INCLUSIVE HOUSING AND GENEROUS URBAN DESIGN
CREATING HOMES
The Vodroffsvej housing project in Copenhagen is one of C.F. Møller’s earliest residential projects, dating back to 1929. Although radically new at its time, the building has successfully stood the test of time and remains a highly attractive and sought-after living environment.
When Sweden’s largest housing association HSB set out to formulate a new vision for social and sustainable housing in the 21st century, C.F. Møller, in cooperation with DinellJohansson, won the competition with a fresh new formula which combines the lessons of the past with new technological opportunities within timber construction.
INCLUSIVE HOUSING AND GENEROUS URBAN DESIGN From large-scale urban interventions and quarters, to medium- and small-scale individual homes and rooms, our buildings and cities must, above all, be lastingly attractive, since longevity is the key to sustainability. The design of human habitations is changing continuously – reflecting the changes in contemporary culture. When living arrangements, work routines or family patterns change, this is reflected in the needs and requirements made of the design of the physical environment. More people working at home, more people living alone and greater diversity in cultural values all point to the need for the physical environment to be able to reinforce social interaction, integration and mutual stimuli. This concerns overall planning: the geographical location, traffic systems, etc.; it concerns the design of outdoor areas with regard to variation, together with balance between public and private spaces; and it concerns the design of the local neighbourhood with regard to informal meeting spaces, shared facilities, etc. It also concerns the design of the individual home – with a need for diversity and flexibility and for the development of types of accommodation that are adaptable to widely different living arrangements, family patterns and individualised lifestyles.
Sustainability should thus not be interpreted as forcefully changing habits – but instead as a focus on changing the means to make these habits sustainable, and adapting our design to desirable lifestyles. This includes the reinterpretation of known materials and structures – and we believe that traditional and durable materials, with their emotional importance, should not be abandoned or swept away by changing performance criteria, but instead evolved and integrated into new structures. Whether upgrading monotonous, 1970s prefabricated “crane track” housing estates into more welcoming and sustainable garden city complexes, reinventing rural village typologies, re-thinking high-rise living as a social community, or carving out residential spaces in former industrial sites, the simplicity and human scale of the Scandinavian modern movement remains all-important in our projects, as this selection of our work demonstrates.
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C   ONTENT Rethink Tall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Human-Scale Urban Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Garden City Landmark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Industrial Revival. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Learning from London. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 In Harmony With the Historic Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Visual Art /Gesamtkunst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 New Rural Living. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Scandinavian Lightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 From Crane Track Estates to Garden Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Building Awards & Facts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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RETHINK TALL Three competition-winning designs for Stockholm’s future landmark all aim to support the client’s vision by creating housing for the benefit of the residents, as well as their fellow citizens, using an innovative approach to the interior design of the apartments, the architectonic design of the building itself, and the building as part of its urban context. Designed for Sweden’s largest housing association, HSB, all three designs share the characteristic use of double-layered façades and structures using wood. The consistent idea has been to create a residential complex to accommodate a diversity of people, ranging from students and families with children, to pensioners – as a complex which creates ideal conditions for community spirit and busy modern lifestyles, including a supermarket, café, restaurant, fitness centre and library facilities on site. The different projects therefore also welcome visitors and provide attractive outdoor spaces, as part of the projects’ social sustainability.
EXHAUST AIR AT ROOF TOP South-facing green terraces
Heat recovery by air to water heat exchanger (THX) used as a low temperature heat source for floor heating.
SOLAR PANELS
Air is taken in through balcony and window vents and exhaust air is transported away through central shafts.
The timber-framed complex will be sustainable not only during the construction process and in the choice of materials, but also in terms of the residents’ lifestyle. For example, the proposals include a bicycle and car pool operated by the housing association, and apartments with kitchen interiors specially designed to make recycling easy.
View to the city.
Physical and visual access to the park.
Mechanically and manually operated solar shadings.
Noise reducing effect from the double skin façade. Reuse of waste heat from greenhouse.
RAINWATER BASIN
HEAT PUMP Combination of recycled heat from ventilation & geothermal heat.
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THE CARPENTRY AWARD 2015 The award is given to C.F. Møller, represented by Lone Wiggers and Mads Mandrup, for their work on a planned 34-storey residential building in Stockholm and the dedicated and unbiased public communication of both the Stockholm project and timber’s general potential to make the Danish construction sector more sustainable.
For the Västerbroplan plot in the Marieberg district, C.F. Møller, in collaboration with Dinell Johansson, has drawn up plans for a 34-floor wooden apartment building. The building is designed around a wooden structure with stabilising concrete cores and will serve as a new characteristic landmark and meeting place in the city. VÄSTERBROPLAN – HSB 2023, SWEDEN [1ST PRIZE IN COMPETITION 2013]
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T he design of the façades is based on a continuous surrounding double-shell, in the form of a winter-garden zone surrounding the buildings and adding extra flexible living space to the homes. The winter gardens’ exterior glazing shelters the exposed timber structure, and acts as a thermal climate buffer zone, besides passively pre-heating the natural ventilation air intake. A reflective curtain inside the winter garden cavity can be used to reflect solar gain in the summer period, and alternatively reflect heat back to the interior during the winter period.
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The flats of tomorrow must present far more than their four walls can encompass. Besides attractive, functional and flexible rooms, a residential complex must offer better quality of life by weaving the lives of residents, the housing association and the town closer together, creating new synergies. HAGASTADEN – HSB 2023, SWEDEN [1ST PRIZE IN COMPETITION 2013]
Geysir is a new and modern residential tower in Kista, north of Stockholm, which, with its central location, simultaneous will serve as the City’s new meeting place. Geysir will, in terms of both expression and content, become a significant building that will unify residents of Kista and the surrounding urban districts. GEYSIR – KV HEKLA, SWEDEN [1ST PRIZE IN COMPETITION 2017]
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To relax, the occupants of the tower can choose between a drink on the terrace of the cafĂŠ on the corner or a barbecue at the picnic bench in the courtyard, enjoy the sun in a deck chair on the terrace, walk on their own balcony, socialise in the communal winter garden, or enjoy the view across the river Scheldt from the atrium at the top of the tower.
Fast Company has selected C.F. Møller to be on the list of the 10 most innovative architectural firms in the world, for the ability to combine tall building and new thinking:
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C.F. Møller is solving residential skyscrapers’ other weakness: social isolation. For a 24-storey Antwerp tower, the architects grouped apartments in mini-communities of similar residents, such as families and students. Ample communal space, including a communal dining area, balcony space and winter gardens, ensures that people have plenty of reasons to bump into each other.
C.F. Møller has designed a new 24-storey residential tower block in Antwerp’s Nieuw Zuid area. Here, the goal has been to redefine the residential high-rise as a vertical social community. This design proposes to become a sustainable and collective community in which social interaction is enabled and encouraged in numerous ways, without compromising the need for privacy. The proposal includes a large selection of apartments that reach out to a diverse group of inhabitants, from small units suitable for student co-housing, to larger family and life-work types, all grouped into vertical mini-communities. RESIDENTIAL TOWER ANTWERP, BELGIUM [2014-2016 • 1ST PRIZE IN COMPETITION]
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VERTICAL CAMPUS COMMUNITY The design of the Campus Hall at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense is based on a strong community spirit. The 250 student residences are located in three interconnected 15-storey buildings with no front or back. The dorm rooms with individual balconies are located on the outer faces of the three towers, from where they all enjoy views of the countryside without overlooking neighbouring rooms. Moving inwards from the private rooms towards the communal kitchen in the centre, the areas gradually become more and more communal. A shared living room serves as a social meeting place for the small cluster of seven rooms into which all residential units are grouped, and marks the transition to the fully communal kitchen spaces at the centre of each floor, which are shared by all. The top floors of the super low-energy (class 2020) building have spectacular views, and are reserved for communal activities such as study groups, party rooms and green roof terraces. CAMPUS HALL, DENMARK [2012-2015]
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The Campus Hall will be all about community – ranging from the attractive communal facilities and terraces located at the top and bottom of the towers, to the more intimate floorplans where each of the three towers shares a semiprivate study zone, in addition to a central communal space with kitchens, dining area and lounges. Great spaces, quality materials and access to sports and recreational activities in green surroundings will enable students to combine focused studies with social interaction and shared activities.
