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breaker. The shutters that
have in some cases been
designed as movable ele-
ments act in accordance
with the weather. Where
there is a large amount of
sunlight, copper grids au-
tomatically protrude from
the slats. They reduce the
energy input, but still allow
daylight to enter the rooms.
The material of copper was
not chosen by chance, but
by way of an homage to the
surrounding architecture
with the traditional brick
façades.
THE WARM EDGE
EVERGREEN
It is not even 20 years ago
since architect Helmut
Jahn and structural engi-
neer Professor Werner So-
bek set a milestone on the
way to an energy-efficient,
transparent glass build-

navian and especially Dan- Prize 2017, the Copen- tory building. Rainwater
ish architecture has been hagen City Architecture collected for toilet flush-
setting standards for years,” Award 2018, the World Ar- ing and garden irrigation,
enthuses Joachim Stoss, chitecture Festival Award automated LED lighting,
Managing Director of the 2017 in the category of a connection with the re-
German company Edgetech ‘Higher Education and Re- mote cooling system, many
Europe GmbH, based in search’ and the European green areas and roofs and
Heinsberg. “Sustainability Copper in Architecture in particular the unique so-
is much more than just en- Award 2017, the Maersk lar protection solution all
ergy efficiency and resource Tower is already a new contribute towards this. A
conservation, as evidenced landmark of Copenhagen a design resembling a relief
by the Maersk Tower in Co- year after it was opened. As of horizontal fibreglass el-
penhagen.” part of the Panum Institute ements and 3,000 vertical
of the University of Co- copper-clad fins was in-
CREATIVE USE OF penhagen, that is home to stalled in front of the trans-
THE DESIGN ELEMENT the Department of Health parent aluminium façade
OF COPPER
and Medicine, the three- with storey-high triple-
Having already won many bladed, slightly corrugated glazed units and panels.
awards, including the tower is Denmark’s most They act equally as solar
Scandinavian Green Roof energy-efficient labora- protection and as a wind-

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