The Niels Bohr Building is part of the Natural Sciences Faculty of the University of Copenhagen and houses the Mathematics, Data Science, Chemistry, and Physics faculties – including the Niels Bohr Institute. The building is constructed in the University Park between the Copenhagen neighbourhoods Nørrebro and Østerbro as part of the ‘Nørre Campus’ knowledge district.

NBB is a vibrant place, a setting for sojourn and contemplation throughout the day, where users get a real sense of being part of a significant knowledge environment with an international profile. NBB provides users with an everyday life and career in a building with spaces ranging from single person offices to highly specialised laboratories. In communal facilities, such as the ‘Troposphere’, all the users in the building can meet across affiliations and academic backgrounds. The Troposphere is an architectural personification of the boundless community.

The characteristic, prism-shaped façade, invests NBB with a highly distinctive identity. The secondary, noise-cancelling building envelope reduces transmission losses, and the cavities preheats the air from outside that is drawn into the building.

The building is structured in 9 vertical units – ‘towers’. Each floor plan in the towers is referred to as a ‘module’, containing offices, laboratories, and support services. Each module is about 600m2: a good size for an independent workplace in a larger community.

Between the nine towers is another important architectural hallmark for NBB: six characteristic courtyards that will start on the ground floor and progress all the way up through the building – up to 28 metres.

The building is part of the Government’s investment plan for the modernisation of university laboratories and is being constructed in two phases on either side of Jagtvej. Phase 1 is located on the eastern side of Jagtvej with approximately 36,500m2 in the University Park, while Phase 2 is established on the western side of Jagtvej with approximately 15,500m2 in a business area. The two buildings are connected by a ‘skywalk’ over Jagtvej, decorated on the underside by the artist, Malene Bach.