C.F. Møller Danmark A/S - C.F. Møller Architects

Vitus Bering Innovation Park

Vitus Bering Innovation Park
© Julian Weyer

VITUS BERING INNOVATION PARK

C.F. Møller

ARCHITECTS
C.F. Møller

PHOTOGRAPHER
Julian Weyer

AREA
8000.0 m2

YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Horsens, Denmark

CATEGORY
Refurbishment

Text description provided by architect.

Teaching and entrepreneur start-up office facilities side by side – that's the philosophy behind the distinctive extension to the existing 1970’s structure of the University College Vitus Bering Denmark in Horsens.

Vitus Bering Innovation Park
© Julian Weyer
Vitus Bering Innovation Park
© Julian Weyer

The new Innovation building is designed to sit on a brick base, which is a direct continuation of the existing complex’ architecture, but from there on it is distinctly different and unique.

The building's dynamic and innovative character is expressed via its spiral shape.

On the facades, the movement is seen in the glazing strips that stretch towards the sky across the six storeys of the building and create the impression of a spiral sequence, while internally it is expressed via the main staircase in green fibre cement, which runs in a spiral form between the storeys in the unifying internal atrium.

Vitus Bering Innovation Park
© Julian Weyer
Vitus Bering Innovation Park
© Julian Weyer
Vitus Bering Innovation Park
© Julian Weyer

The inclined forms of the building also have the practical advantage of allowing a necessary fire escape route to be cut through the building.

The basic floor plan of the building is a simple and flexible layout, to allow the integration of numerous uses and adaptations.

The large and dynamic green stairway element leads to common meeting facilities and a roof terrace with a beautiful view of the Horsens Fjord.

Vitus Bering Innovation Park
© Julian Weyer
Vitus Bering Innovation Park
© Julian Weyer

The stairs land in a different position on each level, thus activating the entire atrium as the central hub of the building.

The atrium is covered by a dynamic, diagonally split roof-plane with circular skylights, of which one half forms the common roof terrace.

The Vitus Bering Innovation Park is one of the first office complexes in Denmark to be classified as low-energy class 1, which means that its energy efficiency is twice that of the minimum required by the Danish building regulations.

Vitus Bering Innovation Park
© Julian Weyer
Vitus Bering Innovation Park
© Julian Weyer

The low level of energy consumption is achieved through such factors as highly insulating windows and extra insulation on all of the building’s external surfaces.

Another feature is the building’s intelligent air conditioning system, which adjusts itself according to the number of people present in each individual room.


Vitus Bering Innovation Park
© Julian Weyer
Vitus Bering Innovation Park
© Julian Weyer


Vitus Bering Innovation Park
© Julian Weyer
Vitus Bering Innovation Park
© Julian Weyer


Vitus Bering Innovation Park
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Vitus Bering Innovation Park
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