Hansen Mansion


The Hansen Mansion is a Neoclassical town house in the Frederiksstaden neighbourhood of central Copenhagen, Denmark. Completed in 1835 to designs by Jørgen Hansen Koch, it now houses a fashion innovation centre.

History

The house was built in 1835 Andreas Nicolai Hansen to designs by Royal Master Builder Jørgen Hansen Koch.
The building was after Hansen's death in 1873 taken over by his eldest son, Alfred Hansen, whose former home at Sankt Annæ Plads 17 was taken over by his younger brother Harald Hansen.
The coffee wholesaler and dairy owner A. C. Gamél lived at Fredericiagade 21 from 1895 to 1904. The insurance company Fjerde Søforsikring was later based in the building.

Architecture

The mansion consists of two floors and a cellar. The main facade on Fredericiagade is five bays long while nine bays face Bredgade. It is designed in a strict Late Neoclassical style which was probably inspired by Karl Friedrich Schinkel's buildings in Berlin.
The building was listed in Class B in 1939.

KICK

The building now houses KICK, an innovation centre for collaboration between the European and Chinese fashion industry. It was opened in May 2013 as a collaboration between Kopenhagen Fur and Danish Fashion and Textile.