The parking house is called after Else Alfelt (1910-1974). She was a Danish artist who specialized in abstract painting. She was one of two female members of the CoBrA movement. Alfelt's work explored motifs such as spirals, mountains, and spheres. Her best known works are a series of paintings called The Flower of the Universe from1966
Else Alfelt parking house
A parking house is a snail house...
- LocationCopenhagen, DK
- ProgramParking house
- ClientBy & Havn
- Size10.500 m²
- Year2023
Aside from calling the house after the artist Else Alfelt the client had two demands for this 190-car parking house in suburban Copenhagen. They chose the split-level as the basic layout concept. And they wanted a roof accessible to the public.
A "split level" parkinghouse is the most basic and the cheapest way to do multilayered parking. The ramp is a integrated part of the structure so that you go up and down through the house in a ongoing spiral movement.
The team at Open Platform saw the spiral, and the idea of dooing a giant snail house, as a way of adapting all the demands of the client to the specific site, a way of connecting the roof garden to the street level and a way of creating a structure that relates to the imagery of Else Alfelt.
The Flower of the Universe by Else Alfelt
...it´s spiraling like the shell of a snail