HUMAN-SCALE URBAN DESIGN
Örnsro Timber Town is a visionary residential quarter in central Örebro that is built in solid timber and focuses on integrating nature into the urban landscape. The new urban quarter comprises several apartment buildings of varying heights. The buildings will be created with solid timber frame structures, and will contribute positively to the overall lifecycle perspective of the project. Timber is a renewable material, with low energy consumption and a limited carbon footprint. The residential buildings in Örnsro Timber Town interact with the urban city park, Ängen (The Meadow), that includes a variety of activities and plazas for social meetings and recreation. The urban city park gives the area an unexpected meeting between city and wild nature. Örnsro Timber Town is going to be an including urban quarter in which the city’s urban and social qualities interact with the park’s organic structures. The proposal vision is to create an exciting place in Örebro, of unique value, with innovative architecture. Örnsro Trästad will be a vibrant quarter and a destination of Örebro. ÖRNSRO TIMBER TOWN IN ÖREBRO, SWEDEN [2016-2019 • 1ST PRIZE IN COMPETITION 2016]
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The new residential complex Havneholmen with approximately 400 rental units is located on one of the most attractive sites in the Aarhus Docklands, right on the waterfront towards the Bay of Aarhus. The development is a key element of the new urban area, and consists of a series of tall, slender buildings with characteristic steel girders at the top, as a reference to the classical canal houses with their external hoists, which here serve to support generous balconies. Residents will have direct access to the waterfront promenades, as well as a sheltered green courtyard garden with a carefully considered microclimate. HAVNEHOLMEN, DENMARK [2012-2015]
The Laindon Centre is a mixed-use, regeneration masterplan in Laindon, Essex, which creates new residential neighbourhoods and re-establishes a vibrant retail-led high street. The masterplan reconnects established neighbourhoods by re-imagining Laindon High Road as an active civic space lined with flexible retail spaces, commercial units and cafes. Underused spaces and dilapidated sites will be transformed into new residential neighbourhoods, arranged around landscaped gardens and pedestrian-friendly streets that weave through a network of public spaces. Across the masterplan sites, a mixture of apartments, terraced, semi- and detached housing are cohesively planned to establish diverse new neighbourhoods arranged to overlook richly landscaped green spaces. THE LAINDON CENTRE, UK [2015-]
Alvik Tower is a sculptural housing complex on the waterfront in Bromma, known as a garden city in the Stockholm metropolitan area, with close proximity to Lake Mälaren and several nature reserves. The site forms a transition zone between the city and the landscape, which has inspired the architecture. The development with 151 flats – a fractured block of nine storeys and a landmark 18-storey tower divided into two parts – draws its angles and lines from the steepness and structure of the mountains bordering Lake Mälaren. ALVIKS TOWER, SWEDEN [2008-2015]
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T he layout provides each residence with generous amounts of daylight and views. At the same time, the meandering footprint of the buildings preserves free areas which are used as squares and public spaces.
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The Zenhusen (the Zenhouses) in Stockholm’s Royal Seaport area are situated on a former industrial site right at the border between the city and a nature reserve. The aim of Royal Seaport is to adapt to global climate change, so that by 2030 the district will no longer make use of fossil fuels. In addition to minimising energy consumption, the Zenhouses feature quality materials in the façades, interior and landscape that add a Nordic feel and also age with beauty – inspired by the industrial heritage of the site. Inside, the homes are bright and transparent, featuring double-height living rooms and views of the sea and nature. Furthermore, residents have access to private patios, roof terraces, balconies and a more intimate, planted courtyard. ZENHOUSES, SWEDEN [2010-2015]
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The DLG Tower is the final big residential construction project at the central waterfront of Aalborg in the neighborhood Musikhavnskvarteret. The former grain and animal feed silo will contain 18 family apartments, 62 youth apartments and 34 owner-occupied apartments. The aim of the transformation of the Eastern Port is to create an urban quarter that arises from the encounter between the industrial cultural heritage, modern architecture of high quality, and an active urban life. The reconstructed tower has owner-occupied flats with large balconies, and a unique view of the port and fjord. The silo’s body holds public rental and youth residential units. DLG-TOWER, EAST HARBOUR IN AALBORG, DENMARK [2011-2018]
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A new urban district is beginning to take shape on an erstwhile industrial plot in Valby, Denmark. Housing units, shops, commercial units and green spaces will soon fill the site, which, from 1882 until the early 1990s, was used to manufacture machinery for the cement industry. The new district is named Valby Maskinfabrik (Valby machine factory) as this is already the popular name for the area. 102 of the district’s new homes alongside commercial and community spaces have been integrated in two reused historic red brick factory buildings, called the foundry and assembly halls – which were originally part of the steel and iron works. VALBY MACHINERY HALLS, DENMARK [2014-2018]
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Mixed-use regeneration development in Waltham Forest, London, comprised of exclusively affordable housing, public realm design, retail, allotments and new creative workspaces. Backed by the Mayor of London and the GLA, the site will be the first to deliver the Mayor’s 100 per cent affordable housing initiative. The site sits within a particularly rich and diverse existing setting in Waltham Forest. Amongst a variety of shops, sporting facilities and industrial estates, the neighbourhood is notably home to many creative workspaces. The proposed development aims to foremost integrate with and contribute to this thriving established community. BLACKHORSE YARD, UK [2017-]
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Prefab Concrete Award, 2015 Utzon Statuette, 2015 Aalborg Municipality Architecture Award, 2014
Henius house is modern youth housing with emphasis on the social community. Situated on the former Eternit industrial site, now transformed into a new urban district, the six low-energy-class 2015 buildings with 240 homes are oriented to give residents the best possible light and views of the area. Optimising the circulation and gross areas of the complex has successfully provided funds to upgrade the shared facilities: The buildings offer both shared kitchen facilities and communal rooms on various floors, communal fitness facilities, an Internet cafĂŠ and workshops, as well as outdoor areas designed for sports, exercise, healthy living and social interaction. The roofs are used for a ball court and various roof terraces, and the communal facilities are highlighted with colours, graphics and scenographic lighting to emphasise their importance in the complex. HENIUS HOUSE, DENMARK [2010-2013]
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LEARNING FROM LONDON
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T he new area of dense apartment buildings creates 2,800 sustainable new city dwellings, as well as shops, restaurants and parks at street level. C.F. Møller was chosen for the project – from a total of 434 international companies in the initial design competition – to design one of the initial 11 residential developments.
C.F. Møller’s design for the 2012 Olympic Athletes Village is located in a prominent position and forms a gateway to the Village. The Sustainable Homes Level 4 development takes its inspiration from several of London’s successful urban features and streetscapes, and the design uses variations in scale and height to create a visual identity for the four interlinking apartment buildings with 185 homes, while at the same time ensuring good daylight for all units. ATHLETES VILLAGE, PLOT N13 LONDON OLYMPICS 2012, UK [2008-2012]
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The design of 42 homes adopts the scale and rhythm of the surrounding terraces, using bay windows and brick and render. Regular entrances into ground floor units help to animate the street. Each unit has an amenity space – as either a private terrace or garden. A communal roof terrace provides additional amenity space for the residents. A children’s play area is provided at the southern apex of the site. The building has been designed to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4, and all units are designed to comply with Lifetime Homes and the Mayor’s London Housing Design Guide standards. MILKWOOD ROAD, LONDON [2011-2015]
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The Elmwood Court housing is built on an under-utilised car park within an existing Peabody Estate. The project provides affordable apartments for local residents and re-creates the original Victorian line of the street. The calm, understated façades are of light brick – a material found abundantly within the local vernacular. Most units are double aspect, with large inset balconies and full-height windows. The building has been designed to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4 and the units are 100% Lifetime Homes compliant. ELMWOOD COURT, LONDON [2013-2015]
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T he bays, clad in copper and glass, are set like eyes upon the façade. They offer a space where residents can step out and look far down the street, as well as drawing natural light deep into the apartments.
