Aarhus Docklands

Aarhus Docklands
Aarhus Ø
Neighborhood

View of Aarhus Docklands from Riis Skov (September 2016)
Aarhus Docklands

Aarhus Docklands in Aarhus

Coordinates: DK 56°09′50″N 10°13′41″E / 56.164°N 10.228°E / 56.164; 10.228
Country Kingdom of Denmark
Regions of Denmark Central Denmark Region
Municipality Aarhus Municipality
District Midtbyen
Postal code 8000 Aarhus C

Aarhus Docklands (Danish: Aarhus Ø) is a new neighbourhood and construction site in Aarhus, Denmark.

Beginning in 2007, the Aarhus Docklands is now a large construction site with many buildings already built as of 2016. In coming years, the project will convert the area and the former container port, Nordhavn (lit.: North Docks) in the Port of Aarhus, to a whole new residential, educational, commercial and recreational area, consisting of several high rise buildings of modern architectural designs.

Fully developed, the new Docklands neighbourhood is intended to sustain 7,000 residents and 12,000 jobs in an area equalling the size of Trøjborg. Aarhus Docklands offers a view of the Aarhus Bay and there is just a short distance to the inner city.[1]

Projects

The projects at Aarhus Docklands includes:

Light House (Aarhus)

Light House

Light house construction, February 2012.
General information
Status Under construction
Type Residential, Commercial
Location Aarhus
Coordinates 56°09′56.26″N 10°13′52.88″E / 56.1656278°N 10.2313556°E / 56.1656278; 10.2313556Coordinates: 56°09′56.26″N 10°13′52.88″E / 56.1656278°N 10.2313556°E / 56.1656278; 10.2313556
Estimated completion 2014
Opening 2012
Cost DKK 2.5 billion
Height
Roof 142 m (466 ft)
Technical details
Floor area 800,000 m2 (8,600,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect 3XN & UNStudio
Developer Lighthouse*konsortiet
Structural engineer Grontmij Carl Bro

The Light House (or Lighthouse*), is a residential project under construction in Aarhus Docklands, the new harbour front district of Aarhus. The project was originally divided in 2 phases, but due to financial problems, the first phase was sub-divided in 2 stages. Both stages are completed, with stage 2 finished in 2014.

Construction and change of plans

The original phase 2 of the Light House project, included a 142 m tall tower. Located at the edge of the harbour front, overlooking the Aarhus Bay, it would have been the tallest building in Denmark and a landmark for the city of Aarhus. It was supposed to comprise more apartments, offices, a hotel and restaurant and underground parking lots. In addition to the original financial problems, it was discovered during the construction of phase 1 in 2008, that the construction ground was not stable enough to support a tower of that size. A countrywide geological survey showed that the building site was in fact one of the most unstable in Denmark.[3] In December 2013, the investment company of Havneinvest A/S decided not to use the buy- and construct-option for the tower site. The option prize was DKK 270 mill (originally DKK 417 million[4]), but after four years of thorough investigations for DKK 9 million, the investor concluded that the project could not be realized. The investigations revealed among several issues, that the wind conditions could not allow for balconies at the tower.[5] The Hilton Hotels & Resorts company has also abandoned the project, because they found the hotel capacity in Aarhus large enough for the market.[6]

The construction prize for the tower has been estimated at DKK 1.5 billion and now Aarhus Municipality is considering other investors and a rethinking of the original tower project altogether.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "De Bynære Havnearealer" (in Danish). Aarhus Kommune. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Navitas Science and Innovation (NSI)". NSI (INCUBA). Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Jonas Hvid, Morten Elstrup and Jacob Haislund (14 September 2013). "Undergrunden driller stadig prestigeprojekt [The underground still haunts prestigeproject]". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 Morten Svith (26 August 2008). "Ustabilt lerlag under Lighthouse [Unstable claylayer beneath Lighthouse]". Århus Stiftstidende (in Danish). Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Jonas Hvid and Jacob Haislund (9 December 2013). "Havneinvest opgiver at bygge byens fyrtårn [Havneinvest abandons constructing the citys' lighthouse]". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Dennis Wormark Larsen (15 September 2013). "Jorden vakler under byggeri" (in Danish). TV2 Østjylland. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

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