annual sustainability report ´20 annual sustainability report ´20 < Snekkersten Waterworks Photo: Lars Rolfsted Mortensen table of contents

Introduction...... 5 Together we create cohesion...... 7 Comments from the CEO...... 8 The Year in Numbers...... 10 The Year in Brief...... 15 Our Workplace...... 16 How we take responsibility...... 19 Measuring and reducing our carbon footprint...... 21 The Global Compact Core Values...... 25 Professional and Organisational Development...... 29 Developing the work life of the Future...... 31 Universal Design: Leave No One Behind...... 37 Green Mobility...... 40 Ny Ellebjerg Station...... 42 Ferry terminal in Stockholm’s Gamla Stan...... 43 Haga station and urban space...... 44 Green Energy...... 46 Pumpestation Kalvebod Brygge...... 48 Snekkersten Waterworks...... 50 Frederiksberg Waterworks...... 51 The Amager Power Plant, Block 4...... 53 Our focus in 2021...... 55 introduction

Solrødgård Climate and Environmental Park Photo: Gottlieb Paludan Architects < Foot and Cycle Bridge, Odense Photo: Lars Rolfsted Mortensen | Introduction // 7

together we create cohesion

Great architecture evokes great passion. For us, We insist that our projects contribute to the this is the kind of architecture that contributes common good. We therefore always employ to solving the challenges we face today. The kind fully integrated approach to understand and that creates sustainable development, vibrant sensitively develop the sites and structures and diverse cities, beautiful and future-proof which are entrusted to us. With both vision structures as well as inviting urban spaces and and insight, we create simple, timeless and landscapes for all to enjoy. An integrated approach responsible architecture. Collaborating closely and collaboration across professional disciplines with the client, users and professionals of other form the basis for our contributions to a society disciplines, we provide functional, technically that functions today and will function tomorrow. sound and aesthetically complete solutions which provide their own contribution – be it For us, it is all about creating architecture small or large – to the world around us. that connects people and cities – architecture that makes life run smoothly, supplies the necessities for everyday living and inspires Trondheim, we strive to create architecture that positive development. We develop solutions and understands,Working out ofconnects offices inand , enriches the Oslo whole and processes that originate from interdisciplinary world. Together we create cohesion. collaboration for the common good and with the clear aim of creating greater cohesion. We At Gottlieb Paludan Architects, we work believe that our communities are stronger and pro-actively to integrate the UN Sustainable the challenges more manageable when the Development Goals in all our projects and spaces we share and the connections between practice.

them are beautiful and beneficial to us all. | Introduction // 9

,, Architects can provide basic ideas and proposals for regulations that make it possible for us to have sustainable cities and comments communities in the future. Architects can facilitate an from the CEO open dialogue and work in partnerships to give us good solutions, and they can In order to successfully tackle the climate change and changing the course is imperative for us. within the building industry, measurability is encourage authorities to make TheOur climate world is crisis in a poses state ofa threat climate to emergencythe future imperative; we need to win over stakeholders, the regulations necessary to of our planet and to humanity - and it requires clients and partners with indisputable data. move forward. Therefore, we are in the midst of developing The building industry is a major contributor to a climate tool – a way to measure, report, and our firm commitment and our immediate action. Mogens Lykketoft in 'An Architecture Guide to the global warming, and, as architects, we can make verify greenhouse gas reductions in all our UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals' Volume 2, 2020 an impact by changing our practice and aim for projects. With this tool, we aim to assist and carbon neutrality in the built environment. affect our clients in making sustainable decisions and long-lasting solutions. To this end, Gottlieb Paludan Architects’ partners have passed a landmark resolution; We look forward to continued collaboration with our clients, partners, shareholders and against climate change through carbon reduction employees in 2021. inour our top projects. priority We is now have to narrowed engage in our the focus fight and, although many of the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals are relevant to our industry, we are now concentrating our efforts on Copenhagen, December 2020 goal #13: Climate action. Therefore, we have decided that a strategy and a plan for reducing the carbon footprint will be required in all our projects. Moreover, we continue to comply with the United Nations Global Compact initiative, Kristian Hagemann which includes principles of human rights, labour rights, environment and anti-corruption. Gottlieb Paludan Architects Chief Executive Officer 11

56% 44% 71% 29% 50% 50% employees from 13 nationalities working on projects in

Employees: 130 in total Hereof Management: 6 Hereof Team Leaders: 14 Norway, Sweden, UK, Germany, The Netherlands and China

˄ ˄ Infographic Employees and gender Infographic diversity GPA: diversity and activities across borders 138 130 Financial ratios 2017* 2018* 2019* 92 89 Turnover 93,8 100,4 80,9 Pre-tax profit 11,6 10,5 3,9

