Danish architecture studio Henning Larsen has broken ground on The New School, a primary school in Sundby that will be the first in Denmark to be given a Nordic Ecolabel.
The school is located in the Guldborgsund Municipality in the south of Denmark and set to become the area's largest construction project.
It will be the first Danish primary school to be awarded the Nordic Ecolabel. This is the official sustainability certificate for the region and takes into account the project's energy consumption, indoor climate, chemical exposure and sustainable material use.
Top: the school will appear as if rising from the landscape. Above: it will have a wood-clad exterior
"We are making history within Danish school construction," the chairman of the Children, Family, and Education Committee of Guldborgsund Municipality, Simon Hansen, said. "We have made a conscious, political choice to invest in sustainable construction, and our new school gets one of the finest quality stamps with the Nordic Ecolabel."
Designs for the two-storey school were first revealed last year and show a c-shaped structure that blends in with the surrounding landscape.
Its roof will meet the ground and merge into the terrain, forming a walkable green roof that can be accessed by the public at all times.

The school will incorporate a number of spaces that open up to the outside to take advantage of its proximity to nature.
A series of sports facilities, music rooms, a library and large tea...