Forward-looking School Construction: Robert Grimm from BIG on New Approaches in Educational Building

At the SCHULBAU Think Tank Copenhagen 2025, Robert Grimm, Director of Delivery at BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), will provide insights into this process. His presentation will focus on the interface between design and implementation, highlighting how well-conceived concepts become reality.

From Design to Implementation: Architecture That Works

Complex construction projects require close integration of idea and realization. As Director of Delivery at BIG, Robert Grimm is responsible for project execution, resource management, and quality assurance across the entire portfolio. Schools and educational buildings play a special role in this. They are places of learning and, at the same time, spaces that shape the daily lives of the next generation.

His expertise ranges from sustainable architecture and ecological construction methods to digital planning methodologies. In Copenhagen, the focus will be on how these aspects interact in school construction and which strategic decisions facilitate successful implementation.

Robert Grimm from BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group: Architecture with International Experience

After studying architecture at Bauhaus University Weimar and interior architecture at Oxford Brookes University, Robert Grimm gained extensive experience in various international architectural firms. He worked at Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes in Paris, MVRDV in Rotterdam, and Leeser Architecture in New York before joining BIG as a Senior Architect in 2017. In 2021, he was promoted to Associate, and since 2023, he has led the implementation of complex construction projects as Director of Delivery. His expertise in sustainable development, ecological building, and technology integration shapes his work, as does his strategic perspective on the processes behind architecture.

His projects at BIG include the PARC educational facility at Sorbonne University in Paris, whose development he oversaw through construction. He was responsible for two office buildings, XWork and Vivaldi, in Boulogne-Billancourt. As project manager, he also led the construction of the Simone Veil high school and Ostend station in Belgium. His experience in educational, infrastructure, and administrative buildings makes him an expert in demanding architectural projects.

Think Tank at SCHULBAU Copenhagen 2025

Which concepts are suitable for the educational buildings of the future? How can sustainable materials, flexible structures, and modern learning environments be meaningfully integrated? These questions will be at the heart of Robert Grimm’s presentation and the subsequent workshop on June 3, 2025, at the SCHULBAU Think Tank Copenhagen.

The event will take place at Trifolium in Copenhagen and will bring together architects, planners, and decision-makers from the educational building sector. In addition to presentations and workshops, it offers space for professional exchange and new perspectives.

An event for all who not only want to build schools but also rethink them.