IN HARMONY WITH THE HISTORIC BLOCK
Østerbrogade 105 is a new residential property set among historical town houses in one of Copenhagen’s most desirable areas. The building’s unique façade composition tells a modern story of variation and sculptural form, taking its cue from the rich detail of the neighbouring properties. The reddish-brown façades of recycled brick and the modernistic bays link the building with the neighbourhood. The bays, clad in copper and glass, are set like eyes upon the façade. They offer a space where residents can step out and look far down the street, as well as drawing natural light deep into the apartments. The dense brickwork which rounds off and concludes the block stretches for its entire length above a light glass wall which adorns the tall ground floor. The contrast of the heavy surface floating above the light, tall glass façade gives the building a touch of modernity and an unexpected base. ØSTERBROGADE 105, DENMARK [2004-2006]
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Located in the Greenwich Peninsula – London’s largest regeneration project – and within walking distance from the O2 Arena – M0115 is a residential development that comprises a mix of Private, Intermediate and Social for Rent tenures. In total, 56% of the homes are Affordable. The mass is formed of two 10-storey buildings flanking a raised landscaped podium at first-floor level and two smaller terraces of family housing, ensuring a continuation of the “book-end” theme established on the adjacent plots. The building is designed to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4, featuring green roofs and connection to the peninsula-wide district heating network. GREENWICH PENINSULA RIVERSIDE, THE MOORE, UK [2015]
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C.F. Møller Architects has reinvented the way to use pre-fab brick facing – as can be seen in this multi-storey building in Frederiksberg. Façades made up of prefabricated elements are usually dominated by visible joints, which form a monotonous structure connecting the prefabricated parts. To do away with this monotony, C.F. Møller Architects has developed a new type of concrete panel in which the bricks of the facing vary in depth. This creates a play of displacements which hides the joint lines, giving a façade pattern which is in harmony with the brick patterns of the historic Frederiksberg properties. NIMBUSHUSET, DENMARK [2006-2008]
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Nordlyset (Northern Lights) is a sculptural residential block with an expressive façade, located in the new urban quarter around Amerika Plads in Copenhagen. The development takes the form of a white-plastered block surrounding an interior outdoor courtyard. The façade line is broken to the north and south, giving the building an organic expression, while the bright and homely apartments enjoy a view of the Sound. The details emphasise the overall expression, with coloured glass panels in a bright striped pattern, designed in collaboration with the visual artist Ruth Campau. NORDLYSET (NORTHERN LIGHTS), DENMARK [2004-2006]
Named Building of the Year by the trade periodical Byggeri, 2006 Nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award, 2007 Copenhagen Municipality Building Award, 2007
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The very ambitious competition brief by the Rothschild Foundation calls for a design approach that will set a new benchmark for residential development in the UK.
C.F. Møller has designed two new residential housing areas in Waddesdon, a rural English village of 2,000 inhabitants, which is just over an hour’s drive from London. Responding to an ambitious brief, the project creates an organic extension to the village that offers a variety of high-quality sustainable homes. The design strategy of the project is to create a central park, bringing the natural environment into the heart of the new housing districts and managing water and biodiversity. The open gardens and terraces in front of the houses clearly reflect a desire to create residential housing that is more open than traditional English homes with enclosed gardens. GOLDEN MEDE HOUSING, WADDESDON, UK [2013-]
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Rungsted Sundpark is a housing project on a coastal site north of Copenhagen. The 15 rental units are designed as a combination of low-rise terraced houses and single-family homes. The buildings are laid out in a slightly angular scheme, arranged around a central square, which allows the water to be visible from all parts of the complex. The architecture is calm and timeless, with a restrained palette of distinctive elements to give the buildings character, particularly the large bay windows which form “eyes� towards the water. RUNGSTED SUNDPARK, DENMARK [1996-1997]
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The housing project in Sküde, south of Aarhus, consists of 83 dwellings situated on a hillside, sitting alongside a valley in the open grazing land. The dwellings are organised in three east-west oriented housing chains that accentuate the existing slope of the landscape and simultaneously, in a natural terrace structure, take advantage of the existing views and solar orientation of the site. The dwellings, each two storeys high, have bright, lime-washed masonry façades. Together with the standingseam zinc roofs they help to create a warm overall expression defined by the contrast between the masonry surface and the smooth, clear zinc roofs. The three housing chains are situated so that the valley is left untouched and preserved as a green and grassy area with various rare plants NY MOESGAARD, DENMARK [1988-1990]
RURAL HIGH-RISE Many towns in Denmark have centrally located industrial silos. Most of these are no longer in use, but continue to visually dominate the local skyline. This is also the case in the town of Løgten north of Aarhus, where the former silo complex has been transformed into 21 unique high-quality residences. The actual silo contains staircases and lifts, and provides the base of a communal roof terrace. Around the tower, the apartments are built up on a steel structure in eye-catching forms which protrude out into the light and the landscape – a bit like Lego bricks. This unusual structure, with its protrusions and displacements, provides all of the apartments with two, three or even four aspects, large terraces and a view of the Bay of Aarhus. SILOETTEN, DENMARK [2004-2010]
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ON THE EDGE OF NATURE Villa R is located at the edge of a forest near Aarhus. To create a home that brings the forest into the rooms through large glass panels – creating an ever-changing seasonal backdrop for the interior living spaces – it is positioned as close to the trees as possible. The aim was also to create a child-friendly house with dedicated areas for play – and to combine this with the challenges inherent in the local regulations which limit the height to only one storey, occupying less than 20 per cent of the site area. The solution was a partially underground parterre floor which serves as the building’s base, with children’s rooms, playrooms and access to an outdoor patio. The upper part, covered with dark weathered zinc, seems to hover above this base. It contains living rooms with multiple aspects, facing the forest and treetops on one side, and receiving plenty of daylight from the other – and with access to a raised south-facing wooden terrace with sitting steps. VILLA R, DENMARK [2012-2014]
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SCANDINAVIAN LIGHT This development, which encompasses a total of 20 homes, is located in the heart of the historical town of Haderslev. To the south, the site terraces down towards the stream of Møllestrømmen, thereby providing an ideal location to create good housing conditions in direct and attractive contact with both the town and the water. The project takes the form of an urban development which corresponds to the medieval structure of Haderslev town centre: a densely built-up town with small squares and intimate, lively urban spaces. DANNEVIRKESTRÆDE, DENMARK [2005-2007]
