Kay Fisker's Square

  • Client

    KLP Ejendomme

  • Collaborators

    Rambøll, 1:1 landskab

  • Location

    Kay Fiskers Plads, Ørestad City

  • Area

    50,000 m2

  • Status

    Completed in 2021

  • Sustainability Certification

    DGNB Gold

Kay Fisker's Square

The neighborhood around Ørestad Station is close to being fully developed – the multi-user building for KLP Properties at Kay Fiskers Plads in Ørestad City is one of the last buildings to complete the district.

The building occupies the entire construction site north of the Ferring Tower, so its facades shape the character of the four adjacent streets. KLP's building brings an urban atmosphere that strengthens Ørestad. The facades are built in a classic vertical order, giving the building a robust anchoring to the location. From the outside, the building is experienced with its light bricks and recessed, covered sections in a golden, anodized aluminum plate. Towards the curved street Arne Jacobsens Allé, the building steps down into subdivided townhouses, giving the street space along the Arne Jacobsen's Allé a human scale that interacts well with KHR Architects' Ørestad School on the opposite side of the street.

KLP's building on Kay Fiskers Plads is one of Ørestad City's best multi-user offices, housing small and medium-sized companies. The building includes the amenities that modern office businesses require. With an outward-facing reception/front office, canteen, various meeting facilities, and a wide range of work environments from open-plan offices to Touch Down, the building is prepared for a wide variety of business types.

The high ground floor stands as an open area, furnished with organic conference hubs, covered in a warm wood type. The ground floor is experienced as a bustling environment and a good meeting place for outward-facing companies. By virtue of its open and lively ground floor, a strong generator for city life in Ørestad City is created.

On the upper floors, workspaces are laid out that can be flexibly furnished and subdivided according to the requirements and needs of the individual tenants.

KLP's new building is located right by the Metro, the train, and the E20 motorway, not far from the airport and the Øresund Bridge.

In June 2013, KLP Properties invited four architectural firms to develop a proposal for the upcoming office building. The jury selected the proposal developed by Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects in collaboration with 1:1 Landskab and Rambøll as the winner. The jury highlighted the following in their report:

Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects' proposal has illuminated the connection between architecture and technology in a well-considered and thoroughly worked-out manner, making the building meet the future requirements for a modern and well-functioning office building. The project offers good proposals for architecture, materials, spatial solutions, and flexible workplace arrangements, efficient structural and technical systems, great robustness for future use, as well as a responsible environmental and sustainable profile.

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