WoodHub Wins Climate Award - C.F. Møller. Photo: C.F. Møller Architects
WoodHub, C.F. Møller Architects, Artelia, NCC - WoodHub Wins Climate Award - C.F. Møller. Photo: C.F. Møller Architects / Peter Sikker Rasmussen
20.5.2025

WoodHub Wins Climate Award

The new office building WoodHub, designed by C.F. Møller Architects, has been named Low Emission Timber Building of the Year 2024.

 

WoodHub is a new office building in Odense that brings together around 1,600 employees across eight government agencies. It has been developed in collaboration between C.F. Møller Architects, NCC, Artelia and the client, the Danish Building and Property Agency.

 

With its 31,000 m² mass timber construction, the project is a flagship for climate-friendly office buildings of this scale in Denmark. Exposed glulam columns and partially exposed CLT slab structures are used as load-bearing and continuous construction materials. This contributes to a CO₂ reduction of 5,400 tonnes over a 50-year lifespan and creates a sensuous architecture that positively impacts wellbeing within the building.

Thue Borgen Hasløv, partner & architect, C.F. Møller Architects - WoodHub Wins Climate Award - C.F. Møller. Photo: C.F. Møller Architects / Peter Sikker Rasmussen

"It has been a privilege to realise WoodHub in close collaboration with talented and ambitious partners. The award for Low Emission Timber Building of the Year is a great recognition of our collective effort to push the boundaries of what is possible with large-scale timber construction – architecturally, technically and in terms of climate performance," says Thue Borgen Hasløv, partner and architect at C.F. Møller Architects.

WoodHub, C.F. Møller Architects, Artelia, NCC - WoodHub Wins Climate Award - C.F. Møller. Photo: C.F. Møller Architects / Peter Sikker Rasmussen

About WoodHub
The façades are clad in recycled aluminium, forming a cohesive outer composition in reddish-brown hues that harmonise with the surrounding brick buildings and create an honest, uncomplicated and refined expression.


The spatial structure of the building provides a robust and flexible framework that allows for a variety of relationships between workstations and social meeting places. This enables users to expand or reduce their facilities as needed. Structurally, the building consists of two offset east- and west-facing "C"-shaped office wings of three to six storeys, which meet in a seven-storey central wing. This central volume houses the majority of the building’s shared meeting facilities, supporting maximum knowledge-sharing and interdisciplinary collaboration among employees.


The ground floor features a conference centre, canteen and citizen-facing services, and supports urban life with public access to the building’s inner courtyard. Along the building’s edge zone, niches and spaces for pause and interaction are integrated into the façade. The building rises towards the centre and steps down towards the surrounding buildings, integrating the structure into its urban context while ensuring good daylight conditions and indoor climate.
Rooftop terraces and elevated courtyards, along with vibrant, publicly accessible green spaces, contribute to recreational breathing spaces, opportunities for outdoor meetings, and enhanced biodiversity in the neighbourhood.

WoodHub, C.F. Møller Architects, Artelia, NCC - WoodHub Wins Climate Award - C.F. Møller. Photo: C.F. Møller Architects / Peter Sikker Rasmussen

“An outstanding example”
The award is presented by the association Træ i Byggeriet (Timber in Construction). Since 2022, the association has honoured projects that serve as a major source of inspiration for the construction industry with the Low Emission Timber Building of the Year award. The award is given to buildings that use timber as a construction material and demonstrate a high level of ambition, a low climate footprint and an inspiring design.


"WoodHub is an outstanding example of how timber can replace traditional materials like steel and concrete at scale. As Denmark’s largest timber building to date, the project shows how structural glulam columns, CLT slabs and timber cassettes with pre-installed windows not only reduce the climate footprint, but also open up entirely new possibilities in contemporary construction," says Lauritz Rasmussen, Secretary General of Træ i Byggeriet.

 

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