Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects has been chosen to design Novozymes new center for research and innovation in Lyngby in cooperation with GHB Landscape Architects with Rambøll as Management Contractor.

Novozymes innovation campus will be a cornerstone of Novozymes global business development and is designed as a scenic and visionary campus, containing optimum conditions for research and innovation in green surroundings near the Technical University of Denmark.

‘With the location in Lyngby, in close proximity to the Technical University of Denmark, our ambition is to create a global hub for biotech research. Our new campus will be important in creating the ultimate conditions for product development while simultaneously offering our employees a great workplace’, says Per Falholt, Executive Vice President for R&D at Novozymes.

As part of the campus construction, Novozymes will also establish a learning center, where students and visitors alike are invited to discover and learn about the magic of nature and biology.

The low rise buildings will be designed to complement the location, organized around a public campus park.

Thomas West Jensen, partner at Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects: ‘Novozymes new center for research and innovation is an exciting project with great perspective, in line with the strong expertise which Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects has achieved within the field of laboratory and research buildings. The new campus is a visionary project that will have great significance for Novozymes as a leading company and for the realization of a knowledge-vision for Lyngby-Taarbæk’.

The first phase – 30,000m2 – will be developed to make room for approx. 800 employees. Novozymes innovation campus is designed with the possibility of future extensions so that the campus could ultimately provide a framework for up to 2,500 employees.

The construction on the 140,000m2 lot at Dyrehavegård has an expected construction start at the end of 2016.