Løvens Gård

  • Client

    Skanska A/S

  • Collaborators

    Carl Bro A/S, Henrik Jørgensen, Skanska,

  • Location

    Hammershøis Kaj, DK-1402 Christianshavn

  • Area

    13,500 m2

  • Status

    Completed in 2002

Housing

Løvens Gård

Løvens Gård on the former B&W site is located in a U-shaped block in the south-west corner of Christiansbro. The buildings are subdivided to relate to the scale and typologies of Christianshavn. The neighbourhood is named after three of Christianshavn's old bastions. In addition to Løvens Gård, the block includes Elefantens Gård and Unicorn's Gård.

Facing Overgaden Neden Vandet, Løvens Gård rises four storeys high, plus a penthouse floor with a pent roof that mirrors the roofs along Christianshavn's canal in a contemporary design language. The roof floor is recessed in three places to make room for generous roof terraces. The more homogeneous L-shaped part of the building - Elefantens Gård and Unicorn's Gård - rises to 5 storeys plus a flat-roofed penthouse. This part relates to the modernist, densely compressed part of Christiansbro along Hammershøis Kaj and Wildersgade, which houses Nordea, among others.

Morning and midday sunlight penetrates from the lower building facing Overgaden Neden Vandet to the elongated, green courtyard shared with the neighbouring buildings to the northeast. The ground floor apartments have their own screened terraces in the courtyard.

The courtyard is equipped with three sheds for residents' bicycles, and for cars, there is an underground car park with 375 spaces under the Lion and Unicorn Courtyard, which can be used by residents and the public.

Løvens Gård, like the other blocks, has white facades of filed brick with large windows and a calm rhythm adapted to the neighbourhood. All doors and windows are made of mahogany, and the balconies are made of galvanised steel that can withstand the salty air along the canals.

The 110 apartments in the development vary in size from 70 - 189 m2.

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