Equity 26,0 24,2 19,2

Balance sheet 72,9 71,2 54,9

Equity ratio 35,6% 33,9% 34,9%

2017 2018 2019 2020 All figures are stated in DKK million * Numbers reflect Gottlieb Paludan Architects in DK Architects Paludan Gottlieb reflect * Numbers ˄ ˄ Infographic Change in the number of employees over the past 4 years Infographic

the year in numbers the year Financial key figures | Introduction // 13

Who we are

Architects 65 Constructing Architects 12 Landscape Architects 10 Engineers 5 Interior Architects 7 Communication, IT and administration 14 Geographers, Sociologists, Philosophers etc. 12 Students and interns 5

In total 130

20-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65

˄ Nørreport Station Infographic Age distribution of employees Photo: Jens Lindhe in numbers the year | Introduction // 15 x14 the year in brief

» Gottlieb Paludan Architects’ inter-disci- » plinary team of workplace specialists is shortlisted for the Nordic Lighting Design have conducted an employee survey, AwardsOur project 2020. Holmestrand Station in Norway which provides valuable insight into the » Gottlieb Paludan Architects is collaborating effects and experiences with remote work with ph.d. student Marcus Tang Merit and during the Covid-19 pandemic. » Read more KADK on a three year industrial PhD about the study on page 31. research project, with support from Bevica » We received a Wienerberger Brick Award for Fonden. The project will employ a socio- Delft City Archive in the category “Working logical study of our work practices in order to heighten the expertise and methodology Winhov. The Wienerberger is an inter- for planning and developing inclusive public nationallytogether”, along acclaimed with Dutch architecture associates, Officeprize, spaces. » Read more on page 37. which is awarded every two years for » Gottlieb Paludan Architects has made the x30 innovative brick architecture. climate crisis its top priority and is currently » We have been selected to design a new ferry terminal in Gamla Stan, Stockholm's our own project benchmarks, to measure historic centre, which will serve as a hub for anddeveloping minimize a CO2-monitoring the carbon emission tool, based of our on the city’s large ferry network, create more projects. When fully developed, the tool will urban life on the quay and strengthen be an integrated part of our daily practice. the area’s connection with Gamla Stan's » Read more on page 21. characteristic historical architecture. » Read » more on page 43. star review in a major Danish newspaper, » whichAmager believesPower Plant that Bio the 4 receivedwalk through a five- conquered a new challenge: A vertical our forest of suspended tree trunks will waterworksOur experienced building waterworks-architects in the middle of the become a new Copenhagen attraction. » Read more about the project on page 53. and adaptable to future needs. » Read more » We have won the open planning design aboutDanish the capital. project Four on page stories 51. high, flexible » We have designed a new footbridge for the city center. Wood is an important material Technical University of (DTU), competition for a new fire station in Oslo providing a safe and spectacular passage for expression and for its sustainability. In the x86 employees and students over the coming construction,in the fire station, wood both is used for itswherever architectural it can light rail line that will run through the

vision for a sustainable campus, promoting thereplace use concrete.of short-travelled This significantly materials. reduces The ˄ mobilitycampus. Ourand designaccessibility supports for DTU’s pedestrians overall chosenthe building's materials CO₂ also footprint contribute and positively increases Infographic and cyclists. to the health of the employees, the Distribution of employees: Copenhagen, Oslo and Trondheim environment and the local surroundings. | Introduction // 17 our workplace - knowledge is key

We combine our professional expertise with a Skills networks: Employees at Gottlieb Paludan what powers our teams, and we expect a similar keen eye for society’s challenges, user needs and Architects develop their skills and professional attitude and commitment from those wanting to client wishes whether we are working on new networks via a formalized internal networking come aboard with us. builds or renovations. As architects, we have programme which supports the company’s a passion for our profession and for working strategic tools and business areas. The internal closely with both clients and colleagues. This is networks have set coordinators who organize are friendly, open and respectful of each other. what powers our teams, and we expect a similar about four annual meetings which revolve WeThere share is a pleasantknowledge atmosphere and experience in our office; freely we attitude and commitment from those wanting to around internal or external presentations. GPA interns: Gottlieb Paludan Architects regards among ourselves, and no one hesitates to ask for come aboard with us. help or advice. We are busy, but we make space Currently, Gottlieb Paludan Architects has the organization. GPA internships provide students Project management: Every project manager following networks: Design Planning & Technology, withinterns the as opportunity valuable and to significant develop memberstheir skills of and the the time to celebrate our successes. Theory & Practice, Materials, Behavioural Design professionalism while they are still at university. for inspiration and reflection and always take assignment is a member of the GPA Project Mobility & Urban Development, Sustainability All interns are asked to attend the modular Managerwho is theForum. lead The professional members come on a together specific and Landscape. induction course GPA Practice, and they are to participate in structured programmes on allocated individual mentors who function as the responsibilities, duties and tools of project Professional events: their supervisors throughout their internships. managers. The programmes are concise and weekly presentation on current projects or carefully managed; both internal and external themes. Venues are organized'Friday Briefing' with internal is a set The mentors ensure that all the interns are speakers contribute and members share their and external speakers, internal workshops and academically challenged during their internships knowledge and experience, ensuring that the study tours. and that they are appropriately equipped to company’s knowledge is updated and employees embark on their professional careers in the apply uniform methods wherever relevant. GPA Practice: Every six months, Gottlieb Paludan construction industry. Architects runs GPA Practice which is the Digital development: Gottlieb Paludan Architects company’s modular induction course for new We combine our professional expertise with a uses BIM, VR and other digital tools on many levels. employees and interns. The seven modules keen eye for society’s challenges, user needs and Employees are invited to participate in ad hoc, provide the participants with insight into the client wishes, whether we are working on new company’s general expertise and specialisms, builds or renovations. As architects, we have projects or current challenges, and in external phased services, contractual basis and business a passion for our profession and for working programmes,internal training such courses,as ICT management adapted to courses. specific understanding. closely with both clients and colleagues. This is how we take responsibility