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The Duemosepark terraced housing is grouped in small communities which share a communal green that reveals the rising terrain and opens the view across the landscape. The 128 individual homes are accessed via patios or terraces as part of the private outdoor spaces. The clusters of buildings are nestled into the green terrain in an organic way to form a village-like setting in harmony with the natural landscape. DUEMOSEPARK, DENMARK [1994-1995 (PHASE 1), 2006-2009 (PHASES 2 AND 3)]
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A small-housing development, eight houses in total, makes up this complex situated at the edge of Oslo’s suburbs and city centre. All homes have multiple aspects, with panoramic windows and skylights. The layouts are flexible, with rooms that can serve many purposes. The atrium houses feature a small, double-height interior glazed courtyard. On the south elevation, 100 m2 of solar panels are integrated, which provide hot water and meet a quarter of the homes’ heating energy requirements RESIDENCES BJØRNVEIEN, NORWAY [2001-2006]
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FROM CRANE TRACK ESTATES TO GARDEN CITIES
The residential estate Magisterparken from 1964 faced the same challenges as many similar estates: structural damage, a lack of insulation and generally outdated and less attractive homes. The tall, 13-storey residential building and the adjacent nine 3-storey wings’ concrete carcass is therefore being renovated, while also combining some flats into larger units, reducing the total number of homes from 169 to 120, including fully accessible homes. The new façades offer more daylight, views and a more varied expression, and the tall block will have a more unique profile, as the two top floors’ balconies extend beyond one side of the building, creating special “penthouse flats”. Several flats are being merged vertically, resulting in new and strikingly modern layouts. The outdoor areas have been upgraded with new vegetation, activities and recreational areas, while the buildings’ ground floors have been opened up, with access to terraces and small gardens. MAGISTERPARKEN – HIMMERLAND HOUSING ASSOCIATION, DENMARK [2014-2015]
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Since 2003, Varbergparken, a social housing area with 508 homes in 15 blocks built between 1970-1980, has been undergoing a metamorphosis based on a multi-tiered strategy. The regeneration master plan focuses on changing the social mix of tenants, renovating and updating the homes, and creating new and accessible outdoor spaces, a new, extrovert traffic infrastructure and access to public transport, as well as renewed energy systems and the introduction of new workplaces in the neighbourhood. Varbergparken is beautifully situated in hilly terrain. Rather than replacing the uniform design expression of one period with a contemporary version of the same, the focus of the project is to introduce variation and diversity to the area by applying different strategies to each stage of the conversion of the individual blocks. The new overall concept for the area includes improvements to the green outdoor environment and future-proofing of all the apartments in terms of their architecture and sustainability. In addition to the overall re-development strategy, C.F. Møller has already been responsible for transforming several blocks into accessible low-energy homes, a new health centre and a senile dementia centre, bringing 300 new jobs to the area, as well as designing new playgrounds, gardens and landscape spaces. Current works include converting a number of blocks into free-standing housing with views in all directions, which will open new pathways through the landscape. MASTER PLAN FOR VARBERGPARKEN, DENMARK [2008-2017]
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The conversion and renovation of 370 homes transforms the monotonous, 1977-prefabricated “crane track” estate of the Himmerland Housing Association into a welcoming and sustainable garden city complex. The new timber-clad façades feature large windows, French balconies and bay windows, filling the homes with light and a pleasant outlook. Some homes are combined into larger flats, while others are being expanded upwards as modern, two-storey roof-top flats with open spaces and full-height glazing. The 1970s estate is thus being transformed into a contemporary, family-friendly cluster of townhouses. Ground floor apartments are fully accessible life-time homes, featuring small private gardens and a carport. As part of the overall sustainability strategy, the new cladding and roof-top flats are designed as pre-fabricated units which are simply hoisted into place. A shared activity building, which meets the strict requirements of the Danish low-energy-class 2020, will be a natural gathering point for all of Himmerland Housing Association’s residents in the area. HIMMERLAND HOUSING ASSOCIATION, DEPARTMENTS 19 & 22 , DENMARK [2009-2016]
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Kajstaden is a central residential neighborhood near the water in the Öster Mälarstrand area of Västerås. The new neighbourhood is designed as a city block and is a natural extension of Västerås city centre. The housing being constructed is comprised of 99 flats. The neighborhood includes amongst other things a 9-storey apartment building constructed with a frame made entirely of massive wood. The load bearing walls, beams and elevator/stairwell shafts have been built with cross-laminated wood. With renewable and sustainable timber construction, the quarter manages to have a positive impact on the environment and in time the overall life-cycle perspective. Research shows clear health benefits and qualities for people living in homes with wooden frames. Kajstaden is one of the tallest buildings in Sweden with a solid wood frame and the ongoing construction process clearly shows the advantages of building with modern wood technology. KAJSTADEN, SWEDEN [2016-2018]
B UILDING AWARDS & FACTS C.F. Møller’s over 85 years of experience from designing residential developments includes private and public projects from small to XL; high-end and affordable homes; renovations, transformations and new-built and, not least, visionary designs that have helped shape the Scandinavian modern movement and continue to set the bar high for today’s agendas. The following selection demonstrates the scope of our works: BLACKHORSE YARD [2017-, YEAR OF COMPETITION 2017] • SEE PAGE 29 Mixed-use regeneration development in Waltham Forest, London, comprised of exclusively affordable housing, public realm design, retail, allotments and new creative workspaces. • Client: Catalyst Housing and Swan Housing Association • Size: 34,900 m² housing/retail • Address: London, UK
HIMMERLAND HOUSING ASSOCIATION, DEPARTMENT 3 [2013-, YEAR OF COMPETITION 2013] Extensive renovation of 210 public housing units in Aalborg Vestby, with focus on reasons for vacation. • Client: Himmerland Housing Association (with financial support from Landsbyggefonden) • Size: 210 apartments, 13,110 m² • Address: Aalborg, Denmark
BLACKWALL REACH [2017-, YEAR OF COMPETITION 2017] As a part of the regeneration project Blackwall Reach C.F. Møller Architects has designed a new residential development with 324 homes. • Client: Swan Housing Association • Size: 324 homes • Address: Poplar, London, UK
HYBRID TOWER [2016-, YEAR OF COMPETITION 2016-2017]
BROKVARTERET – RESIDENTIAL AREA IN AARHUS [2017-2021, YEAR OF COMPETITION 2017] The “BridgeQuarter” is a new residential district in Aarhus, with a great community and green urban space, as well as considerable diversity, both in its architectural expression and in its resident structure. • Client: A. Enggard A/S • Size: 57,000 m² • Address: Aarhus, Denmark COBRAHAVE [2015-, YEAR OF COMPETITION 2015] 1 prize in competition, 2015 st
