Horsens CHP Plant

Type
Power and district plant

Address
Endelavevej, Horsens, Denmark

Area
10.000 m²

Client
I/S Skærbækværket

Landscape Architect
Svend Kierkegaard

Engineer
Hundsbæk & Henriksen

Year
1990–91
1st prize won in design contest 1989

Located on a strip of land extending into Horsens Fjord, the power plant is highly visible from the city as well as the surrounding fjord landscape.

The plant is cubic in form and encircled by a water basin. The cubic form is divided into two sections by an internal street; with refuse incineration in the ‘dirty’ section and turbines, workshops, and administration in the ‘clean’ section.

A bridge element spans over the internal street and contains the plant’s nerve centre – the control room – from which all technical processes are viewed and controlled.

Façade elements are clad in warm-toned glazed tile, with element frames, scuppers, and other special elements of coloured concrete.