Skovbakken School in Odder, Denmark Building, Jylland Design Project, Architecture Images
Skovbakken School in Odder
Jutland Architecture: Danish Education Development – design by CEBRA Architects
27 Sep 2017
Skovbakke Skolen
Architect: CEBRA
Location: Odder, Denmark
Skovbakken School

At Skovbakken in Odder, near Aarhus in Denmark, students and teachers welcome their new school. A school that, in addition to being the biggest investment in a new building in Odder Municipality, is designed based on a human scale with recognisable motives such as pitched roofs – and supports modern education and teaching. A school inspired by the local context.

Skovbakken is a primary school for 650 students. The new building replaces an existing school and is in its scale, its architectonic expression and in its materials inspired by its surroundings: the neighbourhood and the public forest.
?The school is designed as a two-storey building inspired by the existing context. We decided to use pitched roofs and a human scale that ensures identification for the students and the inhabitants in Odder?, explains founding partner at CEBRA, Carsten Primdahl.

He continues: ?We have preserved as many of the original trees as possible as they convey a soft transition to the green surroundings. The few trees we had to cut down have been reused in the interior as furnishings. In addition, wooden sections accentuate all entrances and in the interior the striking staircase is also mad...