Promotion: the OMA-designed, multifunctional BLOX building on the Copenhagen harbourside aims to promote interdisciplinary thinking to help build a more sustainable future.
Home to four organisations that focus on architecture, design and creativity, BLOX welcomes more than 250,000 visitors each year, while more than 1,000 people work at the building.
More than 250,000 people visit the building each year. Photo by Rasmus Hjortshoj
With BLOXHUB, Danish Architecture Center, DDC ? Danish Design Center, and Creative Denmark all located in the building, it aims to be a "cross-disciplinary ecosystem" focused on collaboration.
"We need to collaborate closer than ever and innovate across sectors, competencies and borders," said Majken Kalhave, executive director at Creative Denmark and a member of the BLOX management team.  "Otherwise, we will not be able to translate our common agenda of sustainability into practices." Around 1,000 people work at BLOX. Photo by Nikolai Linares
The focus on collaboration between disciplines aligns with the calls to action made at the recent UIA World Congress of Architects, which was hosted in Copenhagen last year. At the event, BLOXHUB hosted a series of nine science talks including with the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCD) director Saleemul Huq.
By providing a space for professions across the built environment and creative industries, BLOX aims to encourage discussion and disseminatio...