Bank Building in Copenhagen
From the onset, the design team called this project Crystal, and the name has stayed with the building. This solitaire, an extension of a financial institution at the threshold between the historic centre and the port, dominates the trapezoidal square it inhabits, yet, because it pays heed to the height of the existing buildings as well as visual relationships, is well integrated. The impression the sharp-edged, prismatic building massing makes varies significantly corresponding to the observer’s standpoint. The double-folded underside disengages the structure from the plaza’s surface, and, in combination with the parallel roof, defines the six vertical facade surfaces. Where the planes intersect, three high points and three low points come about: only at one point and one line does the form meet the ground.
