Rambøll Head Office ready for use

Rambøll Head Office is now ready for use, and on 9 August, 1,600 Rambøll staff members will move into their new domicile in the Ørestad district of Copenhagen. For Dissing+Weitling, this means that four years of work with one of the largest and most exciting domicile buildings in Denmark has hereby been brought to a conclusion.

The new 40,000 m2 headquarters, which brings all of the Danish Rambøll companies together under one roof, has been designed down to the smallest detail to support the company's visions of development, co-operation and knowledge sharing. Dissing+Weitling has translated these visions into a main architectural concept which draws its inspiration from Barcelona's lively shopping street, La Rambla. The 'rambla' at Rambøll Head Office unites the entire building both horizontally and vertically via inserted decks and balconies, and thereby, like a giant transport device, allows staff and visitors to move effortlessly between the eight storeys.

The rambla concept makes it surprisingly easy to find your way around the large building, and gives you a sense of being able to grasp the whole layout at once. At the same time, the architects have placed great emphasis on marking a clear transition from social, common spaces to quiet office areas. The working areas are located in small 'pockets' isolated from the flow of people through the building, and are positioned by the windows, so that everyone can enjoy daylight and views of the surroundings.

With the inauguration of Rambøll Head Office, the district of Ørestad South is beginning to take shape. Opposite RHO is the Copenhagen Towers building, where the four-star Crowne Plaza hotel provides a convenient place of accommodation for Rambøll's guests, while just down the street lie Ørestad Station, the Field's shopping centre and the downtown Ørestad area with its hotels and housing, based on the master plan by Daniel Liebeskind. And just a few kilometres away is Copenhagen Airport, with links to the rest of the world. As Rambøll themselves put it, they have now moved to the Biggest Crossroads in the Nordic countries.