Type Dormitory Floor count 4 Phone +45 86 21 55 52 Material Brick Architect Harald Salling-Mortensen | Location Aarhus, Denmark Floors 4 Completed 1967 Architectural style Modern architecture | |
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Address Børglumvej 2, 8240 Risskov, Denmark Similar Veri Center, Mølleparken, Prismet, Skelager Church, Ravnsbjerg Church | ||
Børglum Hall (Danish: Børglum Kollegiet) is a dormitory in the Risskov neighborhood in Aarhus, Denmark. It is situated north of Vejlby Ringvej and south-west of Veri Center on Børglumvej. The dormitory is a complex consisting of seven free standing four-story buildings connected by hallways to a central community building. Børglum Hall was completed in 1967 by designs of the architect Harald Salling-Mortensen. Børglum is a self-owning institution which can house up to 489 students of any grade or gender in cycling distance to Aarhus University.
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Architecture
Børglum Hall was built during the 1960s when the dormitory style of housing was hotly debated. It was designed as a nontraditional ensemble of buildings heavily inspired by the works of Finnish architect and artist Alvar Aalto. The building material and appearance bears some resemblance to Aalto's Aalto Theatre in Essen. The project called for an organic complex design with seven fan-shaped buildings connected to a low community center connected by hallways, like flowers on a stalk.
The individual buildings are designed similarly to the overall plan for the complex. In the middle of the building is the main staircase, kitchen and community room surrounded by a curved, narrow corridor with entrances to the individual rooms. Originally the buildings had six rooms facing east and eight facing west, all with unique positioning and lighting conditions. The corridor and the room hallways is used as a buffer zone so noise and music from the community room does not unnecessarily bother inhabitants. From the community room is a south-facing balcony.
The community rooms in the individual buildings is situated centrally so it minimizes noise to nearby buildings. The connection between the buildings and the community center between them are a series of covered hallways on the ground floor through a shared garden. The community center, like the residential buildings, is characterized by soft, curved hallways and sloping ramps. It functions as the social and cultural center of the complex with a wide array of amenities and community facilities.
Amenities
The complex consists of 7 four-story buildings with 14 single rooms on each floor. In addition there are four 1½ room apartments and one apartment with a kitchen. Individual buildings has community rooms and the overall complex has a larger, central community facility. The central facility has reception, mailboxes, offices, meeting rooms, fitness rooms, billiard and pool rooms, guest rooms, fireplace and banquet room.