Case Study
Case Study
INTRODUCTION
• Tietgen kollegiet named for Danish financier C.F. Tietgen is a
student residence located in the Ørestad district
of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• The building has a conspicuous circular shape, inspired by
traditional southern Chinese Hakka architecture, and is
designed by Danish architects Lundgaard & Tranberg in 2006.
• The design has won it a RIBA European Award.
• Architects: Lundgaard& Tranberg architects
• Area: 26515 m2
• Year: 2005
• Units: 360 rooms with each room having a bathroom, seven
floors with each floor having their own kitchen and living
room
• The project’s dynamic,
sculptural expression is
created by the contrast
of the building’s overall
form with the honest
expression of the
individual programmatic
elements.
• The building’s circular
form- symbol of equality
and the communal is
contrasted with
individual, projecting
volumes expressing the
individual residences.
• The principle inspiration
for the project is this
meeting of the collective
and the individual, a
characteristic inherent
to the dormitory building
type.
• The site is located
near copenhagen university in
ørestad north, a recently planned
neighborhood characterized by
flowing canals and a consistent, rigid
building structure.
• The simple circular form of the
tietgen dormitory is an urban
response to the context, providing a
bold architectural statement in the
newly planned area.
Metro
Tietgen dormitory
building
Concert halls
Copenhagen IT
university
Copenhagen universi
CONCEPT
The cylindrical main shape
is transected by 5 vertical
lines that visually and
functionally divide the
building into sections and
appear to be continuous,
open passages providing
access from the outside to
the central courtyard.
Geometry Massing Natural lighting
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1ST FLOOR PLAN 2ND – 3RD FLOOR PLAN
ZONING
PUBLIC
PRIVATE
VERTICAL CIRCULATION
HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1ST FLOOR PLAN 2ND – 3RD FLOOR PLAN
CIRCULATION
COURTYARD
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1ST FLOOR PLAN 2ND – 3RD FLOOR PLAN
BANGA BANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR HALL
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