Einladungswettbewerb | 04/2014
Nobel Center
Nobelhuset – Garden loggia (Stage 2) | David Chipperfield Architects Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH
Nobelhuset
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The jury appreciates the open, inviting nature of the building, both with regard to its location in an area that can be developed into an attractive public space and in light of the Nobel Foundation’s explicit ambition to seek contact with and open up the Center to the general public.
The jury appreciates the appearance of the building, with the Nobel Auditorium placed like a crown at the top. It will provide an impressive view of the city from the foyers adjacent to the auditorium, while making it possible for people moving through the city to visually follow the ongoing events. If the auditorium is used for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony on December 10 each year, the light from the Award Ceremony will shine above the city.
The revised façade design, with its shimmering vertical brass elements and glass, has a lofty elegance and quality that can be associated with the position of the Nobel Prize. This kind of architecture requires great precision and quality during construction, which must be ensured during the subsequent pre-construction engineering process.
The open ground floor, with entrances in three directions, provides an open appearance that may also attract casual visitors. It is important that this part of the façade helps create a pleasant setting in the immediate vicinity of the building. The entry hall comprises an indoor square in which all visitors to the building arrive. The connection to the park towards the south-east through the long garden loggia feels pleasant and inviting.
A visitor’s walk through the various floors of the building can be turned into an exciting experience. The general structure, with a nave and two parallel aisles, allows good lighting and enables the use of the floors to easily change over time. There are good conditions for creating well-functioning conference rooms and shifting their use between conference and exhibitions. Perhaps the proportions of the really long exhibition rooms must be reviewed, since the room heights in the revised proposal appear somewhat low in relation to the room length. The jury assumes that these proportions will be further studied during future work.
The jury suggests that transport systems be studied thoroughly in any future refinement of the proposal to ensure that transport of incoming and departing visitors will become a well-functioning system.
The main auditorium has an unexpected and exciting shape, which can serve nicely both as a setting for ceremonial events and for other large gatherings, but the jury is not convinced about the materials and colours presented for the interiors. During further refinement, this and the possibility of dividing the auditorium should be studied further. As mentioned earlier, the question of a possible roof terrace up on the building should be studied during future refinement of the proposal.
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Nobelhuset – View from Skeppsholmen (Stage 2) | David Chipperfield Architects Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH
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Nobelhuset – View from Djurgardsbron (Stage 2) | David Chipperfield Architects Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH
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Nobelhuset – Auditorium (Stage 2) | David Chipperfield Architects Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH
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Gewinner: Nobelhuset | David Chipperfield Architects Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH, TOPOTEK 1 Gesellschaft von Landschaftsarchitekten mbH
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Nobelhuset – Nightview (Stage 1) | David Chipperfield Architects Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH
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Gewinner: Nobelhuset | David Chipperfield Architects Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH, TOPOTEK 1 Gesellschaft von Landschaftsarchitekten mbH
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Nobelhuset – View_from_Nybrohamnen (Stage 1) | David Chipperfield Architects Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH
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Nobelhuset – Public Path (Stage 1) | David Chipperfield Architects Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH
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Nobelhuset – Auditorium (Stage 1) | David Chipperfield Architects Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH