Tap E
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Tap E is a former storage building of a bottling plant in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen
, Denmark
, part of Carlsberg's historic brewery site which is now known simply as the Carlsberg area
. After the production of beer in the area stopped in 2009, the listed building has been taken unto use as a cultural venue which houses both a centre for modern dance, Dansehallerne, and Fotografisk Center
, a gallery and digital laboratory dedicated to fine art photography.
The building borders on the J. C. Jacobsen Garden
accessed through a pergola running along the left-hand side of the building.
, Tap E was originally built as a mineral water factory in 1922 to the design of the architect Carl Harild who also designed a number of other buildings in the area for Carlsberg around that time. The plant soon became too small and in 1927 was expanded with three additional floors. In 1962 the architect Sven Eske Kristensen designed another extension which made it the largest production facility for mineral water in the Nordic countries.
In the 1980s the production of mineral water moved to the Tuborg site in Hellerup
. The building was instead used for a production line of export beer, giving rise to its current name (E for Export). In the 1990s the production of export beer stopped and was replaced by the production of canned beer in connection with the re-introduction of beer cans in the Danish market.
In late 2008, Carlsberg terminated the production of beer at the Valby site, concentrating their production of beer in Denmark at their brewery site in Fredericia
, and it was decided to redeveop the grounds in Valby into a new urban neighbourhood.
The Dansehallerne centre of modern dance opened in the building on 16 August 2009 Later it has been joined by Fotografisk Center
, a centre for fine art photography previously located in the ground floor of Kunstforeningen
s building at Gammel Strand
, which moved into larger premises in the building on 1 February 2011.
to Functionalism
. Structurally it consists of bearing granite pillars with timber fillings. The recessed upper section is surrounded by a roof balcony.
Tap E was listed in 2009 along with a number of other buildings in the Carlsberg area which is also designated as a industrial heritage site.
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, part of Carlsberg's historic brewery site which is now known simply as the Carlsberg area
Carlsberg (district)
Carlsberg is an area straddling the border of Valby and Vesterbro districts in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 33 hectares and is the former industrial site of the Carlsberg Breweries, which decommissioned their Valby brewery at the end of 2008, concentrating their production of...
. After the production of beer in the area stopped in 2009, the listed building has been taken unto use as a cultural venue which houses both a centre for modern dance, Dansehallerne, and Fotografisk Center
Fotografisk Center
Fotografisk Center is an exhibition space in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to international and Danish photographic art. Since 1 February 2011 it has been based in the Tap E building in the Carlsberg area on the border between Vesterbro and Valby.-History:...
, a gallery and digital laboratory dedicated to fine art photography.
The building borders on the J. C. Jacobsen Garden
J. C. Jacobsen Garden
The J. C. Jacobsen Garden , also known as the Academy Garden , is a public garden in the Carlsberg area of Copenhagen, Denmark...
accessed through a pergola running along the left-hand side of the building.
History
Part of the historic Carlsberg Brewery site in ValbyValby
' is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Located in the southwestern corner of Copenhagen Municipality, it is a heterogeneous mixture of different types of housing - including apartment blocks, terraced housing, areas with single-family houses and allotments, as well as remains...
, Tap E was originally built as a mineral water factory in 1922 to the design of the architect Carl Harild who also designed a number of other buildings in the area for Carlsberg around that time. The plant soon became too small and in 1927 was expanded with three additional floors. In 1962 the architect Sven Eske Kristensen designed another extension which made it the largest production facility for mineral water in the Nordic countries.
In the 1980s the production of mineral water moved to the Tuborg site in Hellerup
Hellerup
Hellerup is a Danish town of Region Hovedstaden, located in the Gentofte Municipality in Denmark. It is bordered to the east by the sound Øresund and to the South by Copenhagen and counted among the most affluent areas in Denmark....
. The building was instead used for a production line of export beer, giving rise to its current name (E for Export). In the 1990s the production of export beer stopped and was replaced by the production of canned beer in connection with the re-introduction of beer cans in the Danish market.
In late 2008, Carlsberg terminated the production of beer at the Valby site, concentrating their production of beer in Denmark at their brewery site in Fredericia
Fredericia
Fredericia is a town located in Fredericia municipality in the eastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark, in a sub-region known locally as Trekanten, or The Triangle...
, and it was decided to redeveop the grounds in Valby into a new urban neighbourhood.
The Dansehallerne centre of modern dance opened in the building on 16 August 2009 Later it has been joined by Fotografisk Center
Fotografisk Center
Fotografisk Center is an exhibition space in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to international and Danish photographic art. Since 1 February 2011 it has been based in the Tap E building in the Carlsberg area on the border between Vesterbro and Valby.-History:...
, a centre for fine art photography previously located in the ground floor of Kunstforeningen
Kunstforeningen
Kunstforeningen , now officially called Gammel Strand after its address, is an exhibition space and non-profit membership organization located at Gammel Strand in Copenhagen, Denmark...
s building at Gammel Strand
Gammel Strand
Gammel Strand is a street and public square in central Copenhagen, Denmark. On the south side it borders on the Slotsholmens Canal while the north side is lined by a row of brightly coloured houses from the 18th and 19th century...
, which moved into larger premises in the building on 1 February 2011.
Architecture
The building represents the transition from NeoclassicismNeoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...
to Functionalism
Functionalism
Functionalism may refer to:* Functionalism , or structural functionalism, a theoretical tradition within sociology and anthropology* Functionalism * Functionalism...
. Structurally it consists of bearing granite pillars with timber fillings. The recessed upper section is surrounded by a roof balcony.
Tap E was listed in 2009 along with a number of other buildings in the Carlsberg area which is also designated as a industrial heritage site.