the Vision of BispeBjerg Bakke - Realdania Byg

you don’t have to write each other angry
letters. Quite often people talk nastily to
each other in the building business, and
partnering is supposed to prevent that”.
Poul Erik Haurbæk met once a week with
Torben Sørensen, Jesper Holm and Adviser
to the Building Owners, Jørgen Bendiksen
from Kuben: ”There has been fantastic collaboration
– also because the social chemistry
was right. The four of us, who represented
the different parties involved in the
project, were the project manager group
– corresponding to a company’s board of
directors”, says Poul Erik Haurbæk. The
word dialogue keeps appearing when
talking about the process of planning and
building Bispebjerg Bakke. It is obvious
that those involved like each other and
appreciate working together. That goes
for Torben Sørensen as well: ”I really appreciated
the design process, when I worked
closely with the collaborators, building
owners, architect and engineer. We brainstormed,
made jokes, presented ideas,
and you felt a huge commitment. It was
fun and exciting, and everyone had their
heart set on this. And again and again it
showed that this is not the work of just
one man. Two and two suddenly came to
five, and together we came up with the
ultimate solutions”.
Keeping Abreast
At Bispebjerg Bakke the philosophy has
been that it pays to do long-term plan-
Kuben Byggeplandata
Kuben Byggeplandata was established in February 2004, when Kuben bought Byggeplandata
(established 1968). The company has more than 35 years of experience in advising
building owners on many different types of projects, for example the university
building Nobelparken, the ARoS museum in Århus and the headquarters of HK and KL in
Copenhagen. Jørgen Bendiksen is chief adviser at Kuben Byggeplandata.
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