Take a Look at Bjarke Ingels’ New Copenhagen Headquarters
The build was centered on sustainable development.
Renowned Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has unveiled his new Copenhagen headquarters. Housing 300 employees, the building is located in the city’s Nordhavn neighborhood on a pier that largely houses warehouses and maritime ports.
With the building, which took two years to construct, Ingles sought to lead with his flagship “LEAPP” approach, standing for “Landscape, Engineering, Architecture, Planning and Product Design.”
The building itself is made out of concrete and features seven stories. A combination of solar and geothermal energy systems allows the building to be powered by 60% renewable energy.
A staircase of blackened steel connects seven floors, while a column made out of six different types of rock sits at the center of the building.
“The idea behind LEAPP is an architecture practice as a renaissance, interdisciplinary body of people and knowledge – LEAPP being the acronym for Landscape, Engineering, Architecture, Product, and Planning,” Ingles said. “Every single aspect of LEAPP has been involved in our HQ, including the planning, the product design, the very complex stacking of the concrete elements.”
