Scan Magazine | Special Theme | Nordic Architecture & Design Special – Denmark
The Mærsk Tower is based on an overall triangular shape with soft corners that enable researchers to connect via a single loop along the tower’s façades, while providing modern, innovative workspaces and great views.
High-rising the level of medical and health research in Denmark With the new Mærsk Tower, the University of Copenhagen has taken an architectural leap towards becoming a spearhead within health and medical sciences. C.F. Møller Architects, the architecture firm behind the design, has combined ground-breaking architecture, modern research facilities and an innovative layout to make the tower not just an inspiring place to work, but also an integrated part of Copenhagen’s Nørrebro neighbourhood. By Signe Hansen | Photos: Adam Moerk
With 42,700 square metres and 15 storeys placed in direct connection with the existing Panum Complex on Nørrebro, the new Mærsk Tower constitutes the architectural solution to a string of ex30 | Issue 105 | October 2017
tremely complex challenges. Providing researchers with world-class laboratories and students and lecturers with top-modern auditoriums, the tower has everything required of a leading science
centre. However, rather than assuming the secluded shut-off air of many hightech research facilities, the Mærsk Tower is designed to facilitate meetings and knowledge sharing not just within the building, but also between the building and its surrounding environment. Partner at C.F. Møller Architects and lead architect on the project, Mads Mandrup Hansen, explains: “The primary aim has been to create a borderless, flexible and stimulating research fellowship across institutes, departments and external partners. At the same time, the exter-