Office building in Aarhus

Bjælkehuset is a six-storey office building of 9,360 sq m that will serve as a city gate to the new district, Trælasten. The history of timber is expressed in the façade with solid aids and bricks with aluminium and wood panels. The office building is equipped with flexible office and meeting facilities for 600 employees, which makes it possible to divide the commercial part into several leases for one or more tenants as needed. The building also has changing facilities, a commercial kitchen, and a shared canteen for the building's tenants. Bjælkehuset has a 980 sq m basement, which is partly furnished with technical and shared facilities. Bjælkehuset has three roof terraces for common use by the tenants of the site.

The project has been developed in close collaboration with PensionDanmark, Boligforeningen Ringgården and Aarhus Municipality.
Trælasten will consist of 70,000 DGNB certified sq m divided into 80% residential units and 20% retail and commercial premises. The goal is for the residential units, shops and offices to be DGNB Gold certified and for the urban space to be DGNB Platinum certified.

Bjælkehuset is built together with three other buildings; Kridthuset, Byhuset and Gavlhuset. All four buildings are built together as one block with a common courtyard in the middle. Under the courtyard there is a parking basement with space for 77 cars and 312 bicycles.

The project follows DGNB manual 2016 Apartment buildings and terraced houses. Bjælkehuset has undergone a pre-certification and the project is moving towards a final DGNB Gold certification. The pre-certificate is issued in 2021.