Lundgaard & Tranberg - Kilen/The Wedge

Lundgaard & Tranberg
The Wedge
Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen, Denmark

The two-stage architectural competition, won by Lundgaard & Tranberg, consisted of a new faculty building and an overall plan for the future expansion of the entire CBS campus.

photo: arcspace

The new faculty building is situated on a tapering site, framing the longitudinal main footpath through the campus area, and rounding off the campus area towards Solbjerg Place.
Named the “Wedge,” because of its wedge-shaped geometry, the main body of the 4-story building rests on an organically shaped one-story base that appears as an extension of the campus landscape.

Two equally important entrances take the form of passages through the ground floor landscape where the most public areas, café, lounge and study places, are located on stepped platforms.

The interior is organized around a 5-story atrium, the unifying spatial focus, where two glass elevators and a spiral staircase connect to the upper floors.

Large circular skylights draws daylight into the depth of the building. There are few fixed elements which allows for flexible room sizes with access from the open walkways around the atrium.
The atrium also forms part of the climate control system, based primarily on natural ventilation.

The exterior is characterised by floor high shutters in various materials, giving the building an always changing facade determined by the weather, the time of day or night, and the changing activities behind the facade.

The expansion of the campus area will take place in step with changing needs, ensuring at all times that the campus area retains its unified look, tied together by a few distinct landscape elements: a central promenade, gently undulating lawns and a number of large groves of red oak.

Drawing courtesy Lundgaard & Tranberg
Site Plan

Drawing courtesy Lundgaard & Tranberg
Mezzanine Plan

Drawing courtesy Lundgaard & Tranberg
First Floor Plan
Drawing courtesy Lundgaard & Tranberg
Longitudinal Section

Total floor area: 10,700 square meters
Basement area: 2,900 square meters
Completed: 2006

Client: Copenhagen Business School
Architects: Lundgaard & Tranberg
Engineers: Niras A/S
Landscape architects: Marianne Levinsen / Algreen & Bruhn

Lene Tranberg was recently awarded the C.F. Hansen Medallion, the highest honor for an architect in Denmark.

C.F Hansen arcspace feature

Lundgaard & Tranberg arcspace features

August 21, 2006





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		Lundgaard & Tranberg The Wedge Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen, Denmark The two-stage architectural competition, won by Lundgaard & Tranberg, consisted of a new faculty building and an overall plan for the future expansion of the entire CBS campus. photo: arcspace The new faculty building is situated on a tapering site, framing the longitudinal main footpath through the campus area, and rounding off the campus area towards Solbjerg Place. Named the “Wedge,” because of its wedge-shaped geometry, the main body of the 4-story building rests on an organically shaped one-story base that appears as an extension of the campus landscape. Two equally important entrances take the form of passages through the ground floor landscape where the most public areas, café, lounge and study places, are located on stepped platforms. The interior is organized around a 5-story atrium, the unifying spatial focus, where two glass elevators and a spiral staircase connect to the upper floors. Large circular skylights draws daylight into the depth of the building. There are few fixed elements which allows for flexible room sizes with access from the open walkways around the atrium. The atrium also forms part of the climate control system, based primarily on natural ventilation. The exterior is characterised by floor high shutters in various materials, giving the building an always changing facade determined by the weather, the time of day or night, and the changing activities behind the facade. The expansion of the campus area will take place in step with changing needs, ensuring at all times that the campus area retains its unified look, tied together by a few distinct landscape elements: a central promenade, gently undulating lawns and a number of large groves of red oak. Drawing courtesy Lundgaard & Tranberg Site Plan Drawing courtesy Lundgaard & Tranberg Mezzanine Plan Drawing courtesy Lundgaard & Tranberg First Floor Plan Drawing courtesy Lundgaard & Tranberg Longitudinal Section Total floor area: 10,700 square meters Basement area: 2,900 square meters Completed: 2006 Client: Copenhagen Business School Architects: Lundgaard & Tranberg Engineers: Niras A/S Landscape architects: Marianne Levinsen / Algreen & Bruhn Lene Tranberg was recently awarded the C.F. Hansen Medallion, the highest honor for an architect in Denmark. C.F Hansen arcspace feature Lundgaard & Tranberg arcspace features August 21, 2006