Projects

Building 226 will be a generic office building providing attractive facilities for researchers and staff at DTU. With a strong focus on a high-quality working environment, the building will support concentration, collaboration, and knowledge sharing in everyday work. Through systematic user involvement, the design will ensure that the building meets actual needs and contributes to well-being, a high perceived quality, and world-class research environments. The building's design supports long-term usability, sustainability, and DTU's ambitions to achieve DGNB Gold and DGNB Heart certification.

You can read more here.

In 2028, DTU Space will move into the new Building 330, bringing the internationally recognised institute together in one location. Building 330 will provide the institute with the best possible facilities for research, education, and the development of new technologies that deliver vital knowledge about the Earth and the universe from space. The new building will be open and welcoming, with shared spaces that communicate and showcase knowledge about space research and technology.

You can read more here.

DTU Nanolab's existing cleanroom has reached its maximum capacity. With new facilities in Building 346A at DTU Lyngby Campus, DTU will be able to accommodate new partners as well as new research projects and initiatives that contribute to the development of new technologies and products for the benefit of society.

Nano refers to structures so small that people need specialised equipment and expertise to observe, measure, use, and manufacture components on the nanometre scale. Nanotechnology is essential to the development of the new technologies and products such as smartphones, sensors, medicines, quantum technology, and security systems.

You can read more about the project here.

At DTU, we strive to develop technologies that create sustainable change and benefit society. The Climate Challenge Laboratory, also known as Building 313, provides the framework for a state-of-the-art research environment where researchers across disciplines can develop new solutions to the climate challenge.

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In Building 208 at Lyngby Campus, DTU has created the framework for a world-class learning environment. Students and teachers in chemistry and life sciences have access to state-of-the-art facilities for new teaching methods, study zones for group work, and spaces for social activities.

The latest research in higher education shows that effective learning requires a variety of teaching formats. Therefore, DTU designs teaching and study environments that allow for traditional teaching, group work, and informal study activities. In Building 208, students also have the opportunity to engage in social communities, including in the dance studio and the Friday bar.

The building was fully renovated in 2024 and, in the same year, won the Danish Painters' Color Award. As the first building in Denmark, the teaching building has achieved DNGB Platinum sustainability certification, in combination with the two additional distinctions DGNB Diamond and DGNB Heart.

Read more and watch the video about the creation of this modern beacon for learning here.

In 2024, the new Chemistry Square (Kemitorvet) was inaugurated.

Chemistry Square is one of DTU's four main squares and was originally intended to play a prominent role on campus, but in recent years it had taken on a more temporary character. It was therefore time to rethink the square by returning to the original vision for Chemistry Square: a place that makes room for all aspects of campus life unfolding under the open sky.

The square now allows the canteen to extend outdoors on warm summer days and serve food by the water garden. PhD candidates can invite the family and friends to celebrate their thesis defense in the Arena, which provides a special setting for festivities, while the large bench on the gable end of Building 208 offers space for informal meetings and short breaks.

Four Key Features:

A Green Chemistry Square

DTU's green identity is important, and with Chemistry Square we strengthen this green expression through planting that provides shelter for people and better conditions for nature.

Chemistry Square is 135 meters long. The long square is divided by a grid of robinia trees, reinforcing the site's green identity. The trees' light canopies allow sunlight to filter down to the square, making it possible to sit beneath the treetops on a sunny summer day and enjoy the warmth.

The existing robinia and oak trees at the southern end of the square, as well as the hornbeam trees south of the auditorium building (208), will be preserved, ensuring that mature trees also remain part of the square.

The planting is designed in three layers. At ground level, herb beds support the local fauna. These beds have been selected to suit the insects already present in the surrounding area.

In the middle layer, hawthorn has been planted - a native species found in Dyrehaven near the campus. The hawthorn supports local biodiversity, provides shelter for the square, and helps create a pleasant microclimate.

The Water Garden

Close to the canteen in Buiding 202, a beautiful water garden in black diabase (granite) has been created. 
The water garden frames a small open space and is designed with seating edges, allowing users to sit by the water and take a break during the day. In the center of the basin, a number of mobile outdoor furniture pieces provide opportunities to enjoy lunch in the open air, continue a professional discussion, or meet for an informal celebration.

The Multifunctional Arena

In front of Building 207, a light, open, circular structure has been built to create a multifunctional arena. The circle forms a smaller space within the larger Chemistry Square. The arena can be used for lectures and festive events and serves as a gathering point for the entire area. The circle was designed by the artist group AVDP and features flexible screens that can be moved around to provide shelter and create a 'room within a room' on the square.

The Large Gable Bench

Against the gable of the auditorium building (208), right by the new entrance, a large bench with three rows of seating has been built. The bench offers a sheltered place to take a short break on a warm summer day, eat a sandwich and meet fellow students, while the sun-warmed brickwork provides comfort for your back. A cozy and informal meeting place that brings even more life to the square.

Since 2010, DTU has invested more than DKK 5 billion under the banner 'Transforming DTU'.

A large number of Koppel's iconic 100-meter buildings have been renovated and fitted out with, among other things, new study and learning environments, and many exciting new buildings have also been constructed.

Read about most of them here (in danish).