Centre for Ice and Climate

The laboratory building at Tagensvej 16 was, until the transformation in 2018, intended for cancer research. Today the building's newly renovated wet laboratories and offices functions as Niels Bohr Institute's section for the Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth.

From a temporary to a permanent residence

Originally, the plan for the transformation of the conservation-worthy building was to create a temporary research facility until a permanent move to the Niels Bohr Institute was possible. However, the transformation of the building into an ice laboratory, became such a great success that the Institute now and in the future belongs at Tagensvej 16 as part of the Nørre Campus.

User involvement

The important studies and analyses of ice cores, water stable isotopes, greenhouse gas, impurity concentrations, and ice properties requires specially adapted laboratories. Therefore, the layout is carefully planned based on clarification of the needs and workflows of the house's researchers, students, and the institute's management.

Initial analysis and clarification of needs have been followed up by continuous dialogue throughout the entire project development, where technical and interior design requirements specifications have been clarified. This has provided an updated and adapted working environment with space for laboratories, ancillary functions, and office space.

Renovation and transformation of the Laboratory Building has been carried out as part of Dissing+Weitling's framework agreement for the University of Copenhagen.