Interview with Monocle 24 Radio
Why open a café in an architecture studio? Monocle 24 Radio interviewed Dan Stubbergaard, founder of Cobe, to find out how Cobe and Depanneur are embracing the city by opening up the architects' studio to the public through an in-house café.
Listen to the interview in Chapter 3 here.
Lecture at BAU 2019 in Munich
Cobe will be participating in the BAU 2019 Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials and Systems in Munich, Germany, with a key note lecture by Dan Stubbergaard about Our Urban Living Room on Monday 14 January 2019. The BAU München is one of the world's leading fair trades for the construction industry.
Read more about the trade fair here.
Time:
Monday 14 January 2019 at 12.45 pm
Location:
Messe München GmbH – Entrance West, Hall C2/309
Messegelände
81823 München
Germany
The Silo wins Civic Trust Awards 2019
The Silo has been selected as winner of Civic Trust Awards 2019.
From 240 applications world wide, The Silo is recognisesd as an outstanding architectural project that improves the built environment and offers a positive social, cultural, environmental or economic benefit to its local community.
See more info here.
Cobe opens in-studio café in collaboration with Depanneur
As the first Danish architectural office, Cobe invites the people into their world, as the café is part of and located at Cobe's studio in Nordhavn. Cobe and Depanneur will work as the intermezzo between street and studio, and the idea is to create a cozy lobby vibe, where both Cobe’s guests and employees, neighbors and passers-bys can have a coffee, read a magazine, have an informal meeting, buy a book or take a look at the latest architecture models straight from the studio. The models in the café are all smaller versions of Cobe’s buildings and projects, thus the café hosts the unique opportunity to come inside and see where the surrounding architecture is born, and then go for a walk in Nordhavnen and the rest of Copenhagen and experience the architecture in 1:1 scale.
Opening hours:
Monday-Thursday 8:00am-5:00pm, Friday 8:00am-7:00pm
Where:
Cobe
Pakhus 54, Orientkaj 4, st.
DK-2150 Nordhavn
Denmark
Red Cross Volunteer House – a building turned into a public space
Cobe unveils the completed design of Red Cross Volunteer House. The building is designed by Cobe in cooperation with the red cross volunteers as a celebration of volunteer work and commitment and as a meeting place for the volunteers, the city and anyone wishing to contribute to the work the Red Cross does for marginalized citizens. Designed to fit within a wider context as a focal point for the 34,000 volunteers of Danish Red Cross, Red Cross Volunteer house expresses generosity as well as modesty.
The Red Cross Volunteer House is an extension of the national headquarters of Red Cross in Denmark in Copenhagen. Shaped as a triangle with a publicly accessible roof surface, the Volunteer House is designed with the ambition of being inviting and encouraging passers-by to enter and explore it. This is a building for the Red Cross volunteers, but it is also a public space for the city.
Last chance to visit Our Urban Living Room in Helsinki
Next week is your last chance to see Cobe's Our Urban Living Room exhibtion in Helsinki, closing on 30 November 2018.
The exhibition and accompanied book is based on Cobe's last 10 years of practice in Copenhagen, grounded in social livability and urban democracy with the aim to create buildings and spaces that invite Copenhageners to use and define them; as an extended living room, where the boundaries between private and public space become fluid.
See more images of the exhibition on our Facebook and Instagram and buy a copy of the Our Urban Living Room book through the online shop of Arvinius+Orfeus Publishing.
Lecture in Cologne
Project Director Caroline Nagel is participating in the round table discussion and lecture 'The Sooner Now' in Cologne, presenting Cobe's Deutzer Hafen and discussing innovative urban development and future living concepts.
The Sooner Now is a joint initiative by Freunde von Freunden and MINI fostering collective imaginations of urban futures. See more info here.
When:
November 20, 2018 at 4:30 PM – 8 PM
Where:
25 Hours Hotel
Im Klapperhof 22-24
50670 Cologne
Germany
Ultra-Fast Charging Stations win Building Awards 2018
Cobe’s Ultra-Fast Charging Stations is named winner of the Infrastructure Prize at Building Awards 2018. The jury found, among other things, that the ultra-fast charging stations are a step in the right direction if Denmark is to be free of petrol and diesel cars.
While it takes approx. five minutes to fill up your car with petrol, charging an electric vehicle today is a more time-consuming exercise. Cobe’s design for the ultra-fast charging station is based on a green rethink of the conventional petrol station. The charging station should not only minimize the charging time, but also create a meaningful break for the driver. The station takes the form of a series of structural ‘trees’, with ‘crowns’ that filter light and shade. The modular approach means that the design is scalable, and that one ‘tree’ can easily be multiplied to become a ‘forest’ depending on the required capacity.
The future is being built in Fredericia these days, with the first ultra-fast charging station under construction, set for completion in 2019.
Stockholm book launch of Our Urban Living Room
We are celebrating the Stockholm book launch of Our Urban Living Room next week. Please join us for two events:
A conversation with Cobe and Veronica Hejdelind from Arwidssonstiftelsen.
When: November 14 2018, 5.30 pm to 7 pm
Where: Konst-Ig, Åsögatan 124, 116 24 Stockholm, Sweden
See more info here
A lecture based on Cobe's ten years of practice, grounded in social liveability and urban democracy
When: November 15 2018. The lecture begins at 6 pm. Mingle with drinks, snacks and book sales from 5.30 pm
Where: Konstakademien, Fredsgatan 12, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden
See more info here
The Silo is nominated for EU Mies Award 2019
Out of 383 projects from 38 countries, The Silo is nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2019.
Biannually, the prize is granted by The Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the European Commission to acknowledge and reward quality architectural production in Europe. In this way, the Award draws attention to the major contribution by European professionals to the development of new ideas and technologies. At the same time, it offers both individuals and public institutions an opportunity to reach a clearer understanding of the cultural role of architecture in the construction of our cities. The Mies van der Rohe Award is the official architecture prize of the European Union.
40 shortlisted projects will be announced in January and the final winner in mid-April 2019.
Read more about the prize here.
