eects have occurred

with the extensive use o copper plumb-

ing in homes throughout the world.

Detailed, authoritative supporting in-

ormation is available via the European

Copper in Architecture Campaign or

anyone encountering misplaced concerns

sometimes encountered rom planners or

other regulators.

Te Cllecti, Licl (Aa st-lite

Pate hpit Acitect

Inge Laursen says: This museum build

was conceived as a ragment o the existmedieval city, made rom limestone quarrless than 20 miles away. Openings in the stoare cut rom blades o bronze, which rawindows and entrances. The material is carrthrough the whole building to orm canopdoors, vents, gutters and ironmongery. Tclients brie required that the building staor at least 125 years and this was instrumenin the selection o durable materials.

The historic resonance o bronze, a copalloy used as ar back as the 4th millenniBC, was tting or our desire to create

timeless building. Bronze has a high mateeciency due to its robustness and densand its recycling quota is reported to be alm80%, saving up to 92% o the energy requito extract the metal rom ore. Minimising consumption o energy and resources wherepossible, coupled with the longevity o construction, were important sustainable goor us as a practice.

Cmmens rm he

esgners sme

he shr-lse rj-

ects from the UK Coper n Archecre

Awar n he env-

rnmenal asecs

their buildings.

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Te rla Leiky Bilig, uieity f

Plymt (Aa st-lite). Acitect:

heig Lae Tegete it BdP.

John Palmer o BDP, Bristol, says: Copperwas chosen or the roo and wall claddingprimarily because o its associations with

quality and with an historic copper roo in thelocality which had clearly stood the test o timein this harsh marine environment. We alsolooked at the benets that could be obtainedrom the possible high-recycled content,long lie o the material and its detailing, lowmaintenance requirements and the eventualrecyclability o the material.

The copper was used as a weathering to acomposite insulated panel substrate which,overall, provided a highly insulated envelopewith low air leakage rate, reducing energyuse. Investigation on rainwater harvesting

or the fushing o toilets revealed that thecopper would probably provide the beneto inhibiting bacterial or algal growth inthe water. These aspects all made positivecontributions to the Universitys sustainabilityaspirations and requirement or a BREEAMVery Good rating.

simmig Pl, Fmby (Aa

Cmmee). Feile Clegg Baley

Acitect.

Architect Andy Couling says: The clientsbrie was or a sustainable, beautiullycrated building or the whole community.

Sustainability was a key driver or bothclient and architect. Environmental issues,our previous experience o pool buildingsand a love o natural materials led us to theprinciple o a timber ramed building cladin materials which will weather graceullyover many years without the need or regularmaintenance, notably copper. The buildingtakes the orm o two linked volumes.

The dominant orm clad in oak and rooedin copper sits next to a lower, longer copperbox. The roo structure gradually changestowards the high street and creates a doublecurvature roo visible rom several angles.We needed a material which could cope withthe complex geometry and would enhancethe appearance o the building. Copper wasan obvious choice because o its longevity,sustainability credentials and beauty. Oneo the principle attractions o copper in thisinstance was that it will continue to changeover the years, developing its own uniquepatina in the salty coastal air.

Te uic Teate, L (Aa

wie). Keit william Acitect.

Keith Williams says: Compositionally, thenew building is an asymmetric pavilion. Themain Weston Theatre sits some 7 metresabove the main oyer and the Clore Theatre

which have been inserted beneath. TheWeston is the cultural and creative hearto the Unicorn and has been treated like aspecial casket, enwrapped in a random lengthstrip rain screen system using pre-oxidisedcopper o three dierent standard widths.The random strips create a laminar, striated,and massive quality to the main aade, whichsits in deliberate contrast to the curvedamphitheatre orm o the auditorium nestlingat its heart, heightening the audience surpriseon ascending to their seats.

The strip copper is carried into the interioro the building to celebrate the presenceo the main theatre hovering overhead theoyer, and to ensure that it is legibly everpresent. The larger architectural gestures oprojecting copper clad main auditorium andthe iconic corner tower with its eroded base,signal the new building at an urban level,yet the designs are also rich in small scaledetail. Copper was chosen or its longevity, itsarchitectural appearance, and its high degreeo sustainability in that it is almost endlesslyrecyclable.

Project architect Andrew Dean says: Thegeometry o the planetarium refects key

astronomical concepts. Above ground it ismaniested as a tilted bronze cone alignedwith the north star at 51.5 degrees. The conewas preabricated in sections then weldedtogether on site and welds grounded downto give a seamless surace. The bronze wasspecially treated to build up a surace o richreds and browns nished with green splashesresonant o nebulae seen in space.

