13 GROHE Magazine Kim Holst Jensen has been working with Schmidt Hammer Lassen for almost 30 years He joined the firm back then a group of pow erful young architects with a playful attitude right after finishing architecture school and became a partner in 1998 Based in Aarhus he works there and in Copenhagen with some projects in the Shanghai office Deeply commit ted to Nordic architectural traditions Schmidt Hammer Lassen has been involved in 33 projects in Scandinavia to date These include Malmö Live a 54 000 m complex that was complet ed in 2015 and which comprises a concert hall congress center and a hotel whose 444 rooms are fitted with faucets from GROHE s Eurosmart line Kim Holst Jensen s most recent project is Dokk1 Scandinavia s largest public library in the old docklands of Aarhus GROHE What were the main reference points when developing the design for Dokk1 Kim Holst Jensen It was very important for us to create a building with an open character as a key point for public life in the city that was accessible for everybody From the be ginning of the design process we wanted a building that opened up 360 degrees and that s what happened The building s openness is important architecturally and the major consideration for its users and the city We consider it a covered city space a plateau with shelves full of books and people I like to compare it to the market halls of Italy or Spain complete ly open but covered A protected urban Aarhus is home to Scandinavia s largest public library Dokk1 designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen TEXT LUISE RELLENSMANN PORTRAITS MAGNUS PETTERSSON

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