Colorline Ferry Terminal (1995)
Schmidt Hammer Lassen - SHL
Facts:
Architect
schmidt hammer lassen architects
Client
Color Line
Area
3,500 m2
Construction sum
€ 3.7 million excl. VAT
Competition
1994, 1st prize in restricted turnkey contract competition
Status
Construction period 1994 - 1995
Engineer
Rambøll A/S
Landscape Architect
schmidt hammer lassen architects
Contractors
J&B
JME A/S
Description:
The ferry terminal of Color Line - Norway’s largest cruise ferry shipping company - is built in Hirtshals in the north-western part of Denmark to serve the destination Hirtshals-Stavanger-Bergen.
The building speaks its own language as to what business Color Line is in with the ship-like terminal and administration office. When the ferry is in dock, it signals widely that here is the ferry terminal, and when the ferry has departed, the terminal adopts this role.
The building with the sharply edged hull, bottle green portholes and the slender lines along the wooden gunwale clearly makes it a purposeful landmark for the seaward approach to Hirtshals. Azure blue is the dominating colour of the interior as well as for the funnel on top of the building.
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