From the north of Denmark to Warsaw

DSV Domicile in Warsaw Client DSV Architect PLH Architects © Piotr Krajewski

THEME

DESIGNING SOLUTIONS FOR A POSITIVE LIFE

From the north of Denmark to Warsaw

Designing comfortable office environments is one of our core competencies. An expertise which we were able to export for the design of DSV’s office building in the capital of Poland, and which we are currently using to design the physical surroundings for Nordjyske Medier and Jyske Bank in Jutland and their respective employees.

In the heart of Aalborg, close to Musikkens Hus, a construction site is ready to host a new, spacious office building with room for about 250 office spaces on a total of 6,000 m2. The building is designed to be flexible and can easily be adjusted to match the needs of different tenants. MOE has been in charge of all engineering services and our client, A. Enggaard, is both owner and contractor of the project.

The larger media company, Nordjyske Medier, was the first to announce their tenancy. The company wants to be part of the pulsating city life and have the opportunity to host more events. The city’s Jyske Bank has also decided to move a large section of its business into the new office space. Export of special skills Our office competencies are also at play in international projects. Most recently, by designing DSV’s new office building in Warsaw, Poland. MOE has previously performed engineering tasks for DSV’s main office on Zealand and its recent expansion. After the logistics company moved into their new office space, a survey showed that the employee’s positive attitude towards comfort and indoor climate had increased from 65 % to 90 %.

For DSV, it was important that the same measures of quality were implemented in their new office building in Warsaw. MOE and PLH Architects, who were also in charge of designing the company’s office building in Denmark, were therefore assigned the task.

Our role consisted of consultancy and engineering design, in the preliminary stages. Here, we set up the main principles and defined the requirements for all project disciplines. While it is possible to compare the task to a conceptual design, we provided a much more detailed project than usual. Additionally, we prepared daylight calculations, indoor climate simulations and detailed descriptions of acoustic solutions.

International collaboration The standard procedure for international projects is that local consultants are in charge of the detailed design while we would be in charge of the preliminary and conceptual designs. However, we did not let go of the project the moment the Polish companies took over. We were also in charge of reviews and conducted a following inspection of the building in Warsaw.

Thus, the project has been a good example of successful collaborations across borders. DSV’s employees in Warsaw were able to move into their new office space in the fall of 2020.