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r Mrs Große-Berkenbusch, on the homepage of structure. My second major project was the redesign
C.F Møller it is written: “Every day, we create the of the Carossa district in Berlin-Spandau. In autumn
kind of architectural quality which is based on 2019, C.F Møller had won the competition for this
innovation, experience and Nordic values”. Which masterplan. Of the 1,000 apartments which are to be
of these values were you fortunate to discover du- designed, C.F Møller is to realize close to 500 of them.
ring your traineeship? Among them are 1-2 room apartments, larger flats on
In many areas of life and on every scale – from articles the upper levels as well as subsidized-, rental- and
of daily use all the way to major plans urban deve- senior citizens’ flats. My tasks were extremely varied.
lopment – the Danes set great store by design and I participated in the concept development, the establis-
value. Timelessness as well as the conscious handling hing of layouts as well as of visualizations and presen-
of materials and their environment play a major role. tation documents. It was also instructive for me to
For the projects on which I collaborated, it was impor- experience how essential the regular exchange bet-
tant to find a clear and unpretentious design vocabu- ween planners, building clients and the city really is
lary and to avoid losing sight of the human scale. Warm during the planning process.
colours and materials add calm and poise to the
Nordic architectural language. Sustainable, ecological r What are the most important experiences you have
aspects are likewise of great importance. And timber been able to take home after your traineeship?
construction is a topic for which C.F. Møller also poli- As regards architecture, I learned a lot in the practical
tically tries to lobby. field – programmes, design rules, norms and so on –
which will no doubt support me in the course of my
r How is the Copenhagen office structured and what studies. What I find even more important, however,
type of traineeship culture is promoted there? was what I learnt from the normal daily work routine.
As I had actually expected, I encountered a flat office Particularly the confidence when communicating with
hierarchy at C.F. Møller. In Copenhagen, approximately the colleagues in the English language, the team-
50 employees work on projects abroad but also for work, the decisiveness in issues of projects and the
the home market. As a trainee, from the very beginning various perspectives on architecture which I encounte-
I was very well integrated into the planning processes red will no doubt in future be very helpful for me. The
and seen as an equal member of the staff. Due to the mixture of different cultures is not only an asset for
responsibility put on me and the participation in the office, it was also one for me personally. Good co-
internal as well as external meetings, my feeling was operation, openness and understanding of anything
soon confirmed that my opinion was also sought- new and different were constantly supported. In my
after. The trainees – between seven and ten – are for experience, community in general plays a major role Über 100 Badelemente wie Waschbecken,
Dusch- & Badewannen aus Mineralwerkstoff
the majority assigned to the competition department in Copenhagen. In the generation of students and fugenlos kombinieren
and are mainly from outside Denmark. Most of them young adults, there are large residential communities
are from Europe but some are also from countries such of, in some cases, up to eight people who jointly under-
as Columbia, Ecuador or China. This mixture makes take and share a lot.
it all the more interesting. Thanks to the diverse expe- INDIVIDUELLE
riences which each trainee contributes, they are r A stay abroad always also offers the chance to
able to learn a lot from each other every day. Projects broaden one’s own horizon outside of work. What BADLÖSUNGEN
are practically always carried as a team and with was your programme?
constant coordination with the partners. The general Copenhagen constantly offers something. It is a very
policy is: everyone helps everyone else. Teamwork is young, very lively city. At the beginning of my stay, the
writ large and those permanently employed are very annual architecture festival took place. It was followed » neue Waschbecken in verschiedenen
supportive of the trainees and open for questions and by a number of additoal events, music festivals and Größen und Formen fugenlos
recommendations. exhibitions. During my first summer, I spent a lot of kombinierbar mit Corian & Hi-Macs ®
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time exploring the city and its attractive surroundings
r You have worked in the Copenhagen office for by bicycle and going swimming in the canal which runs » durchgängiges Design für
14 months, initially as a trainee, then as a student right through the city centre. Since I also shared my Becken, Dusch- & Badewannen
assistant. Which were your tasks, and which were living quarters with Danes, I had the opportunity to aus acrylgebundenem Mineralwerkstoff
the projects to which you were allowed to contri- also share the cultural traditions of the Danes and to
bute? take part in their lives in general. These were also in- » exakt nach Maß & Kundenwunsch
Thanks to the wide variety of projects at C.F. Møller, teresting, eventful experiences. Denmark and Germany » europaweit führender Zulieferspezialist
I was able to get familiar with different departments. do not differ all that much at first glance. Different in der Mineralwerkstoff-Verarbeitung
During my first months, I worked for the competition traditions, however, do exist. Starting at the end
department and was thus able to contribute my work of November, Christmas is very perseveringly cele- !"#$%!&'#(!)*!+,-(#.!/!#0$'1#(!2!
to several larger and smaller projects. One of my first brated with friends, family members and office collea- innovativer Partner von Architektur
projects was Bellerivestraße 36 on Lake Zurich. The gues in the form of a very special Christmas lunch with & Handwerk
outdated office building from the 1970s was to be con- a large choice of traditional dishes and going on until
verted into a modern, sustainable office building accor- late into the night. On the occasion of midsummer, on
ding the Swiss Minergie-A energy standards. My task Sankt Hans Day, a large fire is built on a raft in the
was the new planning of the layouts. In addition, I water where a witch is said to be burned. And, as is
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