The Copenhagen Blue Planet Oceanarium, designed by the Danish bureau 3XN and opened in March this year, took first place in the Exhibition nomination (Display, see the list of nominees in this section) in the WAF festival review competition. Throughout the festival, the Copenhagen Aquarium building was among the favorites of the jury and contenders for the main WAF award - the title of "Building of the Year", but in the end lost it to the New Zealand art gallery Toi-o-Tamaki.
Copenhagen Aquarium soon after its opening began to be called a new European landmark. Outside, it looks like a giant steel screw, inside, on an area of more than 9,000 square meters, there are 53 aquariums, 7 million liters of water supplied from the Øresund Strait, 450 species of fish and aquatic mammals (among them is the largest collection of sharks in Europe). Today this building is the largest oceanarium in Northern Europe.
One of the main tasks during the construction was to choose such a heat-insulating material that can serve for many years in the humid coastal climate of Denmark, and, on the other hand, to be convenient when installing on unusual facades and roofs. Since the building is located next to Copenhagen airport, it was necessary to protect the inhabitants of the Aquarium from the noise of aircraft engines.
The solution to these problems was made possible by the use of ROCKWOOL's rigid 200 mm thick thermal insulation boards for ventilated facades in the Copenhagen Aquarium building. The high density of rigid slabs has enough mass to provide additional sound insulation. ROCKWOOL facade insulation is able to withstand the effects of moisture without losing its useful qualities. In addition, the stone wool from which these materials are made is fire resistant and reliably protects the facades of the building from fire.
Find out more about other architectural projects using ROCKWOOL materials here.
