Astrid Krogh Public + Private commissions Industrial Design + Products Competitions Exhibitions Contact + Curriculum Vitae The Royal Danish Library Coloplast GN Store Nord Danish Museum of Decorative Art Danish State Railways — Tangen Vidr. Skole Trapholt Museum Maersk Data Suntiles Novo Nordisk Paustian The Danish Parliament Circle Light Malmø Kunstmuseum Næstved Kulturhus Swirl Ideal House Bergen Twinkle Danish Design Centre Frederiksberg Birkerød NRGI, Århus Kolding Kommune Birkerød Aktivitetscenter Maasland Hospital Halden Fengsel Vollsmose, Odense Gigantium, Aalborg — Brocade Maersk Data   01 02                 Project details Year: 2001 Mærsk Data A/S, Copenhagen, 2001. Architects C.F. Møllers Tegnestue A/S Material: Woven stainless steel netting with neon light behind it. Carpet, wool: 7 x 12 metres The neon light has two colour settings, and changes every 15 minutes. Dimensions: 4 x 14 metres The new Mærsk Data building is situated at one of the busiest roads out of Copenhagen. The building is characterized by pure grey concrete lines and large glass areas, and it is passed every day by thousands of cars. In the panopticon of the building Mærsk Data A/S wanted a decoration. The wall rises vertically throughseveral storeys and is centrally placed in the building, where many of the staff pass by every day, while at the same time it can be seen clearly from the road. The large woven steel wall covering of the decorationhas an acoustics-regulating effect and has been executed as a living, constantly moving wall surface. The effects of the decoration are very different depending on the season, the time of day and the weather. During the day the decoration will often look almost steel-grey against the surface with a slight effect of interference in the weave of the steel netting. Towards evening the colour from the neon tubes begins to appear more clearly, and at night the decoration stands as a shining wall hanging that can be seen clearly from the road outside.