Construction of the "Am Breiten Luch" school in the Lichtenberg neighbourhood of Berlin is in full swing. Janina Zerbe, Lars Kragh and Carsten Hyldebrandt have been on site with our client, HOWOGE, and our German partner, Renner Architekten. The school with its double sports hall is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2025 and will contribute to a neighbourhood uplift in the Lichtenberg district.
KHR Architecture has advised Denmark's Export and Investment Fund, EIFO, in a comprehensive space planning process in connection with a merger of three organisations, which later this year will have joint headquarters in Orienthuset in Nordhavn.
Of course, assisted living centres should first and foremost be a home for people who can no longer live safely in their own homes. However, when we design care homes, there are many other user groups that need to be catered for. It requires great professional insight into both the field and the architectural process to create care centres that are at the same time a good home, a good workplace and a place where, for example, relatives feel welcome.
Concept architect Douglas Brandon took a detour from Texas and a career in the consulting industry, before studying architecture in Seattle and interning in Copenhagen, where he fell in love with the Danish architectural spirit. He has been with KHR since 2016 and appreciates that he has been able to try out different roles and types of assignments, as he knows it from his time as a consultant.
Women's Day is still relevant - not least in our industry. At KHR Architecture, we have very appropriately just published a new gender equality policy to keep us on track towards the goals of greater diversity and equal rights for all, which we have long been working towards in a less formalised way.
KHR welcomes urban planning expert Elisabeth Jeppesen, who will advise and assist private developers and municipalities with zoning and the early stages of project development.
KHR is the only architectural firm to be part of a multidisciplinary team seeking EU funding for a major international innovation project focusing on the human perspective of climate adaptation in architecture and urban development.
Eight new interns specialising in architecture, construction, sustainability and communication have landed in our old gunboat sheds. They are already putting their study experience to good use in real-world projects, and we look forward to their fresh perspectives on the design and construction of the future.