For this project, we were asked to apply what we learned about danish design and architecture by creating a kayak club near Copenhagen. The club would replace an old warehouse on the edge of the Christianshavn Canal and was aimed to invigorate and offer new interactions with the community and with the water's edge.

My intention for this project was to connect the kayak club to the main flow of the canal for easy kayak access. This initial move would also create public space around the edge and activate the kayak club into the surrounding community.

To do this, I created a system using parallel strips that align facing the southern side of the canal, where most of the activity occurred from, that would continue through until they blur out into the existing site. These parallel strips act as both technical and spacial patterns throughout the project. Each strip would either gain height to fit in different programmatic requirements and or would sink down to create transition to the water dock or as a pathway.

Also, another factor important in my project, was to make all the space inhabitable (in the spirit of danish architectural traditions). Therefore, by allowing gentle curves to gradually form as the walls and roofs, the space can be transformed into space that can be used to walk on, sit on, skateboarded on, etc...

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