While bronze was chosen largely or itsunique visual characteristics which havesuch an impact on this project, the positive

ageing process o patination and its indeniteliespan are also important to buildings o thistype. It is also reassuring to know that thematerial is 100% recyclable at the eventualend o the buildings lie. Finally, as all therainwater runo rom the building is disposedo on-site via soakaways in the adjacent park,external materials needed to be suitable orsustainable drainage systems.

Pete hai Plaetaim, ryal obeaty, Geeic (Aa Cmmee)

Allie a Mi Acitect

Comments from the designers of some of the short-listed projects from the UKCopper in Architecture Award on the environmental aspects of their buildings.

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St Marys Churchat Teydon BoisWhen the original spire of this picturesque village church in

then Bs n Essex ha be relace was essenal ha

he rgnal naral green ana an he eale wrkmansh

be kept.

pal Rawlnsn drecr ll Meal Jackecmmene:

Te spires existing copper cladding had ailed due to over-fxing o the panels,which restricted thermal movement. Tecopper sheet had cracked at the junctions.Our coppersmith Chris Johnson, directoro Full Metal Jacket, Paul Rawlinson, andsurveyor Ronald Wylde re-designed the newcopper sheet detailing allowing thermalmovement to take place without changingthe appearance o the fnished panels.We introduced a double herringbone stand-ing seam detail to the base o the spire. Te

8no dormer vents were traditionally fn-ished with the mid-section being installedin a modern long strip system. Te fnial,cross and ball were traditionally ormedwith welted joints and the weather vanewas existing and was repaired. Te coppersheet supplied by Luvata with its pre-pati-nated surace was ideal to orm and ft alldetails o the spire.

he original spire ailed, albeit a-

ter 80 years, due to over-xing o

the traditional panels in the most

vertical sections o the spire, the resulting

cracking being due to the lack o any al-

lowance or thermal movement. A team

including the architect, Ronald Wylde,

the director o the roong contractor

(Full Metal Jacket) Paul Rawlinson and

their most experienced coppersmith; re-

designed the spire so that the mid sec-

tion now includes a more modern long

strip system while keeping the original

appearance o the spire and with proper

allowance or thermal movement. Te

long strip section includes eight highly

detailed dormer style vents. Te lower

section has a double herringbone design.

Every aspect o this spire displays the

high standard o workmanship and care-

ul attention to detail. Particularly the in-

tricate workmanship o the vents and the

herringbone standing seams at the base.

Tese images clearly show the quality and

consistency o the workmanship and the

lack o damage to the patina at the points

o most demanding detail.

prjec: St Marys Chrch o Englan Theyon Bois, Esse Appro 200 mNoric Green Pls pre-patinate copper

Architect /Surveyor:Ronal Wyle, Ronal Wyle Associates

Rng Cnracr: Fll Metal Jacket

Ronald Wylde, Ronald Wylde Associates:

St Marys Church at Teydon Bois in Es-

sex with its distinctive spire is a very popularlocal landmark. When a decision was takento replace the copper coverings to the spire,the client stipulated that the characteristicgreen colour was to be maintained.

Te pre-patinated copper supplied by Lu-vata and ftted by Full Metal Jacket Ltd oLoughton, Essex was able to meet this re-quirement precisely and the fnished resultsare aesthetically pleasing and have beenwell received by the church and local com-munity.

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pALANGA:

in Search an ien wh Cer

Tet: Kseniya dmitrenko

A resort town on the Baltic Sea coast in

Lithuania, Palanga, is now going through

the drastic changes under the swirl o

the new market economy. Te town was

ormed as a typical resort o the XIX

century peaceul and romantic place

with beautiul English-style park, Te

yszkiewicz palace, Neo-Gothic church

and tiny wooden houses buried in ver-

dure. Considered to be an object o col-

lective desire, a dierent resort with a

sweet taste o prohibited reedom by thecitizens o USSR, Palanga, thanks to the

local architects, managed not to loose its

harmonic coexistence with nature during

the Soviet times.

Te new, mostly brutalist structures

which appeared at that time, at least in the

center o the city, tended to hide between

the trees retaining the orestlike impres-

sion o the town. Even a comparatively

massive structure rom the 60s, a sum-

mer theatre with its huge double-wingedconcrete roo still seems to be unnotice-

able in the summer disappearing almost

entirely in the pines. oday, however, the

delicate balance between the city and

surrounding landscape is gradually ad-

ing away. Palanga is turning out to be a

coastal resort o a mass tourism era whose

population swells up in several t imes dur-

ing the season. Te urban topography is

changing not only because o the rising

amount o tourists and, consequently, thegrowing demand or the new construc-

tion, but also due to the changes in leisure

patterns: people who increasingly tend to

come to resort only or ew days aim to

buy or rent private apartments in contrast

to the collective and long-term type o

rest in the bygone soviet sanatoriums.