New residential block with 220 apartments, based on Copenhagen’s architectural heritage by re-interpreting classical Copenhagen blocks of flats. Client: Obel-LFI Ejendomme A/S (Developer: Agenda Property) • Size: 21,200 m², 220 dwellings, 70 m² – 120 m² • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark
GEYSIR – KV HEKLA [2017-, YEAR OF COMPETITION 2017] • SEE PAGE 9 1st prize in architectural competition, 2017 New modern residential tower in Kista, north of Stockholm, with a food court on the ground floor and a green courtyard where residents and restaurateurs can grow their own vegetables. • Client: Aros Bostad, Vasakronan • Size: 15,000 m² (13,000 housing and 2,000 m² retail) • Address: Stockholm, Sweden
1st prize in architectural competition, 2017 New residential tower in Västerås, west of Stockholm, with a green garden on the 15th floor, will be a striking new landmark for the town. • Client: Riksbyggen • Size: 15,700 m² • Address: Västerås, Sweden KAJSTADEN [2016-] • SEE PAGE 62 Kajstaden is a central residential neighbourhood near the water in the Öster Mälarstrand area of Västerås. • Client: Slättö Förvaltning • Size: 7,500 m² • Address: Västerås, Sweden NAJADEN 1 [2017, YEAR OF COMPETITION 2017] 1:a pris, markanvisningstävling, 2017 New residential neighbourhood in Lund that takes advantage of the proximity of the lake and the countryside. Client: Slättö Size: 8,100 m² Address: Lund, Sweden SUNDMOLEN, CPH PORTHOUSE AND CPH SQUARE [YEAR OF COMPETITION 2016] 86 new homes at Sundmolen in Copenhagen’s inner Nordhavn district. • Client: CASA A/S • Size: 15,700 m² • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark
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THE LAINDON CENTRE [2015-, YEAR OF COMPETITION 2015 (SWAN HOUSING ASSOCIATION FRAMEWORK COMPETITION)] • SEE PAGE 21 Shortlisted for the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) Award for Planning Excellence, 2017 Housing Design Awards “Best Regeneration” Winner, 2017 National Housing Award – best scheme in planning, 2017 AR MIPIM Future Projects Award, Commendation – Regeneration and Masterplanning category, 2018 AJ Architecture Awards – Finalist, 2017 The Laindon Centre is a mixed-use, regeneration masterplan in Laindon, Essex, which will create new residential neighbourhoods and re-establish a vibrant retail-led high street. • Client: Swan Housing Association • Size: 28,800 m² residential/commercial • Address: Laindon, UK ÖRNSRO TIMBER TOWN IN ÖREBRO [2016-2019, YEAR OF COMPETITION 2016] • SEE PAGE 16 Prizes: AR Mipim Future Projects Award, Commended, 2017 1st prize in architectural competition, 2016 Örnsro Timber Town is a visionary residential quarter in central Örebro that is built in solid timber and focuses on integrating nature into the urban landscape. • Client: Slättö Förvaltning AB • Size: 18000 m², 218 residential units • Address: Örebro, Sweden SØTORVET [2016-] Urban development project in Silkeborg that highlights and combines the best in the town with the wonderful surrounding countryside. • Client: AP Pension • Size: 69,860 m², 28,860 m² housing units, 4100 m² shops • Address: Silkeborg, Denmark BROOKS CLOSE [2016-, YEAR OF COMPETITION 2016] A new residential development by the sea in Newhaven, UK, comprised of a mix of 32 different sized homes and occupant tenures. • Client: Cayuga Homes Ltd. • Size: 8,370 m², site • Address: Newhaven, East Sussex, UK
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MUNKEMØLLEN [2014-2016] New housing development in the Danish city Odense inspired by the typology of the monastery. • Client: Arkitektgruppen • Size: 4,000 m², 30 apartments • Address: Odense, Denmark CERESBYEN, BRYGGERHAVEN [2014-2015] 230 flats for students and young families situated on the former Ceres Brewery site in central Aarhus. • Client: A. Enggaard • Size: 16,600 m² (203 flats) • Address: Aarhus, Denmark CERESBYEN, CERES CORNER [2013-2017] 128 flats for young families and students in the centre of Aarhus. • Client: A. Enggaard • Size: 8,300 m² (128 flats) • Address: Aarhus, Denmark ALVIKS TOWER [2008-2015] • SEE PAGE 22 1st prize in competition, 2008 18-storey landmark housing complex on the Stockholm waterfront overlooking Lake Mälaren. • Client: PEAB Sverige AB • Size: 33,000 m² • Address: Stockholm, Sweden CERESBYEN, MASTER PLAN AND AREA PLAN [2008-2010 (PLANNING), 2011- (PROJECT DEVELOPMENT)] Transformation of the former Ceres Brewery site in central Aarhus into a mixed-use urban area with commerce, housing, education, cultural spaces and urban park. • Client: Royal Unibrew A/S • Size: 146,000 m², with 2,000 parking spaces • Address: Aarhus, Denmark FREDERIKS PLADS [2010-2017] • SEE PAGE 68 New, green urban plaza in the centre of Aarhus surrounded by a mix of residential and commercial buildings. • Clients: NCC A/S, Bricks A/S • Size: 48,500 m² • Address: Aarhus, Denmark
LAS POULSENS HAVE, DENMARK [2011-2012]
HYBRID TOWER, SWEDEN [2016- ] VARBERGPARKEN [2006-2017] • SEE PAGE 58
KARRÉ 1, DENMARK [2014-2016] HSB 2023, APARTMENT COMPLEX OF THE FUTURE [2013-] • SEE PAGE 4
Winning bid in tender, 2006
1st prize in architectural competition, 2013
Transformation of a 1970s social housing area with a new overall concept: refurbished residential and outdoor spaces, renewed energy systems and new workplaces • Client: Haderslev Housing Association • Size: 47,000 m2 buildings and 135,000 m2 grounds • Address: Haderslev, Denmark
Winning design for tomorrow’s sustainable social housing using wood construction • Client: HSB Stockholm • Size: 11,450 m² (Västerbroplan), 29,000 m² (Fleminggatan), 18,550 m² (Hagastaden) • Address: Stockholm, Sweden
HAVNEHOLMEN [2012-2015] • SEE PAGE 19
KARRÉ 1, L-SHAPED BUILDING [2014-2015] Residential high-rise centrally located in the Danish city of Odense in the city’s old abattoir area. • Client: OPUS • Size: 6,500 m² • Address: Odense, Denmark
1st prize in competition, 2012 Residential complex with 400 homes in the Aarhus Docklands. • Clients: Pensam and TopDanmark • Size: 38,000 m² • Address: Aarhus, Denmark HARBOUR STONES, LINDHOLMEN [2010-] 1st prize in international competition, 2010 Master plan for a new housing district in the Lindholm area of Gothenburg’s old industrial port. • Clients: Norra Älvstranden Utveckling AB, PEAB, Skanska, HSB and Stadsbyggnadskontoret in Gothenburg • Size: 54,000 m² (app. 35,000 m² residential and 5,200 m² commercial • Address: Gothenburg, Sweden MAGISTERPARKEN [2014-] • SEE PAGE 57 Renovation and restructuring of affordable housing scheme focusing on sustainable energy, new apartment types, accessibility and shared outdoor areas. • Client: Himmerland Housing Association • Size: 18,500 m² • Address: Aalborg, Denmark HIMMERLAND HOUSING ASSOCIATION, DEPARTMENTS 19 & 22 [20092016] • SEE PAGE 60 Transformation of a 1970s prefab public housing estate into a sustainable garden city, featuring new types of homes and shared facilities. • Client: Himmerland Housing Association • Size: 30,700 m² after renovation, with 366 units • Address: Aalborg, Denmark
KARRÉ 1, V-SHAPED BUILDING [2015-2018] New apartments centrally located in the city of Odense in the city’s old abattoir plot. • Client: OPUS • Size: 7,500 m² (approx. 70 apartments) • Address: Odense, Denmark GREENWICH PENINSULA RIVERSIDE, THE MOORE [2015] • SEE PAGE 38 Two ten-storey residential buildings with 144 units of private, shared ownership and social rent tenures in the Greenwich Peninsula urban area. • Client: Knight Dragon Developments • Size: 13295 m², 144 units • Address: London, UK KARRÉ 4 [2015] Apartments in a new residential area in the city of Odense – located in the city’s old abattoir area. • Client: OPUS • Size: 22,000 m² (approx. 200 apartments) • Address: Odense, Denmark MARIENDAL’S ROAD, HOUSING AND NEW URBAN SPACE [2015] New urban space and housing for students and seniors as part of a social, economic and environmental boost of the Mariendal’s Road area in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. • Client: Byggeselskab Mogens de Linde • Size: 10,000 m² • Address: Frederiksberg, Denmark
