Lysgården
Lysgården
2024, London
Lysgården is a new academic innovation campus designed to bring students, researchers, and industry together under one roof. Inspired by Denmark’s long tradition of light-driven architecture, the campus combines clarity, openness, and material honesty.
Lysgården is a new academic innovation campus designed to bring students, researchers, and industry together under one roof. Inspired by Denmark’s long tradition of light-driven architecture, the campus combines clarity, openness, and material honesty.
A campus shaped for interdisciplinary learning
A campus shaped for interdisciplinary learning
Lysgården sits at the heart of Copenhagen’s emerging knowledge district — a growing cluster of universities, research hubs, and creative institutions. The building offers a mix of flexible teaching spaces, open-plan studios, specialist laboratories, and quiet research zones, all arranged around a central courtyard that acts as the social core of the campus.
Timber, glass, and light concrete define the architectural language: warm, tactile, and understated. Generous daylight, high ceilings, and clean structural lines create spaces that feel both calm and purposeful, supporting the focused energy of academic life.
Lysgården sits at the heart of Copenhagen’s emerging knowledge district — a growing cluster of universities, research hubs, and creative institutions. The building offers a mix of flexible teaching spaces, open-plan studios, specialist laboratories, and quiet research zones, all arranged around a central courtyard that acts as the social core of the campus.
Timber, glass, and light concrete define the architectural language: warm, tactile, and understated. Generous daylight, high ceilings, and clean structural lines create spaces that feel both calm and purposeful, supporting the focused energy of academic life.
Lysgården offers a variety of environments tailored to different modes of learning and research:
Open studios designed for group work, design development, and hands-on experimentation.
Quiet study and reading rooms positioned along the façade, benefiting from soft natural light.
Specialist teaching rooms and labs equipped for scientific, digital, and interdisciplinary research.
Workshop areas that encourage prototyping, model-making, and technical exploration.
A series of communal zones — including a café, lounge spaces, and informal seating steps — bring students together and give the campus a strong social identity. These spaces open directly toward the central courtyard, strengthening the connection between indoors and outdoors.
Lysgården offers a variety of environments tailored to different modes of learning and research:
Open studios designed for group work, design development, and hands-on experimentation.
Quiet study and reading rooms positioned along the façade, benefiting from soft natural light.
Specialist teaching rooms and labs equipped for scientific, digital, and interdisciplinary research.
Workshop areas that encourage prototyping, model-making, and technical exploration.
A series of communal zones — including a café, lounge spaces, and informal seating steps — bring students together and give the campus a strong social identity. These spaces open directly toward the central courtyard, strengthening the connection between indoors and outdoors.
Spaces that support creativity, research and community
Spaces that support creativity, research and community
Solving complex site and infrastructure challenges
Solving complex site and infrastructure challenges
The project required careful navigation of an existing network of district-heating lines, service tunnels, and municipal restrictions. The design team developed a staggered footprint that avoids underground infrastructure while creating a varied spatial experience around the site. This subtle shaping of the massing allowed for a generous courtyard, improved daylight distribution, and seamless pedestrian circulation.
Sustainability strategies were embedded from the outset: high-performance façades, low-energy systems, locally sourced materials, and an environmentally responsive design that reduces operational load while creating a comfortable year-round interior climate.
The project required careful navigation of an existing network of district-heating lines, service tunnels, and municipal restrictions. The design team developed a staggered footprint that avoids underground infrastructure while creating a varied spatial experience around the site. This subtle shaping of the massing allowed for a generous courtyard, improved daylight distribution, and seamless pedestrian circulation.
Sustainability strategies were embedded from the outset: high-performance façades, low-energy systems, locally sourced materials, and an environmentally responsive design that reduces operational load while creating a comfortable year-round interior climate.
Veiro Studio,
42 Vesterbrogade,
Vesterbro,
Copenhagen,
1620, Denmark
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Veiro Studio,
42 Vesterbrogade,
Vesterbro,
Copenhagen,
1620, Denmark
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