We are here at Elcon’s new headquarters, which we inaugurated in mid-January 2022. Elcon is a green electrical contracting company with branches throughout Denmark. We have approximately 1,200 employees nationwide, and our primary customers are typically in the B2B segment—including industry, light commercial, and large-scale construction projects.
We launched the project in collaboration with Elcon because they wanted to bring all their employees in Jutland together under one roof in the Aarhus area. The goal was to bring employees back to the office—to create a workplace where people look forward to coming in, and where they feel welcome and part of the community.
Ambiente is able to build a strong partnership by taking the time to understand what kind of company we are.
From the very beginning, our goal was for the experience to be the same, whether you were standing outside or moving into the building. We’ve created a sense of transparency by allowing visitors to step into the atrium, continue on to the dining area, and from there into the production area, where you can actually see right through the entire building. It’s a creative approach that I think we’ve pulled off really well.
One of the things I find completely unconventional compared to traditional consulting is Ambiente’s ability to integrate our existing furniture—much of what we already had—into the new design. This has both reduced the cost of building new spaces and supported a sustainable approach by reusing as much of the existing furnishings as possible.
One element that has been—and still is—particularly special to me is the benches shaped around the large trees. Here, I truly feel we succeeded in our ambition to bring nature indoors. It’s a beautiful and vibrant element in an otherwise raw building with concrete and acoustic wood panels on the ceilings. The trees and the softly shaped woodwork add warmth and contrast to the hard materials.
Ambiente has challenged our conventional thinking and helped us move toward a more contemporary and modern look. They’ve brought many ideas to the table and have been a great source of inspiration. We’ve adopted some of these ideas, while others weren’t the right fit for us—but together, we’ve created a result that really works for Elcon.
As a technology-intensive company—compared to many other types of companies—we find that Ambiente understands what kind of building to create for what kind of employees.
