Danish National Bank (building)
The building of the Danish National Bank was built on the Holmens Canal in Copenhagen until 1978 based on a design by Arne Jacobsen .
history
The Danish National Bank opened branches in various locations in Denmark after it was founded in 1736. In addition to the headquarters in Copenhagen, there was the first branch in Aarhus from 1837 . Other branches were in Ålborg , Nykøbing Falster , Odense , Kolding and in Flensburg, Germany . All branches were closed again between 1939 and 1989.
In Copenhagen, the National Bank resided from 1870 in a structure built by Johan Daniel Herholdt on the Holmens Canal from 1865 to 1870. The building was designed in the Renaissance style that was widespread at the time .
New building by Arne Jacobsen
The current main building is located in downtown Copenhagen on a plot between Niels Juels Gade , Holbergsgade and Bremerholm . The property is bordered to the south by the Holmens Canal , on the other bank of which is the island of Slotsholmen , which, among other things, houses the building of the former stock exchange . The Holmens Kirke is located on the neighboring property to the west.
Arne Jacobsen designed the building in 1965. It was only taken over by Dissing + Weitling after his death - he died in 1971 - and completed in 1978. The construction phase began with the establishment of the money printing facility in the basement of the building.
The architecture of the building follows the formal language of functionalism without frills and decorations, as Jacobsen showed internationally at the end of his creative period. The facade design with gray marble slabs and black facade elements was also used for the Mainz town hall , which he designed in 1966.
The ground floor serves as a base for the building, it is covered all around with gray marble slabs and has no windows. Above the facade is a curtain wall - a curtain wall in front of a load-bearing skeleton - which consists of marble slabs on the two front sides and tinted glass on the long sides. The facade is interrupted on the front sides by several narrow, vertical window strips. The marble comes from a quarry near Porsgrunn in Norway. On the long sides, the glass surface is interrupted at the same distance by black steel beams.
Inside, the National Bank has a 20-meter-high lobby that is furnished with just a few swan- type armchairs . In terms of design, an open staircase dominates the marble-clad hall up to the sixth floor. There are two inner courtyards designed according to Jacobsen's concept of the modern garden. The bank has a total area of 48,131 m². The Vola kv fitting, designed by Jacobsen, was used in the washrooms for the first time and can now be seen as the archetype of sanitary design.
Web links
- Danish National Bank (Danish / English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Nationalbank Building ( Memento of April 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
Coordinates: 55 ° 40 ′ 36 ″ N , 12 ° 35 ′ 9 ″ E