Nature Center
The Visitor Center in Hareskoven offers a wide range of different functions for the many visitors to the woods. The location of the building, on a hilltop in the middle of the beautiful beech forest has inspired this landscape shaped building, carved out of forest ground and thus blending with the surrounding landscape. The roof surface is imagined as an addition to the hill on which it is located, and gives visitors the opportunity to walk across the house and further into the forest. The star shaped plan cuts straight through the hill leaving the central part of the building 1,5 meters below the forest floor.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
PROJECT DATA
Project name
Nature Center
Typology
Cultural, Landscape
Location
Hareskoven, DK
Year
2009
Status
Commission, Pending
Size
1.500 m2
Client
Skov- & Naturestyrelsen
Design team
Sinus Lynge, Tue Hesselberg Foged, Jakob Nørbjeg Madsen, Marcin Kropidlo, Josephine Giller, Tina Lund Højgaard
The site is situated in the middle of the forest of Hareskoven in the vicinity of Copenhagen
The footprint of the building is a cut out of the forest floor that becomes the roof and landscape. The star shaped layout gives the building a series of rooms with incredible panoramic views to the forest.
South Elevation
West Elevation
GREEN CLIMATE REGULATION
During the summer the deciduous forest protects the building from overheating. During winter the bare trees allow for the sun to heat up the building
A BUILDING WITH ROOTS
Earth heating is used to create a zero energy building. It also collects and recirculates water.
A BUILDING THAT HIBERNATES
The building is partly submerged and use free earth cooling during summer and heating during winter
