How do you create schools where children thrive, learn and feel at home? Janina Zerbe is an architect and partner at KHR Architecture and has many years’ experience in school construction in Denmark and internationally, including projects such as Atuarfik Inussuk in Nuuk and Schule Am Breiten Luch in Berlin. We spoke to Janina about how architecture can support learning, wellbeing and a sense of community, what makes for sustainable schools, and what local authorities and other clients should bear in mind when planning school buildings.
Creative Director Janina Zerbe has been interviewed for the trade paper Licitationen's column "The Director's Other Side", where she talks about her cultural and leisure favourites, ranging from yoga, classical ballet and party on the dance floor, to Japanese literature, her boys' basketball tournaments and summer exhibitions at Ordrupgaard.
The Greenlandic society, landscape and climate make special demands on architecture, construction techniques and choice of materials.
Associate partner Janina Zerbe has led some of the firm's larger projects and has a strong architectural understanding. With over 10 years of experience in the profession, Janina is able to work a project from the initial sketches to the delivery of the final main project. She has experience from projects with [...]
The name Atuarfik Inussuk refers to the man-made signposts in the landscape that have historically been used for navigation in Greenland. The ambition of the school is to create an optimal framework for learning, education and social life, so that children and young people can be shown a good path in life. The school must be open to the local community after school hours in order to create the best conditions for well-being in the local community. Malene K. Holm interviewed creative partner Janina Zerbe about the ideas behind the large new school, which will be completed next year.
A new restaurant with outdoor seating will soon be completed in Nuuk. Greenlandic media Sermitsiaq has interviewed the restaurant's owner and KHR partner Janina Zerbe about the project.
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.