The Five Sisters ( Danish : De fem søstre) is a building and silo complex in Aarhus , Denmark which is an Industrial Heritage Site of Denmark . It is situated on the Mellemarmen pier on the industrial section of the Port of Aarhus in Aarhus city center. The silos represent the transition from manual to mechanized labor during the second wave of industrialization in the early 20th century and are symptomatic of the relationship between agriculture, industry and transport in the city. The Five Sisters were the first reinforced concrete structure to be erected in Aarhus and at the time it was the only building apart from the cathedral to rise above the city.
11-775: Five Sisters may refer to: The Five Sisters (Aarhus) , a silo complex in Denmark Five Sisters (Burlington, Vermont) Five Sisters of Kintail , a ridge with five summits in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland Five Sisters Productions , American film production company Five Sisters (West Calder) , a group of shale bings north of the mining village in Scotland Five Sisters window , in York Minster, England Five Sisters Zoo ,
22-462: A more modern solution. In the 1890s silos were increasingly used. The earliest were placed inside existing buildings but later on dedicated structures of reinforced concrete became the norm. In 1898 the farmer's cooperative Jysk Andelsfoderstofforretning (JAF) was established and headquartered in Aarhus for the purpose of managing and selling agricultural products. The company became one of
33-535: A zoo in West Lothian, Scotland. Five Sisters Park , an urban park in Warsaw, Poland The five Barrison Sisters , a late 19th-century vaudeville act Satellite Sisters , an ABC Radio program featuring five sisters Five American oil companies ( Standard Oil of California , Standard Oil of New Jersey , Standard Oil of New York , Texaco , and Gulf Oil ) which were the first to obtain oil concessions in
44-423: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Five Sisters (Aarhus) In the 1800s grain was typically stored in bulk or in sacks in storehouses or merchant's attics in a process that was both labor intensive and physically demanding. The risk of the products rotting or catching fire combined with the rising amount of cargo arriving made it necessary to find
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66-411: The largest in the country, opening trade hubs throughout the realm. In 1927 the silo complex was erected in the south harbor with designs by the architect Hjalmar Kjær . The new structure heralded a change in labor processes with physically demanding work being replaced by electrical engines and elevators. Initially the silos had capacity for 12000 cubic meter oilseed and 13800 cubic meter grain while
77-414: The lifting systems could handle 120 metric tonnes per hour. Building the silos into one structure made it possible to aerate the grain by moving it from one silo to another with electrical cup elevators and later vacuums. The elevators were also used to load and unload cargo ships and at the same time unloading coal became mechanized with cranes. The system was the beginning of a greatly reduced labor force in
88-472: The port. The productivity benefits quickly became apparent; ships increased in size proportionally to the amount of cargo that could be handled. The Five Sisters was the first but other complexes followed shortly; Aarhus Oliefabrik built a 20.000 cubic meter silo and in 1930 Korn- og Foderstof Kompagniet completed another large silo complex. In 1969 JAF merged with a number of other companies to form Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab (DLG) which still owned
99-422: The silo complex in the 2010s. The Five Sisters was initially not received well due to their size and industrial appearance. The cathedral had since the 1500s been the dominant feature of the skyline and the equally tall silos were by many considered an eyesore in comparison. However, some architects have also noted them as an inspiration for later industrial and functionalist architecture. The Five Sisters
110-462: Was designed by architect Hjalmar Kjær and engineer Jørgen Christensen. It was the largest silo complex in the Nordic countries when it was completed and it was a technologically advanced replacement for the former storehouses. The complex includes 5 silos and a storehouse in 2 stories constructed of white painted re-enforced concrete with smooth, homogeneous facades absent any decoration. The area chosen
121-454: Was swampy in a newly developed part of the harbor making it necessary to use a piled foundation with 1200 14 meter long poles. The warehouse sits on a floating raft foundation . The Five Sisters marks the beginning of industrial Functionalist architecture in Denmark but can be best described as Neoclassical in style due to its historicist references. The name of the complex references
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