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Danish Crown Headquarters in Randers
23 Feb 2021
Danish Crown HQ
Design: CEBRA
Location: Randers, Denmark
Danish practice CEBRA has won the competition to design the new headquarters for food manufacturer Danish Crown set to be built in Randers, Denmark. The three-winged building and surrounding landscape are designed as a network- and activity-based work environment to support social relations and employee wellbeing.

The design takes cues from historic Danish farm buildings and agricultural village communities to create a work and innovation environment that spans the company?s 130-year history with roots in the cooperative movement to their goal of delivering climate neutral production by 2050.
Modelled on farm and village communities

CEBRA?s proposal uses the typical Danish farm building with its solid brickwork, hipped roof, and high ridge to create identifiable signature for the headquarters. Three wing buildings are pushed together on one side to frame the main entrance and fan out to the north towards to open landscape. The wings are offset to one another so that they gather around a central inner hub, like the farm?s courtyard or the community green in nucleated villages.

This large pivotal space serves as the building?s vibrant heart with centrally located common facilities such as canteen, show kitchen, and employee store. It also links the building vertically by me...