The Site
Valhøj School was originally designed by Hans Harvig Skaarup and built in 1957 in Rødovre. Since its construction, the school has undergone an ongoing development, where new buildings have been added and others have disappeared.
The majority of the planted trees are preserved from the original landscape planning.
The Site
Valhøj School was originally designed by Hans Harvig Skaarup and built in 1957 in Rødovre. Since its construction, the school has undergone an ongoing development, where new buildings have been added and others have disappeared.
The majority of the planted trees are preserved from the original landscape planning.
Wooden extension
Experienced as a free-standing building the new extension for the youngest students is connected to the existing building via a footbridge which is scenically connected to the Campus Promenade.
Good connections and opportunities for diverse play and learning, indoors as well as outdoors, are created in one coherent architectural and landscape main grip.
Wooden extensions
Experienced as a free-standing building the new extension for the youngest students is connected to the existing building via a footbridge which is scenically connected to the Campus Promenade.
New connections and opportunities for diverse play and learning, indoors as well as outdoors, are made in one coherent architectural and landscape main grip.
Gradient scale
The scale of the patchwork pattern varies from large on the upper part of the façade, relating to the size of the structure and its urban environment, to a smaller human scale where the façade meets the ground.
From Schoolyard to the heights
Designed relatively compact, the new building for the school’s oldest children contains one continuous course of stairs and roof terraces. This ensures sufficient space for outdoor areas on the terrain and at the same time ensures good connections between inside and outside from all floors.
An external staircase connects all floors and the building provides opportunities for diverse play and learning environments, ranging from the schoolyard up to the heights.
Multi-Purpose Hall
The new multi-purpose acts a a new and large recreational meeting space that is spatially connected to the adjacent schoolyard, as well as the rest of the school’s main connections.
Semi-submerged in the terrain and designed with a continuous window band, the hall will be experienced light, open, and inviting.
Multi-Purpose Hall
The new multi-purpose acts a a new and large recreational meeting space that is spatially connected to the adjacent schoolyard, as well as the rest of the school’s main connections.
Semi-submerged in the terrain and designed with a continuous window band, the hall will be experienced light, open, and inviting.
