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Amerika Plads - Total, Copenhagen

PLH Arkitekter

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Designer
PLH Arkitekter
Client
Jeudan /Maersk Oil (now Total)
Floor area
15600.00 ㎡
Completion
2017

The building and integrated workplace is designed to appeal to all senses, and there is an idea behind every space. It marks its presence with a striking curved corner towards the busy Kalkbrænderihavnsgade, and likewise towards the inner square behind. Creating a welcoming meeting with its urban context where residential, office, retail and hospitality activities blend together. The ground floor, with its five meter high ceilings, projects its functions as a semi-public zone that interacts with life on the square. Multi-purpose meeting and innovation rooms surround the dynamic atrium and connect with the street-life just outside. Two dining restaurants flank the facades towards the intimate Amerika Square and provide outdoor dining and views across to the neighboring buildings.
Despite the rigid district plan and tight inner city site, the building is an oasis of daylight and inspiring vistas through its uninterrupted horizontal windows and glazed roof. The organically shaped atrium and open stair is fully lined with a seamless skin of ash acoustic battens creating a soft and intimate atmosphere that sets the tone for all the shared facilities. The building’s occupants are connected throughout the day as they use the cafés, team lounges, and meeting rooms that line the atrium across all five levels of office space.