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Cultural monument with 3D ceramic façade
Copenhagen, Denmark – The K.B. Hall has been one of Copenhagen’s most important concert halls since 1938. The Beatles played one of their first concerts in Denmark here. After the hall burned to the ground in 2011, it has now been revived in a contemporary, architecturally sophisticated interpretation. The three-dimensional ceramic façade (3D ceramic façade) is one of the things that give the building its extraordinary character.
The façade, designed by architects CHRISTENSEN & CO, is almost entirely handmade. These are large three-dimensional shaped tiles. They are made from light-colored Westerwald clay. The highly distinctive geometries were shaped in the local ceramics factory. The glaze is also a special project-specific development. An intense white was desired, for which the team of ceramists and fabric technologists ultimately took their cue from sanitary glazes. The largest elements are 75 cm long and 50 cm wide. At the highest point, they have an upstand of 8 cm. A total of around 3,000 molded parts were installed between white terracotta slabs. The project was developed and manufactured on behalf of NBK ARCHITECTURAL TERRACOTTA.
More pictures and information about the 3d ceramic façade here.
Photo: Martin Schubert, Website
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