Signe Kongebro

Experience

Signe possesses a profound knowledge of sustainable building and masterplanning as well as the development of resource-conserving design. Her strong dedication to sustainable design has grown from her active participation in several interdisciplinary projects and her careful study of the basic properties of architecture and design. Signe is behind a series of open debates on sustainability in the company and additionally, she contributes to the societal debate through her engagement in networks such as the Climate Adaptation Panel of the Danish Energy Agency and the green think tank of Denmark, Concito.

Signe has a wide international experience, including masterplans as well as commercial and residential buildings. With her special qualifications in sketching and concept development, Signe has contributed to a number of competition entries worldwide. Signe has been responsible for several large-scale projects in the Netherlands and the Balkans and she competently coordinates the numerous cultural and cross-disciplinary elements of an international building process.

Facts

EMPLOYMENT
Henning Larsen Architects, 2001
Lecturer at the Danish Architects' Association and Aarhus School of Architecture
Lecturer at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Copenhagen 2000-05

POSITIONS OF TRUST
Examiner at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture
Member of the Climate Adaptation Panel of the Danish Energy Agency
Member of the building committee of the green think tank of Denmark, Concito
Head of jury, The Danish association of concrete producers, Dansk Beton

EDUCATION
MA in Architecture, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Copenhagen, 1999
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, 1998

FURTHER TRAINING
The Architect as a Process Manager, 2009
Mentoring of Experts, 2008
Resource-Conserving Architecture, 2005

MEMBER OF
The Danish Architects' Association
Sustainability Council, the Danish Association of Architectural Firms (chairman)

BORN
1972

LANGUAGES
Danish, English

Selected projects

Energinet.dk, Ballerup, Denmark, 4,000 m2, 1st prize
Kop Zuidas, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 250,000m2, commission
VU University Quarter Masterplan, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 500,000 m2, commission
Ørestad School, Copenhagen, Denmark, 15,000 m2, competition
FIH Bank, Copenhagen, Denmark, 15,000 m2, competition
A+E:3D, digital simulation tool, ELFORSK
Energimål.dk, digital tool for professional building owners, Realdania