The new headquarters, designed by BIG, resemble a Möbius strip

At Dymak’s new headquarters in Odense, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group – has transformed the complexity of an office building, showroom and communal spaces into a strikingly clear form: a circular volume carved out by a central green courtyard and crowned by an undulating roof that evokes the topological paradox of the Möbius strip. Twists, rotations, folds and assemblies that form a plus sign, a drop, a spiral, an urban mountain: BIG has always shown a special talent for transforming the programmatic, technical and sometimes symbolic complexity of its projects into geometric forms of striking clarity. The new headquarters of Dymak, a global company specialising in the distribution of gardening and home products in Odense, follows this approach, combining spatial organisation, environmental performance and corporate marketing in an essential form. Inside, the spaces are arranged around a double-height atrium; on the ground floor are the communal areas – showroom, photography studio and gym – whilst the upper floor houses offices, meeting rooms and informal areas. At the centre a hortus conclusus shaped like a small amphitheatre, with integrated seating, vegetation and brick flooring flowing seamlessly into the interior, encourages spontaneous gatherings and socialising.

As always in BIG’s work, sustainability is a guiding principle: the Dymak HQ has already received DGNB Gold, Heart, and Diamond certification, recognizing its overall energy performance, focus on staff well-being, and architectural quality. The undulating shape of the roof is not a formalistic gesture but a deliberate functional choice: designed to maximise solar performance through the arrangement of around 880 bespoke photovoltaic panels, the surface rises towards the north to open up the view of the forest and slopes down towards the south to provide protection from direct sunlight. Consequently, the façade varies in density according to its orientation: more compact to the south to control solar gain, and more open to the north to maximise natural light and views. The glulam structure, clay tiles and clay mortars, together with eelgrass as an insulating material, help to reduce embodied carbon, whilst also serving as a three-dimensional catalogue of the materials and products marketed by the company. Externally, the landscape design forms part of this strategy, coordinating car parks, access roads, vegetation, artificial mounds for noise mitigation and rainwater collection channels within a unified design.