01.01.2013 Florian Maier

Danish Yin Yang: MOE Office Building

schmidt hammer lassen architects designed the 7,500-m²-building organized as one long spiral staircase. The result is a dynamic office environment that creates synergy and encourages movement.

Architect: schmidt hammer lassen architects
Location: Buddingevej 272, 2860 Søborg, Denmark

Photograph: Adam Mørk

The new corporate headquarter for the Danish engineering company MOE is a significant and sculptural building that connects Buddinge centre in the infrastructural intersection between Buddinge station, the road of Buddingevej and a future light rail. The area is part of Gladsaxe municipality’s urban strategy to intensify built-up areas, which has made it possible to develop a tall and dense building on the site.

Photograph: Adam Mørk

The central location in Buddinge was ideal for a corporate headquarters, and schmidt hammer lassen architects has worked closely together with MOE during development of the project. “For MOE, it was important that the spirit of the building supported their corporate brand.  Already from the first sketches, they talked about dynamics and synergy. From there, came the idea of a long spiral staircase all the way up through the building levels, so the building in itself encourages movement,” states Kristian Lars Ahlmark, partner at schmidt hammer lassen architects.

Photograph: Adam Mørk

Instead of designing a classic atrium building, schmidt hammer lassen architects proposed a Yin Yang shape, where two building volumes are staggered and at the same time interlocked. The idea of the building as an atrium with an active staircase was taken to the extreme. The building itself became one long staircase where the working areas are placed on what look like oversized landings.
 
“The result is an office building with displaced levels linked by two staircases, where you use the staircase to move from one floor to the next without landings. Instead of having four to five levels we end up having nine levels but with a leap of half a storey at a time,” Kristian Ahlmark explains.

Photograph: Adam Mørk

Sustainable measures
The office building is pre-certified as DGNB silver and meets the requirements of the Danish 2015 energy classification. The energy-optimizing measures in the building include high-insolating windows, heat recovery and 300 m² of solar cell panel on the roof. The DGNB certification also includes measures regarding accessibility and bicycle parking.
 
Besides the function as an office building, the development also consists of a base in light grey concrete with a shopping area of approximately 4,000 m² at ground floor level, connecting to parking areas in the two subterranean levels and on the roof. The two-piece office building sits on top of the base with five east-facing and four west-facing floor levels. The facade is clad in a black ceramic brick tile.
 
The dynamic line of the building continues in the interior design and decoration, also designed by schmidt hammer lassen architects.

Photograph: Adam Mørk

The official inauguration took place on 27 September 2013 when MOE opened the doors to their new head office in Buddinge near Copenhagen. Project data

Client: Sophienberg Real Estate Development A/S
Contractor: Myhlenberg – Søren Vangsted Vest A/S
Engineer: MOE A/S
Area: 11,500 m²
Construction period: 2012–2013
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