Solrødgård Climate and Environmental Park Photo: Gottlieb Paludan Architects Measuring and redúcing our carbon footprint | How we take responsibility // 21

measuring and reducing our carbon footprint

As one of the large architectural companies Construction coordinated by the United Nations in Scandinavia, Gottlieb Paludan Architects Environment Programme, the building and construction sector accounted for 36 percent of global development. We have many years of experiencehas a significant within responsibility our primary business for sustainable areas: Energy & Utilities and Mobility & Transport. Thefinal architectural energy use andcommunity 39 percent is deeply of energy entwined and They represent basic functions in society and process-related CO₂ emissions globally in 2018. require technically and artistically ambitious that relate to climate change, both causes and architectural treatment. Good infrastructure solutions.with the flows of materials, energy, and ideas is an obvious prerequisite for prosperity and sustainable development, whatever the scale. Meeting the needs of our society without breaching the Earth’s ecological boundaries Through our work with clients and partners, will demand a drastic shift in our practice and behaviour. Therefore, Gottlieb Paludan Architects environmentally, economically, and socially has devoted its focus to Sustainable Development sustainable.we always seekThe 17 to Sustainable find solutions Development that are Goal #13, Climate Action. Although several of Goals represent the ambition of world leaders the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals are and the United Nations to achieve a more relevant to our organisation and relate to the inclusive, sustainable and resilient future for built environment, we have concluded that people and planet. The Goals outline the global challenges we face together and the problems commitment and immediate action. This has that are necessary to address, including those becomethe imminent our top priority climate and crisis we are requires committed firm related to environmental degradation, climate, to reducing the carbon footprint of our solutions. poverty and inequality. We are in the midst of developing a so called When it comes to climate change, the built Climate Tool – a way to measure, report, and ˄ environment is a major culprit. According to verify reductions in all our projects. With this UN Sustainable Development Goal number 13 the 2019 Global Status Report for Buildings and tool, we plan to generate indisputable data that Measuring and redúcing our carbonGreen footprintMobility | How we take responsibility // 23 can encourage responsible and sustainable decisions for our clients, stakeholders and partners.

The tool will be applicable for all aspects of our design solutions, as they all offer different possibilities of carbon reduction; from buildings and urban spaces to the surrounding landscapes. practice as a mandatory step in every project. TheWhen tool finalized, will follow it will the be integratedindividual intoproject our fromdaily the design phase and through to its construction and will provide valuable data and knowledge project. on sustainable options related to each specific

> Foot and Cycle Bridge, Odense Photo: Ole Malling The Global Compact Core values| How we take responsibility // 25

the Global Compact Core Values

It is emphasised with the 17th goal, Partnerships human rights and employment rights. We take for the Goals, that concerted and collective care to uphold the general principles of basic efforts across all levels of society are necessary, human rights for everybody through all our work. in order to achieve each Goal by the year 2030. However, the UN has estimated that the active We contribute to increasing liveability through participation of companies is crucial, in order to the improvement of connectivity and public achieve as much as one-third of these goals. spaces in towns and cities.

Global Compact is a corporate sustainability We contribute to improving living conditions in initiative which urges companies to align peripheral regions through the development of strategies and operations with universal provincial towns. principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and take actions that advance societal goals.

We fully support this initiative and the following will describe how we deliver on UN Global Labour Compact’s principles for human rights, labour Gottlieb Paludan Architects conducts its business conditions, the environment and anti-corruption. in accordance with Danish law, including the prevention of child labour, forced labour and employment discrimination.