ArchitectDonatas Rakauskas

Building year 2007

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Te recently built copper house in the

center o Palanga designed by Lithuanian

architect Donatas Rakauskas could beseen as a new type o architecture which

keeps strong ties with intelligent local

traditions o dealing with nature and at

the same time satises the new dynam-

ics o the contemporary coastal liestyle.

Te project beginning was a typical ex-

ample o the current trends o privatiza-

tion: our owners o the smallish adjacentland pieces wanted to build our dierent

private houses. Te architect managed to

persuade them to build only two build-

ings and at the same time meet all the

individual needs. In the result, the shared

reality appeared to be two almost iden-

tical three-oor houses while inside eve-

rybody got whatever he wanted: spacious

apartment or big amily; small cozy ats

or renting; bachelors suite with separate

rooms or riends.

Te buildings, which dier in area (ap-

proximately 600 and 800 m2) but have

the same volume conguration and scale, were mirrored and turned towards each

other so that the master plan allowed

to save maximum amount o the exist-

ing trees. Teir perception could remind

a kind o exciting game in recognizing

twins i not the dierence in aade ma-

terials. Both houses were aimed to imitate

the oliage o larch but using dierentmeans bro-cement and copper. o re-

alize the copper aade Luvata (the com-

pany-producer) developed non-standard

strips o 6 green patina tones in 4 dier-

ent widths rom which the architect chose

12 combinations used or the production.

Te panels identical to Luvatas standard

model FPAN 402, due to the variable tol-

erances o the building, were produced

at the site by a local tinsmith. Installed

to the aade in irregular order, the cop-

per panels generate a special graphic code

very close to the color and tactile charac-

teristics o the local nature.It seems to be not a mere coincidence

that exactly the copper house stands on

the corner o Kestucio and Birutes alley,

named ater the heroes o the legendary

love story rom the XIV century about

priestess Birute and the Grand Duke o

Lithuania Kestutis.

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Karalis Minagas apartment biling makes a contrast to the Ol Town architectre.

Wall planes orme ot o coppersheets an foor separating strapsCopper is matche to the Trespapanels an metal-glass strctres.

the wall heat protection layers. Copper

was oxidized straight at the actory and

covered with special mix by its compo-

sition corresponding to natural, 30 year-

old patina. Tereore assembled walls did

not require priming or painting. Accord-

ing to experts o Elias ir Partneriai rep-

resenting Luvata in Lithuania, the aade

will change its appearance neither in 15

years, when the manuacturers coating is

replaced by natural copper oxides, nor ina hal o century. Tanks to a noble look

o its copper coating, Karalius Mindau-

gas center has obtained the sort o co-

sines common to the Old own spirit,

and probably claims to become one o the

rst architectural monuments o the 21st

century in the capital.

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When Tarla MacGabhann of MacGab-

han archecs was resene wh he

commission to double the size of this

1920s built neo-Georgina cottage in

West Mayo, Ireland for a young growing

aml hs ecsn was nhng

wh he exensn whch wl erac

rm s re classc lnes, b raher smehng wars he se,

rce sme rganc rm whch

cl n be seen as an aem c

the original form.

Te extension needed some orm o exible

wrapping which would cope with its multiple

orms and acets. Tere are no right angles in

the plan o this extension that is capped with

a low-pitched roo. Te roo design is or a

straightorward long-strip standing seam, the

acade suraces have been treated with small

diamond shaped shingles the size o which

have been chosen to complement and harmo-

nize with the scale o the building.

Natural copper was chosen as the material as

it was elt important to be able to recognise

the age o the separate areas o the cottage

and to be able to watch the progressive devel-

opment o oxidation and patina reecting the

clients amily maturing.

Te roong, contractor , G G Roong handmade these small shingles on site, particular

credit should be given or the thought and

eort that has be given to the way the shin-

gles have been abricated and xed to wrap

around the many acets o the building.

Westport County MayoCage irelan

prjec: Westport Conty Mayo Cottage Irelan 300 m natral copper, shingles an long-stripClen: des Ryan Archec: Tarla MacGabhann MacGabhan ArchitectsCnracr: G G Rooing, Kilmovee, Conty Mayo Maeral sle by Metal Processors, dblin

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