Our Favourites: Three Danish educational buildings by COBE

Instrument of Change: Library and culture house in Tingbjerg

Tingbjerg is a planned neighbourhood from the 1950s. Today it is a multicultural area of Copenhagen, where the citizens have been missing a place to assemble and engage with each other.
Now, the new library and culture house by Cobe Architects will become a new meeting point and strengthen the sense of community among local residents.

Client: Stadt Kopenhagen und housing corporations fsb SAB
Architecture: Cobe Architects
Location: Tingbjerg, Skolesiden 4, DK-2700 Brønshøj (DK)

This is Where the Music Plays: Roskilde Folk High School by COBE and MVRDV

The Danish city of Roskilde is known for its big annual music festival. Recently, the Roskilde Festival Folk High School by COBE and MVRDV opened next door to the outdoor grounds. At this school, music sets the tone throughout the year.

Architektecture: COBE & MVRDV
Structural engineering: Norconsult
Energy consulting: Transsolar
Location: Havsteensvej 11, 4000 Roskilde (DK)

Mini village: Kindergarten in Denmark

How do children see a house? This is one of the questions the architects at COBE asked themselves in planning Frederiksvej Kindergarten. The ensemble of eleven small houses they came up with is notable for its restraint. At the same time the simple volumes are tantamount to a built version of a simple line drawing, thus reflecting the way houses are seen through the eyes of children.

Client: Frederiksberg Kommune
Architecture: COBE
Location: DK–Kopenhagen