All employees have the freedom of association

Human Rights Handbook secures our employees’ rights and Gottlieb Paludan Architects conducts its business therebyand collective expresses bargaining.our responsibility Our within Employee this Peak-Load Plant KLC2, Copenhagen Airport in accordance with Danish law, including the area. Photo: Gottlieb Paludan Architects Danish Salaried Employees Act, which secures The Global Compact Core values| How we take responsibility // 27

We contribute to creating social cohesion We contribute to lowering the environmental through infrastructure projects which link city impact of construction work by proposing and countryside, suburb and town centre, giving building materials that require fewer resources more people the opportunity to be employed, in production, recycling and disposal, and get an education and participate in society. which last longer. In this way, every individual construction leaves a smaller carbon footprint throughout its service life.

The least harmful construction is often the recycled construction, and we specialize in Anti-corruption renovation, transformation and refurbishment. Gottlieb Paludan Architects’ main activities are With a combination of architectural design, concentrated in Scandinavian countries, who understanding of materials and respect for the traditionally top Transparency International’s construction and its history, we raise renovation list of least corrupt countries. We never meet and adaptive reuse to a level where it can easily corruption in our daily work and will continue compete with new construction. The focus is not to oppose any signs of it. only on improving energy performance but also on rethinking the purpose of the construction to suit current and future use.

We integrate climate adaptation measures and rainwater management in all relevant projects. Environment As an architectural company, environmental Moreover, Gottlieb Paludan Architects commits sustainability is the area of responsibility in itself to spreading environmental sustainability which we can create the most value. by educating the public about resource cycles through visitor and educational facilities in We contribute to the strengthening and connection with power plants, waterworks and promotion of public transport, cycling solutions utilities. and bicycle culture, thereby reducing transport- related CO₂ emissions. Solrødgård Climate and Environmental Park Photo: Gottlieb Paludan Architects professional and organisational development

Gottlieb Paludan Architects, Cph office Photo: Jens Lindhe | Professional and Organisational Development // 31

developing the work life of the future

....requires balanced, interdisciplinary knowledge. The employee survey was worked out by taking a qualitative approach and asking open-ended Towards this end, Gottlieb Paludan Architects in questions to encourage respondents to describe Denmark and Norway have conducted employee the work-from-home experience in their own surveys among their own staff and at the parent words. company AFRY. The survey asked roughly 1,200 employees to evaluate their personal experiences Kris Ervik, Senior Consultant, Gottlieb Paludan of working from home during the spring's Architects Norway (and an anthropologist with a PhD in change management) was in charge of planning and analysing the employee survey. TheCOVID-19 analysis lockdown. of the survey’s 647 responses According to Ervik, a qualitative analysis is revealed a number of nuances in employees’ experiences depending on seniority, current life in-depth appreciation of the respondents’ situation, etc. The results will be included in the personalbeneficial experiences: because the responses“Asking such give open-ended a detailed, development of new advisory services and the questions enables respondents to respond by planning of the company’s own future modes of telling about what’s most important to them, operation. which we can see when they share the joys and challenges of working from home in this unusual Gottlieb Paludan Architects’ workplace experts period. Analysing the responses was rewarding join forces on an interdisciplinary team of because of the situational snapshot view it architects and social scientists specialized in provides,” Ervik says.

Even if there were minor differences in the alwaysfields such based as organizational on modern development,research, and change the responses, it was still possible to single out lockdownmanagement period’s and interior working design. from home Our advice was an is overall tendencies. Employees have generally ideal opportunity to deepen our knowledge of experienced that working from home functioned

˄ workplace trends and modern work life – and relatively well, but the survey also indicated a Working from home: 'Heimekontor' contribute balanced, interdisciplinary knowledge Photo: Alexander Millan Eide to ongoing research. experienced the unusual working situation. few unexpected fine points in how employees | Professional and Organisational Development // 33

Wishes for a more flexible use of the

One size does NOT fit all. home office breaks and stop working at the end of the work This necessitates the development of new modes seniority. Employees with many years of day. These skills become increasingly valuable, of working that can accommodate different needs experienceThis is exemplified accounted that by theworking significance from home of as new work solutions are developed. and levels. Each individual needs to develop meant fewer interruptions, which made them skills in how to structure the work from home feel more productive, whereas young or newly “...The day becomes blurred and gets longer without process, whereas managerial staff need to take hired employees missed receiving guidance and me even noticing it.” a fresh approach to management capable of professional feedback. These insights indicate 58% the necessity of developing balanced ways of Joint leadership: co-operation functions and occurs. The wish for working to provide satisfying working situations remote work is a collective skill defining the framework and making sure that to experienced and young employees alike Co-operation is a social skill that develops facilitation of future work solutions. Cohesive “...It took me a little by surprise that those most energygreater isflexibility the basis has of success.to be supported by dynamic affected by the problem were young team Management plays a crucial role in whether research has shown how cooperation can actually members: the absence of peer mentoring is far employees experience working from home as naturally in an office community, and lots of more important than technology.” positive in terms of coordination and skill-sets. solutions. But how do you take steps to maintain At the same time, employees’ self-management thebe promotedsame sense by of specific community office-based in completely layout According to Ervik, the analysis of the employee and joint-leadership skills can relieve pressure different circumstances where employees are survey drew attention to three general points: on the supervisor. separated, while some periodically work from

