Copenhagen, Denmark
1985 - 1991
CBS Dalgas Have Campus
An architectural highlight of the Copenhagen Business School campus, Dalgas Have integrates residential and student life with an academic focus. Designed in a dialogue with the ever-changing Danish light, long, stately hallways and warm communal spaces create an environment for CBS students to meet and learn.
Project details
Completed five years after Henning Larsen’s iconic Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Riyadh, the Dalgas Have Campus follows parallel design cues, adapted to reflect the aesthetic and cultural background of Denmark. The CBS campus was completed in 1989, while the housing complex was completed in 1991.
A three-story, 175-meter long hallway serves as the spine of the project´s academic building, which integrates numerous skylights, thousands of mirrors, interior fountains and a white color scheme to radiate seasonally sparse Danish daylight throughout the building.
Working internationally allows us the privilege of learning from spatial traditions across the globe and combining them with our Scandinavian heritage to create meaningful experiences through design.
Designed to learn
The main hall supports CBS’ linguistics program with classrooms, laboratories, administrative offices, and an expansive auditorium. At the midpoint of the hallway a two-story semi-circular cafeteria sits below a semi-circular library. Across from the main hall are student housing facilities and a green, open garden – The result is a comprehensive academic ecosystem, purpose built to inspire focus and discovery.
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The Dalgas Have housing complex
Designed and built after the completion of the CBS campus in 1989, Dalgas Have’s housing development consists of 484 apartments including communal facilities and a nursery and kindergarten. The buildings are placed on two intersecting axes. At the intersection point, a small square is formed, with the entrance of Copenhagen Business School on one side and the common rooms of the housing complex and a small restaurant on the other.
Two semi-circular buildings make up the center of the complex – referred to as the ‘arch houses,’ which are tied together by a connecting building in front of the square. These large white houses and the school fit together as a single whole, with a U-shaped gallery house, 16 five-story brick apartments, and parking grounds lying at the outskirts of the neighborhood.
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