b'The establishment of newA special building plotThe effect of the building research facilities at Panumhas been included within theas seen from a distance, e.g. shall create the setting for aframework for the comingfrom the major approach unique centre for world-classconstruction project, where itroads and from the Lakes, international health scienceis possible to erect a high-risemust be considered, as must knowledge productionin thebuilding. The requirement forthe effect on the immediate heart of Copenhagen. It is athis high-rise construction isneighbourhood, in order that dream that can be realised. that the building must have thethe positioning of a high-rise appearance of a slender andbuilding in the building plot We require nothing less than aelegant composition possessingrespects the neighbourhoods landmark for world-class healthconvincing sculpturalvista and spatial composition.research, which will form part ofqualitieswith due respect for Copenhagens urban landscapeCopenhagens identity as theThe architecture must and skyline. city of spires.be well composed and well proportioned. It should Maximum building height:interplay with the existing 24 metres in the competitionPanum complex, but also area and 75 metres within thewith an architecturally unique delimited plot. appearance.We imagine that inviting passages are created traversing the area, or green oases that are 4 experienced as common to the users of both the city and the 2 university.Selection of requirements.Source: The Danish University and Property Agency and the University of Copenhagen (2010), Competition brief. Project competition for the extension of the Panum complex.5Photo: Adam Mrk, courtesy of C.F. Mller'