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MILKWOOD ROAD [2011] • SEE PAGE 34 Shortlisted for Housing Design Awards, 2013 Social Housing with townhouses and apartments in Herne Hill, London. • Client: Peabody • Size: 4,000 m², 42 residential units • Address: London, UK ELMWOOD COURT [2013-2015] • SEE PAGE 35 Social housing that continues and updates the classic Victorian terrace. • Client: Peabody Trust • Size: 1,500 m² • Address: London, UK PIR-HUSET [2012-2015] 1st prize in architectural competition, 2012 Apartments with villa qualities located down by the lake in Alingsås. • Client: Handelshuset Alingsås AB • Size: 2,100 m², 18 apartments and restaurant • Address: Alingsås, Sweden POUL PAGH GADE RESIDENCE HALLS [2013-] 1st prize in competition, 2013 Transformation of former inner city school in Aalborg into green student residence halls. • Client: Plus Bolig • Size: 120 units, 6,000 m² • Address: Aalborg, Denmark ÅRSTAFÄLTET – HOUSING IN STOCKHOLM [2012-2017, YEAR OF COMPETITION 2012] 1st prize in parallel comission, 2012 Valla 1 is a new residentail area with around 90 apartments adjacent to Stockholm’s extensive nature park, Årstafältet, as part of a master plan for the entire area. • Client: Byggnadsfirman Erik Wallin AB • Size: 10,200 m², 90 apartments • Address: Årstafältet, Stockholm, Sweden RESIDENTIAL TOWER ANTWERP [2014-] • SEE PAGE 11 1st prize in international competition, 2014
WADDESDON, NEW RESIDENTIAL AREA [2013-] • SEE PAGE 44 1st prize in architectural competition, 2013 Two new housing estates in the rural village of Waddesdon, just over an hour’s drive from London. • Client: The Rothschild Foundation • Size: 11,000 m², 75 units • Address: Waddesdon Village, UK ZENHOUSES, HIGH-PROFILE ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT [2010-2015] • SEE PAGE 25 1st prize in parallel commission, 2010 18 town houses in Stockholm’s new high-profile environmental development Norra Djurgaardsstaden. • Client: Byggnadsfirman Erik Wallin AB • Size: 3,200 m² • Address: Stockholm, Sweden ARVESET FARM – RE-INTERPRETATION OF HISTORICAL FARM BUILDINGS [2013-2014] 1st prize in competition, 2013 Re-interpretation of historical farm buildings in Oslo, Norway’s capital city, as part of a residential centre for the homeless. • Clients: Oslo Municipality and Boligbygg Oslo KF • Size: 500 m² • Address: Oslo, Norway OCEANHAMNEN – AN URBAN ARCHIPELAGO [YEAR OF COMPETITION 2014] Proposals for multi-family dwellings in Helsingborg’s new port quarter – conceived as a place for social, green and economic innovation. • Client: Byggfast • Size: 9,500 m², 90 dwellings • Address: Helsingborg, Sweden
24-storey residential tower in Antwerp that redefines the residential high-rise as a vertical social community. • Clients: Saz stadsontwikkeling Antwerpen Zuid NV + Stadsbouwmeester • Size: 15,000 m² • Address: Antwerpen, Belgium
PLOT 06, SØNDERBORG DOCKLANDS [2014 PROPOSAL] 28 apartments at the new Sønderborg Docklands as part of the master plan for the city’s waterfront by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. • Client: A. Enggaard • Address: Sønderborg, Denmark
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DLG-TOWER, ØSTRE HARBOUR IN AALBORG [2011-] • SEE PAGE 27 Transformation of the former DLG plant from 1925 into a 12-storey residential complex with approx. 70 penthouse apartments situated on Aalborg’s new waterfront. • Client: A. Enggaard • Size: 7,668 m² • Address: Aalborg, Denmark
1st prize in architectural competition, 2012 Renovation of building, including via conversion of the façade. • Client: Slagelse Housing Association • Size: 216 apartments • Address: Slagelse, Denmark CAMPUS HALL [2012-2015] • SEE PAGE 12 1st prize in architectural competition, 2012 250 student residences located in three interconnected 14-storey buildings. The design is based on a strong community spirit. • Client: A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal • Size: 13,700 m², 250 rooms • Address: Odense, Denmark SVINGET – HOMES IN NYE [2014-] 1st prize in architectural competition, 2014 Affordable housing for the sustainable urban development NYE, north of Aarhus. • Client: Tækker Group • Size: 7,500 m2 • Address: Ny Elev, Denmark
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THE VILLAGE STHLM [2013-] New residential quarter with environmentally-friendly homes and courtyards in Stockholm’s Hammarby Sjöstad. • Client: Sjöstadsbo AB (Skanska + Areim) • Size: 29,000 m², 366 apartments + 1,250 m² kindergarten • Address: Stockholm, Sweden
VALBY MACHINERY HALLS [2014-] • SEE PAGE 28 Conversion of old moulding and fitting workshops at Valby Maskinfabrik into Prime-location apartments. • Client: De Forenede Ejendomsselskaber (DFE) • Size: 10,100 m² • Address: Valby, Denmark HENIUS HOUSE [2011-2013] • SEE PAGE 30 Prefab Concrete Award, 2015 Utzon Statuette, 2015 Aalborg Municipality Architecture Award, 2014 240 new youth residences on the former industrial site Eternitten in Aalborg, as part of the area’s transformation from a cement plant to a new urban district. • Client: Himmerland Housing Association • Size: 16,000 m² (12,000 m²/240 youth residences + 4,000 m²/45 family homes) • Address: Aalborg, Denmark
BREKSTAD [2013 Development plan for Brekstad, a coastal town on Trondheimsfjord in Norway that is expected to grow quickly due to the establishment of a new fighter jet base in the area. • Client: Ørland Municipality • Size: 200,000 m² • Address: Brekstad, Norway KILDEPARKEN 2020 [2013] 2st prize in competition, 2013 Transformation of a monotonous public housing area, adding a new identity and character to the buildings and landscape. • Client: Himmerland Housing Association, departments 50, 51 and 52 • Size: 408 units, 43,300 m² – existing. 348 units, 35,300 m² • Address: Aalborg, Denmark STOREHAGEN HOUSING, FØRDE [2010-2013] The residential and office complex is the third construction stage on an old dairy site in Førde. • Client: Futurum AS • Size: 3,300 m² • Address: Førde, Norway LONG LANE, CAMBRIDGE [2011-2012] Shortlisted for Housing Design Awards, 2013 1st prize in competition, 2011 Housing project for 273 sustainable homes (CSH level 4) designed to Scandinavian principles around a recreational park area as part of the Great Kneighton expansion of Cambridge. • Client: Skanska Residential Developments UK Limited • Size: 273 units, 54,000 m² • Address: Cambridge, UK POINT HYLLIE [PHASE 1: 2008-2011, PHASE 2: 2011-2013] 1st prize in international architectural competition, 2006 Four tower blocks with apartments, as well as offices and shops, forming an important part of the new urban space around Hyllie station square. • Client: Annehem Fastigheter AB • Size: 45,000 m² • Address: Malmö, Sweden
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SÆBY STRAND – SOCIAL HOUSING [2010-2013] NBO Housing Award, 2014 1st prize in competition, 2011 Social housing located on a scenic site overlooking the Cattegat. • Client: Frederikshavn Housing Association • Size: 8,000 m², 86 residential units • Address: Sæby, Denmark ATHLETES’ VILLAGE, PLOT N13, LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 [2008-2012] • SEE PAGE 33 Civic Trust Awards, 2014 1st prize in international architectural competition, 2008 Housing designed as part of the Olympic Village in London. After the Olympic Games, the new village offers a revitalised area with sustainable housing to approx. 10,000 Londoners. • Client: ODA (Olympic Delivery Agency), LendLease • Size: 20,000 m², 185 living units • Address: London, UK LAS POULSEN’S GARDEN [2011-2012] A preserved tenant farm from the 19th century renovated into nine modern apartments still in keeping with the original look. • Client: LPH Living ApS • Size: 1,700 m² • Address: Aalborg, Denmark KENNEDY COLLEGE, SAUERS SQUARE [2011-2012] 1st prize in competition, 2011 Student hall of residence with shared balconies, study and party rooms and also a courtyard with a small soccer field • Client: Vanggården Housing Association (Alabu Bolig) • Size: 7,200 m², 142 youth residential units, basement with shared facilities, outdoor area, parking, etc. • Address: Aalborg, Denmark D.S.I. MYRDAL KOLLEGIET [2010-2011] Solar heating and heat recovery are among the energy-sound solutions at the Myrdal hall of residence, built as a sister to the D.S.I. Nobel hall of residence in Aalborg. • Client: D.S.I. Myrdal Kollegiet • Size: 2,500 m² • Address: Myrdalstræde, Aalborg, Denmark
