Project in Detail
Nørre Vosborg - New Hotel
Vemb, Denmark
Arkitema, Aarhus, Denmark
2008
World Architecture Festival 2008 - Shortlisted
Thomas Mølvig - Thomas Mølvig
Nørre Vosborg - New building for hotel accommodation
In Denmark, we have many beautiful manor houses. Some still function as agricultural producers, but many now offer experiences instead. Nørre Vosborg is among the latter – a place where people can enjoy unique experiences. Surrounded by nature and architectural history, and with gastronomic experiences, cultural and conference activities close at hand.
A manor house with a long history
The history of Nørre Vosborg stretches back to the original stud and barn buildings constructed in 1532. Today, after surviving various fires, the manor farm is an interesting mixture of 18th-century history and architecture, together with more contemporary alterations from the post-war period 1946-50, and a great many functional alterations since then.
Now after restoration, conversion and extension, beautiful Nørre Vosborg manor is now an up-to-date hotel, cultural venue and conference centre, with a newly-built hotel wing and new design solutions for all of the manor's many different buildings.
New building for hotel accommodation
The new hotel wing matches the largest of the complex's buildings in terms of volume. Despite its size and location, however, it does not compete for attention with the historical courtyard area and the main axis of the complex. To lower the impact of the hotel wing and avoid an imbalance in the historical structure, we sought to use alternative materials in relation to the stud buildings' dominant red brick and thatched roofs. We used wood, which satisfied the relevant criteria, and which is an unpretentious material alongside the frugal red-brick buildings. Wood pervades the entire building, even the roof, which is clad with planks of radial-sawn Siberian larch, laid in a clapboard pattern.
The hotel is characterised by a roof without dormer windows. We have lifted and opened the clapboard pattern, and thereby enabled the creation of a belt in the roof surface which integrates the openings necessary for habitation in the roof storey.
Data
Address: Nørre Vosborg, Vembvej 35, Vemb
Size: 1444 m² hotel wing (37 double rooms)
Client: Realea
Construction: 2008
Lead Architect »
Arkitema
Aarhus
Denmark
Professional Credits »
Civil Engineer
Mr Søren Storm
OBH-gruppen
Denmark
00 4576784626
sst@obh-gruppen.dk
Client / Developer
Mr Frants Frandsen
Realea
Denmark
00 45 29 69 52 73
ff@re.dk
Cost Consultant
Mr Søren Storm
OBH-gruppen
Denmark
00 4576784626
sst@obh-gruppen.dk
Interior Designer
Mr Thomas Carstens
Arkitema
Denmark
00 4570117011
tc@arkitema.dk
Landscape Architect
Mr Thomas Carstens
Arkitema
Denmark
00 4570117011
tc@arkitema.dk
Project Manager
Mr Thomas Carstens
Arkitema
Denmark
00 4570117011
tc@arkitema.dk
Structural Engineer
Mr Søren Storm
OBH-gruppen
Denmark
00 4576784626
sst@obh-gruppen.dk