Light House (Aarhus)

Light House

Light house construction, February 2012.
General information
Status Under construction
Type Residential, Commercial
Location Aarhus
Coordinates 56°09′56.26″N 10°13′52.88″E / 56.1656278°N 10.2313556°ECoordinates: 56°09′56.26″N 10°13′52.88″E / 56.1656278°N 10.2313556°E
Estimated completion 2014
Opening 2012
Cost DKK 2.5 billion
Height
Roof 142 m (466 ft)
Technical details
Floor area 800,000 m2 (8,600,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect 3XN & UNStudio
Developer Lighthouse*konsortiet
Structural engineer Grontmij Carl Bro

The Light House (or Lighthouse*), is a residential project under construction in Aarhus Docklands, the new harbour front district of Aarhus, Denmark.

The construction

The project was originally divided in 2 phases, but due to financial problems, the first phase was sub-divided in 2 stages. Stage 1 is complete, while Stage 2 was completed in 2014.

The original phase 2 of the Light House project, included a 142 m tall tower. Located at the edge of the harbour front, overlooking the Aarhus Bay it would have been the tallest building in Denmark and a landmark for the city of Aarhus. It was supposed to comprise more apartments, offices, a hotel and restaurant and underground parking lots. In addition to the original financial problems, it was discovered during the construction of phase 1 in 2008, that the construction ground was not stable enough to support a tower of that size. A countrywide geological survey showed that the building site was in fact one of the most unstable in Denmark.[1] In December 2013, the investment company of Havneinvest A/S decided not to use the buy- and construct-option for the tower site. The option prize was DK 270 mill (originally DK 417 million[2]), but after four years of thorough investigations for DK 9 million, the investor concluded that the project could not be realized. The investigations revealed among several issues, that the wind conditions could not allow for balconies at the tower.[2] The Hilton Hotels & Resorts company has also abandoned the project, because they found the hotel capacity in Aarhus large enough for the market.[3]

The construction prize for the tower has been estimated at DK 1.5 billion and now Aarhus Municipality is considering other investors and a rethinking of the original tower project altogether.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jonas Hvid, Morten Elstrup and Jacob Haislund (14 September 2013). "Undergrunden driller stadig prestigeprojekt [The underground still haunts prestigeproject]". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Morten Svith (26 August 2008). "Ustabilt lerlag under Lighthouse [Unstable claylayer beneath Lighthouse]". Århus Stiftstidende (in Danish). Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Dennis Wormark Larsen (15 September 2013). "Jorden vakler under byggeri" (in Danish). TV2 Østjylland. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

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