Novonesis Innovation Campus / Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects

A well-functioning Innovation Campus with understated extravagance - The Novonesis Innovation Campus is a modern centre for innovation, knowledge-sharing, and customer support as well as an inspiring and efficient workplace. It is designed for Novonesis, a global bioscience company, serving food, dairy, beverage, nutritional and agricultural industries. The keyword for the new campus is well-functioning, understated extravagance. It interprets classic Danish modernism in a contemporary way through clear tectonics, easy wayfinding, and high-end materials inside out, such as oak and natural stone – all with a high level of detailing. The new functions include a dairy, laboratories, a customer-support centre, an auditorium, meeting spaces, offices, and a canteen. Situated in a forest in a 1960s masterplan by Arne Jacobsen, the Innovation Campus now harmonise with the beautiful surroundings and showcases how an extension can turn worn-down, mono-functional buildings into a coherent innovation hub by interweaving new functions. This reduced demolition and the gross area, thus minimising climate imprint.