Management: the supervisor’s role is changed “… Well-being and atmosphere are important It will be necessary to depart from traditional management elements, because an extra effort “...Thehome numberand others of Skype are at meetings the office? has risen sharply, ‘management by walking around’, as the physical is needed to maintain good relations with all with less time for actual production.” workplace no longer functions as a unifying employees working from home.” element for the organization. Accordingly, Together we create cohesion Misses the social supervisors need to be able to let go of their Self-management: Generally speaking, the employee survey seems to employees and strike a proper balance between working from home is a personal skill indicate that if employees know what they have to interaction with control, trust and closeness. This requires a more Like the conclusions drawn by other surveys, personal approach to management at the same many found it challenging to structure their colleagues time, because the supervisor has to be more daily work and strike the right work–life balance. collaborationdo, they are just and as development- or even more tasks - efficient are more than aware of each individual employee’s various skill- Whereas it was hard for some to get a good when working at the office in person, whereas sets, seniority and current life situation. difficult. sense of work flow, others felt it was hard to take 72% | Professional and Organisational Development // 35

The results of Gottlieb Paludan Architects’ employee survey are part of developing the company’s own tools and advisory services developed in cooperation with the parent company AFRY. For example, we are creating a learning network for developing the workplace of the future in which we offer property administrators, administrative and HR managers at major Norwegian companies a unique opportunity to take part in a closed professional network focused on learning and experience sharing.

Misses professional sparring with colleagues

Gottlieb Paludan Architects, Cph office 47% Photo: Jens Lindhe Universal Design | Professional and Organisational Development // 37

universal design: leave no one behind

Leave no one behind is the central, transformative Through selected longitudinal cases at Gottlieb promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Paludan Architects and in-depth qualitative Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It represents the unequivocal representatives of physically disabled users, commitment to end discrimination and exclusion, architecturalinterviews of and architects, sociological officials, knowledge and group will and reduce inequalities. be combined and operationalized in new work methods for designing inclusive public spaces. Universal design is concerned with creating inclusive architecture, where everyone, The chosen methodology is paired with a regardless of abilities, gender, religion, age, etc., theoretical and analytical emphasis on how can be involved in the workplace, the educational future scenarios - imagined, projected, designed, institution, the urban space, etc. communicated, and otherwise present within architectural work - impact on successfully In our efforts to innovate and expand our coordinating the construction of public spaces. expertise within designing inclusive public The goal is thus to provide new architectural spaces, Gottlieb Paludan Architects is tools for designing and planning inclusive public collaborating with ph.d. student Marcus Tang spaces, and to expand the sociological knowledge Merit and KADK - The Royal Danish Academy on this topic. of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation on a three year industrial The following is an article by Marcus Tang Merit PhD research project, with support from on the topic of universal design and the ambitions Bevica Fonden. The project “Coordinating behind his industrial Ph.D. Inclusive Future Public Spaces in Architecture” investigates how physically disabled users’ experiences of space are mediated and operationalized in the architectural design

˄ process, when designing inclusive public spaces Foot and Cycle Bridge, Odense in multi-stakeholder collaborations. Photo: Lars Rolfsted Mortensen | Professional and Organisational Development // 39

