Helsingør Water Purification Plant

The water purification plant is the result of the expansion and renovation of an older facility located on exposed, sloped site between Helsingør and the Øresund.

The orientation of the existing basins as well as the addition of a new building placed along the converging rail lines determines the overall composition of the new compound. Between the basins and buildings lies a service street, from which all functions are accessed.

At the end of the service street, the two storey circular administration building, located on columns over a round clearing basin, acts as a compositional pivot.

A bastion wall bounds the compound, collecting the entire complex in a coherent composition while engaging the sloping terrain. At the entry, the walls become a line of mosaic-clad columns, providing glimpses in and out. The columns are the result of collaboration with artist Lin Utzon.