House of the Danish Industry Foundation
Home for the Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research
Danish Values in a Chinese Environment
The first pen strokes in the creation of the House of the Danish Industry Foundation were drawn in 2010 when Denmark hosted an architectural competition by invitation. It was a condition that the proposed building should be in accordance with Danish values and standards and show respect for the inspiring Chinese environment.
The competition was won by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects in cooperation with COWI.
The building was donated by the Danish Industry Foundation.
A venue for your next event?
SDC is open to companies, universities and institutions with activities in China. If you are planning your next event in Beijing and you are looking for a spectacular venue, contact Event and Relations Coordinator Thomas Lykke Pedersen.
When you choose SDC as the location for your event, SDC will help you with practicalities such as booking of conference rooms, hotel reservations, AV equipment, planning of social and cultural activities outside the programme.
Facilities
The SDC Building is home to more than 50 rooms, which include meeting rooms, video-call meeting rooms, classrooms for workshops and auditoriums seating 60-150 people.
Contact
Event and Relations Coordinator Thomas Lykke Pedersen
E-mail: thomaslp@sdc.university
Mobile: +86 182 0144 6428
SDC Faculty
SDC faculty can find more information on the Event Portal at Moodle
https://sdc-moodle.samf.aau.dk
Bringing people together
It was the vision to create a vibrant house where also businesspeople take advantage of the airy and pleasant facilities for conference activities and similar events. An open atrium runs through all floors and draws daylight deep into the core of the building.
The atrium is the spatial focus of the building, providing overview and easy orientation, and it is the natural meeting place for informal contacts and meetings among students, researchers and businesspeople.
Gallery
The building is located at UCAS’ Yanqihu campus, 60 km north of Beijing. It was inaugurate by His Royal Highness The Crown Prince of Denmark on 25 September 2017, and the building has enabled SDC to compile teaching and research activities under one roof.
Have a look through the gallery above to see the building and the facilities.
The first pen strokes in the creation of the House of the Danish Industry Foundation were drawn in 2010 when Denmark hosted an architectural competition by invitation.
Photo: Klaus Sletting
The competition was won by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects in cooperation with COWI.
Photo: Klaus Sletting
The open facades ensure contact and cohesion between the building and the environment and allow varied, generous daylight to enter the house.
Photo: Klaus Sletting
The Danish Industry Foundation has donated a total of DKK 99 million for the construction of the building.
Photo: SDC
Office for the Chinese and Danish administrative staff.
Photo: SDC
An open atrium runs through all floors, softens the tight foundation and draws daylight deep into the core of the building.
Klaus Sletting
The atrium is the spatial focus of the building, providing overview and easy orientation.
Photo: Klaus Sletting
One of the class rooms.
Photo: SDC
One of the class rooms.
Photo: SDC
The exhibition areas are available for researchers, companies etc.
Photo: SDC
The main lecture hall.
Photo: UCAS
The main lecture hall.
Photo: SDC
The canteen area.
Photo: SDC
Facilities for informal meetings and group work.
Photo: SDC
Open room to be used for group work.
Photo: SDC
Study hall.
Photo: SDC
Organic study desks in the open spaces on the first and second floors.
Photo: SDC
One of the eight PhD offices.
Photo: SDC
Meeting room.
Photo: SDC
Meeting room.
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The roof comprises apartments for teachers and researchers.
Photo: SDC
The view from the building.
Photo: SDC
The apartments are facing three corners of the world and feature different colour schemes. Toward the cool light from the north the colours of the textiles are burnt, toward reddish and brownish shades.
Photo: SDC
Toward the west which gets the low warm daylight, cool, blue shades have been applied.
Photo: SDC
SDC hosts activities organised by among others the Danish universities, Chinese partners and international companies.
Photo: SDC
Facts about the building
The SDC building is a complete five story building of 10,896 m2, and on a daily basis it will be frequented by 200 Master’s students, PhD students, teachers and researchers, guests and staff in the:
• 20 apartments for teachers and researchers
• Lecture hall
• Lecture room
• 10 classrooms
• 8 group rooms
• 10 research offices
• 8 PhD offices
• 6 thesis offices
• 4 meeting rooms
• Lounges for students and teachers
• Common areas with study stations
• 4 administration offices
• Canteen area
Furnishing the new home of SDC
Chairs, tables, wall units and much more are produced in Denmark
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