Universal Design and the Future Coordination of Architects

By Marcus Tang Merit Industrial PhD at Gottlieb Paludan Architects

This analytical focus is based on the hypothesis before one attempts to attach the somewhat that if inclusivity is not an inherent element in the Design is a notoriously contested field, even future visions circulating around as spaces are who have not previously dealt professionally designed, it will at best become an afterthought orgrandiose academically ‘universal’ with prefix urban to public it. For newcomers,spaces, this once spaces are actually build. With such ‘shit we might be seen as a weakness, perhaps even an As it stands, such principles are to a large extent need a ramp’-moments occurring late in design immaturity, of the concept of universal design. processes, rather than in the earliest ideation architectural vision and professional values of phases, it is almost assured that the urban space However, the city and its shared spaces have thedefined architect by in the question. wishes of clients and the in question will never become fully inclusive for always been highly contested for better or worse people with physical disabilities. acting as a mirror of the power structures and To be successful in creating accessibility, social struggles of society at large. Therefore, it inclusivity, universal design, or whatever It is not that architects are unaware or opposed should come as no great surprise that universal adjective one wishes to apply, this element to this. At least not the ones I have encountered. design has been as contested as the spaces it needs to be introduced as a core element in the They do however need the tools to introduce attempts to address. design principles of architects. Universal design universal design as the foundation upon which needs to be introduced as the platform from spaces are sketched, and just as importantly, the My PhD is by no means a deep dive into the which decisions are made, not as a decision of arguments to convince clients why universal discussions and relations of universal design, or where to place the platform. design is important and can improve the spatial for that matter, its practical applications. Instead experiences of all (dis)abled users. Working I apply universal design as an ethical torch whose As such I attempt to research how architects towards creating such tools, and formulating light I can attempt to follow and spread further, coordinate between future scenarios internally such arguments, is what I am attempting with as I study the role of inclusivity in the everyday and externally, and how they communicate these my PhD. design processes of architects, and their varying futures through the use of devices. Here multitude of external collaborators. In this I understand devices as the models, drawings, sketches, presentations, renderings, and other spatial requirements must be coordinated, a visual objects discussed internally as part of the < guidingcontext, principlein which ais multitude necessary of if oftenarchitects conflicting are to design process, and disseminated externally to < Nørreport Station deliver anything resembling a coherent product. collaborators and clients. Photo: Jens Lindhe green Traffi c hubs We create intermodal mobility tra c hubs that support the cient Industrial design Urban infrastructure interchange Metro lines We design all the We advise cities and between di erent We contribute to  ttings,  xtures, municipalities modes of transport feasibili studies on the development of and design stations equipment and Station forecourts urban life for metro lines furniture needed Light rail We shape attractive through improved for urban space, We manage and and  ow-e cient connectivi station forecourts execute large public space in BRT systems and platforms design tasks for connection with We plan and design comprehensive stations and tra c for the integration Bridges Bicycle parking transport systems hubs of Bus Rapid We design bridges We plan, develop Transit systems Railway lines for so and and design bicycle We contribute to Cycle lanes into existing urban motorized tra c parking and feasibili studies, We plan and Train stations contexts innovative environmental design safe We design, renovate parking racks impact assesments and attractive and transform and design tasks bicycle lanes stations for local, for new railway regional and lines international train t r a c Green Mobility | How we take responsibility // 43

< Ny Ellebjerg Station Visualization: Gottlieb Paludan Architects < Stockholm, Skeppsbron

After the transformation, it is expected that The client is the Public transport administration Ny Ellebjerg will be used by approx. 60,000 of Stockholm and the ambition of the project is to create more urban life on the quay and Ny Ellebjerg Station at Copenhagen Central Station. strengthen the area’s connection with the In the future, Ny Ellebjerg Station will become passengers every day and will thus ease traffic water and Gamla Stan's characteristic historical the next big transport hub in Copenhagen, architecture. Denmark. Gottlieb Paludan Architects and the area around Ny Ellebjerg is undergoing hefty Rambøll have won the task of establishing urbanIn step development. with the transformation Gottlieb Paludan to a traffic Architects hub, Gottlieb Paludan Architects and AFRY will connections between the existing and future has previously developed a master plan for the be responsible for project management and train and metro lines and creating a well- future urban development around the station, design in the early stages. A prevailing theme functioning central space. is combining design and technical function and into an ambitious plan for good and safe access the ambition is to create an area which will Today, many different means of transport to,where from passenger and between and traffic the districts flows are in integrated the area function both as a hub for public transport and cross their tracks at Ny Ellebjerg Station and near the station. as a meeting point in the city, which allows locals in the future, many more will be added. Ny and tourists to reside by the water. Ellebjerg will be the terminus station for the Gottlieb Paludan Architects has also contributed Sydhavnsmetro in 2024 and, in addition, there with studies in connection with the urban The area around Skeppsbron and the new will be transfer options for S-trains, Regional integration of the new Sydhavnsmetro and has ferry terminal constitute a complex part of the trains, long-distance trains, Øresund trains, quay area in the historical district. The area is buses and perhaps even a future light rail. undergoing major changes in connection with designed the five upcoming metro stations. Gottlieb Paludan Architects and Rambøll Slussen and the new ferry terminal will be part will be responsible for establishing a center ofthe the current general redevelopment enhancement of of the the traffic area. Thejunction new at Ny Ellebjerg Station in the form of a joint Ferry terminal in Stockholm's Gamla Stan ferry terminal will be completed in 2023. underground concourse hall that connects Stockholm city consists of several islands, islets the individual lines and provides safe and fast and skerries and, therefore, ferries make up a travel options. The project will help to create big part of the city’s public transport system. an even stronger public transport network that Gottlieb Paludan Architects and AFRY have been will reduce congestion and increase mobility in selected to design a new terminal which will Copenhagen. meeting place, in Stockholm's historical district. serve as a hub for the ferry traffic as well as a Green Mobility | How we take responsibility // 45

Haga Station and urban space Gothenburg Municipality laid out a competition programme with great emphasis on the interplay with the Haga district’s cultural-historical environment. The project will contribute to an attractive, accessible and safe place to meet, creatingtransforming a sense an areaof calm dominated and coherence by traffic in into an area characterised by many different modes of transport.

