Olympiastützpunkt (OSP) Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein is a state-funded centre for top athletes in Northern Germany. OSP is to be completely reestablished and KHR, together with a German partner, has won the assignment as architectural consultant responsible for design, planning and project management. The...
Olympiastützpunkt (OSP) Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein is a state-funded centre for top athletes in Northern Germany. OSP is undergoing a major redevelopment and KHR, together with a German partner, has won the contract as architectural consultant for design, planning and project management. The prestigious project includes housing, training facilities, including a swimming pool and outdoor courts, as well as a new square for the neighbourhood.
KHR will spearhead a project to provide Sisimiut with a versatile water culture centre. The idea will be used to apply for funding to give Greenland's second largest town, where much of life takes place by or on the water, a much-needed swimming pool. Read more in this news item.
The new Porsgrunn swimming and sports arena has been developed as part of Porsgrunn Municipality's to improve and increase access to swimming and sports facilities for school classes, sports clubs and citizens in the municipality. KHR, together with the local design firm Børve and Bochsenius, has assisted Porsgrunn Municipality with an upgrade of the existing Freshwater Centre in Kjølnes.
Overlooking the Persian Gulf, the National Museum of Bahrain brings 6,000 years of the region's history to life. The museum consists of nine separate exhibition rooms, each with a floor area of 625 m². A large foyer of 1450 m² connects the nine rooms and also serves as a showroom for the temporary exhibitions.
In collaboration with the world-renowned lighting company Bartenbach Lightlabor, KHR Architecture has created a lighting scheme in the Marble Church that adds layers to the church space and emphasises the existing architecture.
The beautifully curved swimming pool serves as a new cultural and social meeting place in Nuuk and won a gold medal in the 2005 Olympics in sports construction. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS) awarded the prize.
KHR has designed the new Visitor Centre, which replaces the former Langtved Færgekro, which burnt down in 2009, and is built within the inn's grounds. The new Visitor Centre will be in close contact with nature and add a modernity to the site that will be perceived as timeless and in harmony with its context.
