A new entrance for NNE

  • Client

    NNE - Novo Nordisk Engineering Pharmaplan

  • Collaborators

    Over Byen Arkitekter & RAW mobility

  • Location

    Bredevej 2, DK-2830 Virum

  • Area

    1,999m2

  • Status

    Completed in 2016

A new entrance for NNE Novo Nordisk Engineering

Our landscape team has designed a new forecourt and arrival area in connection with the transformation of the old tobacco factory on Bredevej into new and modern office facilities in collaboration with Overbyen Arkitekter.

The Hirschsprung Hus property, which today houses NNE, was originally built for tobacco production. A. M. Hirschsprung & Sønner was one of Denmark's leading cigar and tobacco factories, and in the 1950s they moved from Copenhagen to the newly built factory in Virum.

The project is based on the site's existing qualities and identity and reinterprets the monumental architecture of the brick building into a brick-paved landscape that emphasises the soft curves of the terrain and the terrain jumps that, together with the precise building body, create a special experience. The brick surface is experienced as a unified carpet that softly blends into the green landscape that surrounds the building and characterises the area around Brede.

A precise demarcation between paved surfaces and plant beds emphasizes the contrast between culture and nature and creates a natural path of movement from Bredevej down towards the building's new main entrance. The planting consists of native species with great seasonal variation and dense ground cover. The brick is laid in varying combinations depending on the use of the coating, so that it is also possible to ensure good conditions for the delivery of goods to the building. The tiled surface is drawn under the "floating" arrival building and ends in an undulating transition between wall and floor, which provides a distinctive and beautiful space under the body of the building. The warm color and nuances of the bricks create a nice connection to the bricks on the facades of the old factory building, and the precise concrete edges that frame the brick surface emphasize the concrete construction that runs throughout the building. In this way, a connection is created between the building and urban space.

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