The urban space at Haga Station is dominated by Kungsparken, a park which is also involved and activated as part of the winning project. Generally, the project has an ambition of giving centre stage to the urban space while the station buildings are constructed as subdued, functional pavilions in the green urban space

The Haga district’s special historical nature competition proposal. The proposal has an ambitionand the future that all flows new ofadditions people musthave buildguided on the an in-depth understanding of the character of the location and contribute positively to the park and the urban space.

Haga is among the oldest neighbourhoods in Gothenburg and Haga Station will increase access to important local areas, while creating a new hub for public transportation in a valuable, popular and culturally sensitive environment.

Haga Station and urban space Visualization: Gottlieb Paludan Architects Data centres We have managed Water works Waste water the planning and green We have contributed to treatment plants design of some of developing Denmark’s We have a lot of Denmark’s largest energy clean and e cient experience with data centres groundwater Energy from water treatment extraction system by Waste facilities plants and their Industrial facilities We design integration into We specialize in the designing state-of-the-art waterworks some of the o en scenic and development and design largest EfW protected Switch stations of e cient, sustainable facilities in the surroundings and architecturally We design new switch Control facilities world distinct industrial stations as well as We have delivered extensions of older facilities. Heat and power plants numerous control room facilities – large and Recreational storm Having realized a Cooling plants facilities securing optimal small alike water solutions We helped design the work environments very large number We o er experienced very  rst sustainable and the highest level of of projects, we have specialists in cooling plants in operational safe . gained outstanding recreational rainwater Denmark and we competencies within the management and continue to assist in planning and design of integrated solutions this sector sustainable power plants. for complex climate challenges. Green energy | How we take responsibility // 49

> Pumpestation Kalvebod Brygge Visualization: Gottlieb Paludan Architects

Pumpestation Kalvebod Brygge Gottlieb Paludan Architects are the architects behind a new pumping station at Kalvebod Brygge in Copenhagen, aimed to safeguard the capital city against the increasing volumes of storm water of the future. The project was with NIRAS’ consulting engineers. carried out for HOFOR in close collaboration The City of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg Municipality have prepared a cloudburst plan as part of the City of Copenhagen’s overarching adaptation of the underground pumps required Window sections facing the harbour promenade climate adaptation plan. Storm water close, constructive collaboration with NIRAS. will make it possible for passers-by to look into from cloudbursts will be channelled from The two circular structures appear distinctly the pumping station, visually communicating Frederiksberg and the Vesterbro district the station’s functions and technology. to Copenhagen Harbour by gravity via an building. underground cloudburst tunnel to a pumping separate but intermesh into a single unified It is anticipated that the pumping station station at Kalvebod Brygge. The pumping At Kalvebod Brygge, the circular shape and low station’s six powerful electric pumps will lift height of the pumping station stands out from during particularly heavy cloudbursts. In these the massive volumes of storm water roughly 12 instances,will be needed the pumping roughly oncestation every will five prevent years metres up from the tunnel, before discharging it The pumping station will have a brickwork into the harbour basin. facade,the surrounding however, similar office to and several hotel surrounding buildings. cause widespread damage. buildings, and special recessed brickwork will flooding in Copenhagen that would otherwise Gottlieb Paludan Architects designed the above- give the facades a profusion of details for a The underground drilling of the cloudburst ground pumping station structures, comprising diminished visual effect. The building will occupy tunnel is expected to begin in May 2021 and be the biggest visible component of the new a section of the harbour promenade, which will completed in 2022, after which the pumping cloudburst tunnel. Above ground, the pumping therefore be enlarged to include terracing that station will be built. station is made up of two circular structures will provide new publicly accessible seaside mirroring their subjacent counterparts, and the areas. Green Energy | How we take responsibility // 51 90% less Snekkersten Waterworks Since early spring of 2020, the new waterworks in Snekkersten has supplied local residents and businesses with clean drinking water. The facility is the latest in a series of new waterworks designed by Gottlieb Paludan Architects, all with new, modern technologies, and all focusing on managing our water resources and communicating about the circulation of water.

