DR Byen

The Danish Broadcasting Company (DR) has collected all its activities in Copenhagen in a single complex. The media center is divided into four segments designed by different architects and built in stages. The unified plan was inspired by the Middle Eastern Kasbah. A key element is an indoor street that links the four segments. Segments 1 to 3 house the studios, offices, depots and administration, and segment 4 is the concert hall designed by French architect Jean Nouvel which will seat 1,800. It will seem simple from the outside: a monumental cobalt-blue cube 45 meters tall. Inside, the building will reveal a complex, organic structure outside: a monumental cobalt-blue cube 45 meters tall. Inside, the building will reveal a complex, organic structure whose asymmetry gives outstanding acoustics. The blue outer shell will serve as a screen in the evening. Live pictures, works, of art, and text can be enlarged and projected and create a living wall outside the concert hall.