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Frederiks Plads is a new, green urban plaza in the centre of Aarhus– named after the vibrant Frederiksbjerg quarter, to which it will bring even more life. With this new, verdant oasis as a linchpin, the area will open itself up to the city, with streets criss-crossing each other and cafÊ and shopping life at street level, offering a market atmosphere in summer and a skating rink in winter. The new urban plaza is surrounded by a mix of residential and commercial buildings whose heights have been closely aligned with those of the surrounding city. In between lies a series of terraced residential houses with either a balcony or roof terrace, the rising forms of which maximise sunlight incidence in the apartments and present the best possible views of the bay and woodlands. FREDERIKS PLADS, DENMARK [2010-]
RYESGADE 60-64, DENMARK [2006-2009]
THE BEACH HOUSES, SENIOR HOMES [2009-2012] 1st prize in competition, 2009 Senior homes in Haderslev Harbour, beautifully located in four blocks overlooking the town, the fjord and the harbour. • Client: Haderslev Housing Association • Size: 4,400 m² senior homes, 170 m² communal building, 54 parking spaces • Address: Haderslev, Denmark HØIRIISGÅRD BRABRAND [2008] 1st prize in competition, 2008 Winning project in a competition for 600 residences and a 10,000 m² business property in Brabrand Bakker. • Client: Elvsø Ejendomme Aps. • Size: 130,000 m2 (site); 84,500 m2 (floorage) • Address: Brabrand, Denmark NORDRE RINGVEJ [2009-2011] Four tower blocks that form a slender, light and varied profile at the entrance of Kolding, Denmark, with an internal focus on the flow of daylight, air and views to the city. • Client: SlotsøGruppen • Size: 2,000 m² commercial , 5,500 m² residential • Address: Kolding, Denmark THULEVEJ, HOUSING [2005-2011] Renovation of housing complexes and establishment of new youth units. • Client: Lejerbo Housing Association, Dept. 19 • Size: 3,000 m2 newbuild and approx. 12,000 m2 renovation, 152 family homes in 4 blocks • Address: Aalborg, Denmark
ENGHUSENE [2007-2008]
BOLIGER NORDRE FINSTAD GÅRD [2010] Terraced houses built around a green, communal courtyard emphasising social living. • Client: Nordre Finstad Utbygging II AS • Size: 4,000 m2, 34 units • Address: Ski, Norway DUEMOSEPARK, PHASES 1, 2 AND 3 [1994-1995 (PHASE 1), 2006-2009 (PHASES 2 AND 3)] • SEE PAGE 54 Residential development on a site in Farum, with 52 and 54 flats, respectively, and 22 terraced houses. • Clients: PFA Byg (phase 1) Hoffmann (phases 2 and 3) • Size: 5,000 m² (phase 1), 5,280 m² (phase 2) and 3,000 m² (phase 3) • Address: Farum, Denmark HALSSKOV MARITIME VILLAGE [2007-2010] 1st prize in competition, 2006 Transformation of the former Halsskov Harbour ferry port into a new urban quarter with approximately 600 homes. • Client: Lund Gruppen (Lund Byg A/S) • Size: 65,000 m² • Address: Halsskov, Denmark NYA ULRIKSDAL [2008-] Pre-study for the development of a new district, comprising homes, commercial space and shopping in Solna, near Stockholm. • Client: Peab Sverige AB • Size: 1,500 residential units+ 125,000 m² commercial space • Address: Solna, Sweden D.S.I. DA VINCI STUDENT HOUSING [2009-2010]
VIBY SOUTH – MASTER PLAN [2010-2011]
1st prize in competition, 2008
1st prize for the Community Centre, 2011
Design proposal for funds application regarding public funding for private student residences. • Client: D.S.I. Da Vinci Kollegiet • Size: 80 youth units and communal building. • Address: Aalborg, Denmark
Master plan for the regeneration of three social housing complexes in Viby South, Aarhus, into a more attractive neighbourhood. • Clients: Aarhus Municipality and Århus Omegn and ALBOA housing associations • Size: 200,000 m² • Address: Aarhus, Denmark
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FINDERUP PARK [2007-2009] Mixed-use complex with apartments for both students and families – with balconies facing the complex’s green courtyards and terraces. • Client: Finderupparken ApS • Size: 91 dwellings, 8,200 m² housing, 1,500 m² retail • Address: Aarhus, Denmark HOUSING+ [YEAR OF COMPETITION 2009] Proposal for zero-energy communal housing on the Aalborg Waterfront. • Client: A. Enggaard A/S • Size: 7,400 m² • Address: Nørresundby, Denmark SILOETTEN [2004-2010] • SEE PAGE 48 Finalist for the Sustainable Concrete Award, 2013 Shortlisted for Contractworld Award, 2011 House of the Year WAN AWARD, 2010 Aarhus Municipality Architecture Award, 2010 Transformation of former silo complex into flats. • Client: Løgten Midt A/S • Size: 3,100 m² (Silo conversion, 21 flats) + 1,500 m² mix-use village centre • Address: Løgten, Denmark
GREENWICH PENINSULA, PLOT M0116 [2007-2009] 1st prize in invited competition, 2007 High-density housing development with approx. 150 residential units. • Client: Meridian Delta Ltd • Size: 15,000 m², 150 living units • Address: London, UK ENGHUSENE [2007-2008] Architectural Prize of Randers Municipality, honourable mention, 2009 27 residences in idyllic hilly landscape at the border between town and country. • Client: Futura Group Ejendomme • Size: 6,019 m², 43 living units; the site is 25,914 m² • Address: Randers, Denmark ETERNITTEN [2005-2008] 1st prize in competition, 2005 A visionary plan for a former industrial site. • Client: FLSmidth A/S • Size: 360,000 m2 • Address: Aalborg, Denmark FJORDBYEN, PORT OF HADERSLEV [2006-2008] 1st prize in competition, 2005
RYESGADE 60-64 [2006-2007 (PH I), 2007-2008 (PH II), 2009 (PH III)] Renovation of façades on a 1964 block of flats in Copenhagen to minimise the energy consumption. • Clients: Tryg A/S (owner) Nordea Ejendomsinvestering A/S (client) • Size: 32 units + petrol station, supermarket, administration and kindergarten to the front. 60 club apartments + kindergarten to the back. • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark
First stage of a master plan for the Port of Haderslev consisting of 10 terraced houses and 24 apartments. • Client: Jyske BOLIG a.s. • Size: 4,700 m² • Address: Haderslev, Denmark
“SOCIODUCT” IN VALLENTUNA [2010-]
Housing complex with 135 houses on a nature site in Hune, Denmark. • Client: Kaae-gruppen A/S • Size: 135 units • Address: Hune, Denmark
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Dense urban development – three new neighbourhoods with housing, 33 apartments in urban villas and 12 terraced houses, new street design, new urban park in “socioduct”, and a promenade to the water. • Client: Vallentuna Kommun • Address: Vallentuna, Sweden
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KLITHEDEN, HOUSING COMPLEX IN BLOKHUS [2003-2005, 2005-2008] 1st prize in architectural competition, 2003
SLUSEHOLMEN, THE HOUSING BLOCK FYRHOLM [2004-2008] Façade design for two residential buildings in Sydhavn. • Client: Nordicom Bolig A/S • Size: 29,00 m2 (floor area of both buildings) • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark
BREDBALLE SKOVPARK [2007] 1st prize in competition, 2007 Residential construction at the Nordre Stadion site in Vejle. • Client: Bredballe Skovpark ApS • Size: 90 units, approx. 11,000 m2 • Address: Vejle, Denmark DANNEVIRKESTRÆDE [2005-2007] • SEE PAGE 53 Housing scheme with 20 apartments in central Haderslev. • Client: Kuben Byg A/S• Size: 3,000 m2 • Address: Haderslev, Denmark DYBDALGÅRD [2005-2006] By og Land, Midtfyn – Society for Building and Landscape Culture, honorary award, 2009 46 yellow brick houses built in clusters around small squares and surrounding an existing farm, which has been rebuilt for communal use. • Client: Kuben • Size: 4,500 m2 • Address: Ringe, Denmark KØGE ÅHAVN [2003-2007] First phase of a housing scheme at the inner harbour in Køge. • Client: JM Denmark A/S • Size: 11,000 m2 • Address: Køge, Denmark CAMILLO EITZEN HOUSE/THE ANCHOR [2006-2008]
