The Design and Construction of the Culture Yard in Elsinore

The paper presents a new cultural yard designed for Elsinore Municipality. The project is a conversion of old buildings formerly part of a ship yard. The close proximity of the harbor and thus high water table gave the project a series of rare challenges. The conversion of the existing buildings with variable structural systems and materials used meant that each of the projects 4 buildings had to be designed differently. This led to a great variety in structural solutions. Some of which is daring, others innovative and most unique to this particular project. An auditorium cantilevering 15 meters, under water casting of in-situ concrete basement, assessment and reuse of existing structures, large interim support structures and complex façade geometry to name a few.