The new waterworks replaces the old 1969 facility, introducing new technologies such as seven-chamber bottom aeration for stripping inspectable clean-water stainless steel tanks asmethane, well as double bactericidal filtration, UV treatment2*1250 m3 to detached, counter contamination. hotspots at several points in the architecture that invite the public to get a closer look at the water processing steps, both inside and Øresund, the waterworks is integrated on high outside the facility. A large glazed section will Frederiksberg Waterworks With the softener plant, the new waterworks groundOverlooking that Snekkerstenslopes down andtowards the watersØresund, of be constructed facing the Øresund strait and A new waterworks with a softener plant will will lower the water’s hardness from 22-30 dh taking advantage of the terrain to incorporate providing a view of the tanks inside, while water supply the city of Frederiksberg with drinking to approx. 10 dh which will reduce limescale in the big clean-water tanks so that they appear pumps along the façade and visible downpipes water with an environmentally and economically water pipes and installations throughout the smaller. This also enables the facility to utilize the also contribute to the tale of water. sustainable method and will secure the city’s city. This will, in turn, lead to reduced energy natural elevation differences to conduct water future water supply. Gottlieb Paludan Architects through the various processes. The waterworks New Snekkersten Waterworks is designed by provides architectural expertise on the project. waterworks thus make a positive contribution is 1,700 , organized into a technical wing Gottlieb Paludan Architects, with the project toconsumption four of the and UN thus 17 Sustainablea lower CO₂ footprint.Development The and a visitors’ and staff wing. The processing realized as a turnkey contract in collaboration The waterworks will treat water from Goals; 'Clean Water and Sanitation', 'Affordable plant is symmetrically constructed and placed with Krüger A/S, CC Brun A/S and ISC Ingeniører Frederiksberg Forsyning’s own drills as well as and Clean Energy', 'Sustainable Cities and in a cubic building with rust-red corten steel A/S. Communities' and 'Climate Action'. façades that rise above the low concrete wing. ˄ Snekkersten Waterworks purchased water from HOFOR, in order to ensure The waterworks will be based on modern, high- Photo: Kim Dahl / Effectphoto a sufficient volume of water up to 785,000 Snekkersten Waterworks is intended to have a > and softened separately before it is mixed in quality technical solutions and will provide communicative role in Elsinore Municipality, Frederiksberg Waterworks theliters waterworks' per hour. The distribution water is purified,reservoirs filtered and Frederiksberg with homogeneous, soft water and we have consequently constructed learning Photo: Gottlieb Paludan Architects disinfected before it is distributed to consumers. from 2022. The Amager Power Plant, Block 4

power plant at Amagerværket, Block 4, was On the 26th of August 2020, Copenhagen’s new of Copenhagen’s vision of becoming the world's inaugurated, marking a significant day for the City is now up and running and supplies the capital area withfirst CO₂-neutraldistrict heating capital from in sustainable 2025. The powerbiomass. plant

At the inauguration ceremony, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, highlighted Gottlieb Paludan Architects and the power plant’s architectural design, which reinforces the new block 4 as a landmark for sustainable heat production and a future excursion destination for Copenhageners and tourists.

The new plant is enclosed by a deep façade of suspended tree trunks, tangibly illustrating the vision promoted by Greater Copenhagen Utility

green energy through powerful architecture which(HOFOR) tangibly and depicts Copenhagen the changeover Local Authority from fossil for fuels to renewable energy.

In 2021 a light installation, designed in technical installations, while infusing the collaboration with the British lighting designers peninsulaBIO4 integrates with new seamlessly architectural with theexpression. existing Speirs + Major, will move calmly across the façade Though prioritizing security and safety, the design and clarify the structure and depth of the stems invites visitors to move through the forest of tree at night. The purpose of the illumination of the trunks via a spectacular staircase, from which the façade is to avoid the very large plant becoming sustainable energy production within is visible. a large, black mass in the cityscape at night, but The stairs lead to a platform on the roof, affording rather adding a beautiful and luminous experience

˄ to the city skyline. The Amager Power Plant, Block 4 a magnificent view of the capital. Photos: Sarah Plauborg, Lars Rolfsted Mortensen | How we take responsibility // 55

our focus in 2021

During the coming year, we will focus on the following ambitions:

» of our daily practice. We will finalize and implement our Climate Tool as part » We will continue focusing on constantly improving our work environment in 2021. » We will work intensively to retain our position as Scandinavia’s preferred infrastructure architect. » We will engage with our customers to promote recycling and to increase the use of local and sustainable materials. » We will actively pursue assignments and research

» We will continue to encourage and invest in our projects with a sustainable profile. employees’ further education, arming them with the

solutions, in order to enhance the sustainability of our practice.newest knowledge within the field of sustainable < The Arena Quarter Photo: Gottlieb Paludan Architects