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Red Cross Volunteer House in Copenhagen
Office Building Project in Copenhagen, Sjælland, Denmark – design by COBE
19 Dec 2018
Red Cross Volunteer House
Architects: COBE
Location: 27 Blegdamsvej, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Red Cross Volunteer House
The Red Cross Volunteer House gives 34,000 volunteers a setting for the continuous development of their work in Denmark.

The building is designed by COBE in cooperation with the 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.
The Red Cross Volunteer House is an extension of the national headquarters of Red Cross in Denmark in Copenhagen. The triangular building has a 850 sqm roof that acts as a large public staircase extending from the street level to the second floor of the building.

The extension, which has a floorspace of 750 m2, is placed partially below ground and serves as the main entrance to both the headquarters and the volunteer centre. The Red Cross Volunteer House was designed with the ambition of creating a new meeting place for the 34,000 Red Cross volunteers as well as a new public space ? an urban living room that gives something back to the city. That ambition has been realized.

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