University unveils design for research facility
Research tower will serve as magnet for attracting best scholars The University of Copenhagen is planning to build a new 16-storey research tower in Nørrebro. The project forms part of an extension of the university’s Panum Institute situated in the...
The University of Copenhagen is planning to build a new 16-storey research tower in Nørrebro.
The project forms part of an extension of the university’s Panum Institute situated in the northern part of the city near Rigshospitalet and Fælledparken.
The new Panum complex is the launch pad for a new and broader strategy to construct a compressed city campus which will be known as Nørre Campus.
Aarhus-based architecture firm C.F. Møller has been assigned to lead the project. “The new Panum will be a unique landmark for Nørre Campus and the city – a real Copenhagen tower,” according to a statement released by C.F. Møller.
The project aims to reach out to the world and attract the world’s best researchers to a Danish research centre with international impact.
“We wish to bring the university closer to the business community and the city surrounding it,” they added.
The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2014.