Two Cobe projects are finalists in Architizer A+Awards
Tingbjerg Library and Culture House and Red Cross Volunteer House are finalists for Architizer A+ Awards 2019, in the Libraries and Architecture +Community categories, respectively.
The Architizer A+Awards is the world's largest awards program, celebrating the year’s best architecture, and the winner in each category will be decided based on the public's choice. Follow the links below to vote for Tingbjerg Library as your favourite library and Red Cross Volunteer House as best community building.
Vote for Tingbjerg Library and Culture House as your favourite library here.
Vote for Red Cross Volunteer House as best Architecture +Community here.
The voting ends 5 July.
The Ultra-Fast Charging Station – the sustainable alternative
The Ultra-Fast Charging Stations for electric vehicles are the green and sustainable alternative to the traditional gas stations. The stations are constructed in certified wood, topped by solar panels and surrounded by actual trees, grasses and other plantings selected in cooperation with the Danish Society for Nature Conservation (Danmarks Naturfredningsforening) with the aim of enhancing biodiversity around the station.
Moreover, all components of the construction can be broken down into usable and recyclable materials, while the choice of wood as a building material further emphasizes the building’s sustainable design.
In the longer term, it is the ambition that the Ultra-Fast Charging Stations will help make it more attractive to invest in EVs and thus promote the transition from fossil fuels to a more green, energy-efficient and CO₂-neutral transportation both in Denmark and abroad.
Nørreport Station exhibited at the Bicycle Architecture Biennale 2019
Nørreport Station is one of 15 selected projects exhibited at this year's Bicycle Architecture Biennale in Amsterdam.
The transformation of Nørreport Station is based on a study of preferred routes that formed the basis for the station’s new design. The new station accommodates parking lots for 2,500 bikes, and in order to create a clear hierarchy between the area for bicycles and the area for city life, all bicycle parking is placed 40 cm below the city floor – as sunken ‘bicycle beds’.
The Bicycle Architecture Biennale showcases outstanding built environment projects that transform places through the cycling culture as much more than just infrastructure. The exhibition runs from 17-21 June in Amsterdam before heading for an international tour.
Transforming Designmuseum Danmark
On June 17 2019 Dan Stubbergaard, founder of Cobe and Anne-Louise Sommer, director of Designmuseum Denmark, will share their ideas behind the process of turning Designmuseum Denmark “inside out” and talk about how this collaboration has been a lever for the museum’s strategy to reach visitors in a more immediate and aesthetical way and expand the museum experience.
The talk is part of the public conference "Communicating The Arts Copenhagen" and will take place at SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark at 2.00 pm. Find more info about the conference here
Dan Stubbergaard at The People's Democratic Festival in Denmark
On Friday June 14, Founder of Cobe Dan Stubbergaard will participate in two debates during this year's People's Democratic Festival (Folkemødet) at the Danish island of Bornholm.
12.00-12.45 pm: Debate on green urban development, taking its starting point in the upcoming C40 summit in October with Copenhagen as host city. During this debate, Dan Stubbergaard, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen and CPO of Realdania Nina Kovsted Helk will discuss the future green solutions to urban development in Copenhagen.
2.00-3.00 pm: Debate regarding the dilemmas in the building industry, moderated by Danish journalist Mads Steffensen.
NB: Both debates will be in Danish.
See the program and read more about Folkemødet 2019 here.
Cobe develops future living solutions for IKEA and Ikano Bostad
How to create a better everyday life for people in growing urban communities? For the last year, Cobe has developed solutions for future living, as part of the Better Living project, for IKEA and Ikano Bostad. The project looks at how to make future living more inclusive, diverse, sustainable and affordable, exploring a whole neighborhood as a home, as well as prototypes of a new type of 1:1 apartment aimed to simplify sharing between families, compact living and furnishing solutions for shared living. Our collaboration continues with IKEA and Ikano Bostad, creating extraordinary everyday life.
Køge North Station opens to the public
Today, His Royal Highness The Crown Prince inaugurated Køge North Station – a 225 meter long pedestrian bridge and train station built above the busiest motorway in Denmark, the Køge Bay Motorway.
Køge North Station will not only be a sustainable traffic hub for the public transport of the entire Copenhagen region connecting high-speed trains, local trains and the Køge Bay Motorway, but also a distinctive landmark for green mobility.
The station is expected to serve six local trains and three regional highspeed trains per hour direction, with around 90.000 people passing through the area daily. A significant step on the commute for the expected 8.000 daily users and symbol of Køge and Denmark's strive towards a sustainable, green and CO₂ neutral future.
The first of 48 Ultra-Fast Charging Stations for electric vehicles opens in Denmark
In cooperation with Powered by E.ON Drive & Clever, Cobe has designed a new type of sustainable charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) in Scandinavia. The stations not only promise to recharge a vehicle in just 15 minutes but also offer drivers and passengers a chance to recharge their own mental batteries while the car is being powered up.
The stations are constructed in certified wood and surrounded by trees, grass and shrubs with the aim of enhancing biodiversity around the station. All building components can be disassembled and reused.
Located in the Danish city of Fredericia, the first of its kind was inagurated today, and is part of an upcoming network of 48 ultra-fast, sustainable EV charging stations along Scandinavian highways.
Cobe and HAY reveal the Halftime Chair
Cobe and HAY reveal the design of the Halftime Chair. A chair designed and developed in a joint collaboration between Cobe and HAY, launched in connection with 3daysofdesign.
With a moulded veneer seat and back riveted directly to the steel-tube frame, Halftime is a resilient, stackable chair with a clear expression that perfectly balances lightness, strength, and functionality. Crafted by the desire to create an extremely strong and durable chair that can last generations and is versatile enough for a wide range of contexts, Halftime is suitable for use in institutions, factories, cafés, and boardrooms
“HAY’s designs give the impression that it’s OK to feel comfortable while using their products. Since we mostly design public buildings, cultural facilities and institutional structures, we’re always looking for ways to informalise formal spaces. I think that’s where HAY’s design principles and furniture shine”. — Dan Stubbergaard, Architect and Founder, Cobe.
Cobe Sessions No. 3 featuring Karsten Ifversen, Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss, Marc-Christoph Wagner and Dan Stubbergaard
Join us for a prominent debate where architecture is reflected through the lense of non-architects. We have invited Karsten Ifversen, Architecture Editor at Politiken, Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss, CEO at The Danish Architectural Press and Marc-Christoph Wagner, Editor at Louisiana Channel to discuss architecture from inside and outside. The debate is moderated by Architect and Founder of Cobe, Dan Stubbergaard.
The session will be in Danish. FREE admission. NO registration.
Cobe Sessions is a recurrent event held at our studio in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn. We invite different players in the architecture and design business to share and discuss their work. Our in-studio café run by Cobe and Depanneur is open during and after the event, where you are welcome to have a drink and hang out. See more info here
Time and location:
June 20 2019 at 4.30-8.00 pm at Cobe's studio, Orientkaj 4, DK-2150 Nordhavn.
