3XN Arkitekter   Copenhague

3XN is a Danish architecture firm with an international outlook, renowned for having won numerous international competitions.

3XN has forged its expertise through work at every scale, from industrial design to urban projects, spanning the entire creative spectrum, from sketches and virtual imagery to construction and site supervision. A dedicated department focuses on new materials — also known as smart materials — new technologies, and sustainable development.

« It’s all a question of dialogue. It’s all in the way you tell stories, but if you don’t know how to listen, you won’t have any stories to tell. That’s why we approach a project starting from its context.

We analyze existing parameters in order to understand their meaning. We listen to the site, the client, the future users. In this way, the social contexts in which people live are directly reflected in the new proposals for shared living that we build.

Drawing is a process. Building is a process. The architect is the force that guides these processes, and must be able to listen, to interpret the slightest sound. »

(Original text of 2008, machine translated in 2026.)