The University Of Aarhus

The University Of Aarhus

Nov 27, 2015  | Architecture 

The University Of Aarhus
(Photo by: C.F. Møller)

The University has won renown and praise as an integrated complex which unites the best aspects of functionalism with solid Danish traditions in form and materials. C.F. Møller has directed the design of the university buildings from the beginning to the present day.

The University of Aarhus, which dates from 1931, is a unique and coherent university campus with consistent architecture, homogeneous use of yellow brickwork and adaptation to the landscape.

The University of Aarhus, with its extensive park in central Aarhus, includes teaching rooms, offices, libraries,workshops and student accommodation. The university has a distinct homogeneous building style and utilization of the natural contours of the landscape. 

The campus has emerged around a distinct moraine gorge and the buildings for the departments and faculties are placed on the slopes, from the main buildings alongside the ring road to the center of the city at Nørreport. 

All throughout the campus, the buildings are variations of the same clear-cut prismatic volume with pitched roofs, oriented orthogonally to form individual architectural clusters sharing the same vocabulary. The way the buildings emerge from the landscape makes them seem to grow from it, rather than being superimposed on the site.

Via C.F. Møller
Image,video ©: C.F. Møller