If you are an architecture enthusiast then this new architecture hub is a must-visit destination. Appearing on Copenhagen’s harbor front, a new architecture hub for design buffs is opening to the public this spring. Designed by the leading Dutch architecture firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), “BLOX” is designed to become the country’s melting pot for architects, designers, companies, researchers, and organizations.
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Designed by OMA partner, Ellen van Loon, who has led multiple award-winning projects, BLOX features a collection of rectangular masses.
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BLOX includes the “Danish Architecture Center” (DAC), which will act as a center for the built environment and urban solution. Considered as the first project in Denmark, the architecture hub is a large mixed-use building with public spaces, a fitness center, a harbor promenade, apartments, a restaurant and a playground for everyone to enjoy.
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“Our driving ambition is to inspire the Danes and international tourists who visit DAC to venture out and experience architecture on a 1:1 scale in its ideal element — the city itself,’ says Kent Martinussen, CEO of Danish Architecture Center.
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‘DAC will be a must-see destination for architecture and design enthusiasts from around the world’ added the CEO.
The opening of this architecture hub DAC displays an interesting, mind-provoking exhibition that sheds light on Danish homes and the lifestyle they provide.
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Meanwhile, “BLOXHUB” is an urban innovation hub with a vision of co-creating sustainable cities by becoming a bridge which connects people with the same goal together.
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This organization believes in the power of collaboration and sharing as a tool for achieving safe, sustainable cities.
According to Torben Klitgaard, BLOXHUB director, he states, ‘By bridging architecture, design, construction, and digitalization, we can unlock the full potential of cities as engines for growth and development and as places where people want to live. A stronger collaboration across sectors is crucial to creating better cities.’
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