NIMBUSHUSET [2006-2008] • SEE PAGE 39 1st prize in architectural competition, 2006 This project involved the development of a new façade system for a town house in central Copenhagen. • Clients: De Forenede Ejendomsselskaber (DFE)/Aicon • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark SAUERS STUDENT HOUSING [2006-2008] 1st prize in competition, 2008 Student homes set in a five-storey building with access balcony and adjoining outdoor recreational spaces. • Client: D.S.I. Sauers Kollegiet rep. by Henning Hjort Jensen • Size: 67 youth residential units and communal facilities. • Address: Aalborg, Denmark THE NOBEL COLLEGE [2006-2008] 1st prize in competition, 2006 The Nobel Residence Halls at Aalborg University consist of 108 youth residences created with the aim of building simple homes in solid materials. • Client: D.S.I. Nobel Kollegiet • Size: 108 youth residences • Address: Aalborg, Denmark HOMES AT SØMOSEN [2005-2007] 1st prize in competition, 2005
KRISTIANSMINDE [2006-2007] 1. prize in competition, 2005 Low-rise terrace houses, including detached, semi-detached and wall-to-wall houses, sharing the same architectural layout. • Client: Markol Boliger A/S • Size: 38,000 m2 • Address: Roskilde, Denmark MALMÖ TOWER, SWEDEN [2006-2010] 1st prize in International Architectural Competition, 2006 A mixed-use complex incorporating tower, station building, apartments and a large shopping area, etc. • Client: Annehem • Size: 60,000 m2 • Address: Malmö, Sweden RAGNHILDGADE, HOUSING [2005-2007] 1st prize in competition, 2004 A central Copenhagen residential development. • Clients: Arkitektgruppen, Arbejdernes Housing Association • Size: 8,500 m2 (90 apartments) • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark TANGO TOWERS [2007] 1st prize in architectural competition, 2007 Tower block of up to 20 storeys and 70 metres in height that will provide space for approximately 9,000 m² of offices and apartments. • Clients: Holstebro Municipality and Ejendomsselskabet Nordicom • Size: 9,000 m2 • Address: Holstebro, Denmark
38 row houses built around a central green courtyard in attractive countryside. • Client: ArkitektGruppen • Size: 4,400 m² • Address: Skovlunde, Denmark
CAMILLO EITZEN HOUSE/THE ANCHOR [2006-2008] Residential and business property united in a single architectural attitude. • Client: City Development A/S • Size: 12,350 (4,000 m² housing, 6,000 m² offices and 2,350 m² parking garage) • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark
KILDEBJERG, RY [2007]
HOUSING IN GLOSTRUP [2005-2006]
1st prize in architectural competition, 2007
1st prize in competition, 2005
230 homes near Ry • Client: ProArk A/S • Size: 7,000 m2 + 23,000 m2, 230 units • Address: Ry, Denmark
Centrally-located dwellings in the Copenhagen suburb of Glostrup, in combination with flexible commercial space. • Size: 12 residential units, 1400 m² + 235 m² of commercial space • Address: Glostrup, Denmark
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FJORDAGER, BOLIGER V. JUELSMINDE [2005-2007] 1st prize in competition, 2005 Cluster homes designed as classical Nordic L-shaped houses with double pitched roofs enclosing a central communal area. • Client: Schytz og Østergaard A/S • Size: 12 residential units, 1400 m² • Address: Juelsminde, Denmark HEIBERGGÅRDEN, HØRSHOLM [2004-2006] Hørsholm Municipality Building Award, 2006 Residential building with 39 units. • Client: NCC Denmark A/S • Size: 3,500 m2, 39 units • Address: Hørsholm, Denmark HOUSING, ØSTERBROGADE 105 [2004-2006] • SEE PAGE 37 Nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award, 2007 Copenhagen Municipality Building Award, 2007 Residential property set among historical town houses. • Client: Nordea Ejendomme • Size: 5700 m² • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark NORDLYSET [2004-2006] • SEE PAGE 40 Named Building of the Year by the trade periodical Byggeri, 2006 Nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award, 2007 Copenhagen Municipality Building Award, 2007 Sculptural residential block with an expressive façade, located in the new urban quarter around Amerika Plads. • Client: JM Denmark A/S • Size: 11,000 m² + 3,000 m² parking, 102 dwellings • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark RESIDENCES BJØRNVEIEN 119 [2001-2006] • SEE PAGE 55 Sundts premie, 2006 Byggherreprisen, 2007 NSWs Jubileumspris, 2008 Three different types of apartments distributed on eight houses surrounding a courtyard and with access to three outdoor areas for each apartment. • Client: Backe Prosjekt as • Size: 1,868 m² incl. parking area (8 houses) • Address: Oslo, Norway HOMES AT SAUERS PLADS [2005-] 1st prize in competition, 2005 Housing with 156 apartments • Client: Kuben A/S • Size: 10,200 m2 (152 units) • Address: Jyllandsgade, Aalborg, Denmark DRONNINGEDAMMEN [2004-2005] Hørsholm Municipality Building Award, 2005 Dronningedammen encompasses 24 flats, and is located at a unique site adjacent to a lake. • Client: NCC Denmark AS • Size: 2,500 m2 (24 flats) • Address: Hørsholm, Denmark SANDEGRAVEN [2001-2003] Named Housing Project of the Year by the trade periodical Byggeri, 2003 Vejle-Prisen, 2003 Vejle Municipality Award, 2004 Winning bid in tender, 1999 Housing area with 183 units near Vejle. • Client: Arbejdernes Housing Association • Size: 16,375 m2 – social tenant housing, cooperative housing, private housing and sheltered housing, and a common childcare and activity centre. • Address: Vejle, Denmark
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THE HOUSE BY THE RIVER [2005] Housing development in the shape of a simple, white cube raised on an elevated bottom storey, with façades of recessed glass panels facing the reopened Aarhus river. • Client: Christensen Ejendomme A/S • Size: 3,000 m² • Address: Aarhus, Denmark SUPERVILLA, FARUM BARRACKS [2005] 1st prize in competition, 2005 The Supervillas are three- and four-storeyed houses at a former military barracks • Client: ArkitektGruppen A/S • Size: 11,000 m2 – 90 apartments • Address: Farum, Denmark HOUSING AT VEDBÆK STATION [2002] Søllerød Municipality Architecture Award, 2002 Housing north of Copenhagen with town houses and apartment houses. • Client: Hotel Skagen Strand A/S • Size: 4,500 m2 • Address: Vedbæk, Denmark HOUSING SCHEME FOR AAB, KOLDING [2000-2001] Housing scheme with youth and family residences for AAB, Kolding. • Client: Arbejdernes Housing Association • Size: 7,200 m2 • Address: Kolding, Denmark BAGSVÆRD STATIONSCENTER [2000 (PHASE 1) AND 2007 (PHASE 2)] Development with shops, housing and a unifying square in central Bagsværd. • Client: TK Development A/S • Size: 8,000 m² • Address: Bagsværd, Denmark URBAN RENEWAL, ENGHAVEVEJ [1999] Urban renewal of an older property in a “bridge” quarter of Copenhagen. • Client: Copenhagen Municipality • Size: 996 m² • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark URBAN RENEWAL, ISTEDGADE 43 A/B [2001-2002] Urban renewal in central Copenhagen • Client: Byfornyelsesselskabet Copenhagen • Size: 879 m² • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark URBAN RENEWAL, MARIA KIRKEPLADS [2000-2001] Renovation and rebuilding of an older apartment block in the inner city area of Copenhagen, as part of the city’s continuous urban renewal.• Client: Ejerforeningen • Size: 2,019 m² • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark URBAN RENEWAL, SUNDEVEDSGADE/TØNDERGADE [1999] Urban renewal comprising the renewal of 20 flats in central Copenhagen • Client: Copenhagen Municipality and SBS Byfornyelse s.m.b.a. • Size: 1,400 m² • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark GOTHERSGADE, APARTMENT BUILDING [1998] In-fill apartment building in the middle of Copenhagen • Client: Nedco A/S • Size: 660 m2 • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark LADEGÅRDSKOLLEGIET [1997-1998] 148 student homes as part of the masterplan for Skejby, the new northern development of Denmark’s second largest city, Aarhus. • Client: Kollegiekontoret Vesterpor • Size: 4,500 m2 • Address: Aarhus, Denmark NY MOESGÅRD [1998] • SEE PAGE 47 Aarhus Municipality Architecture Award, 1999 Housing project with 83 dwellings in Skåde, south of Aarhus. • Client: TrygBaltica Ejendomme • Size: 8,500 m² • Address: Aarhus, Denmark
HOUSING AT VEDBÆK STATION [2002] URBAN RENEWAL, ABEL CATHRINESGADE 8-10 [1997] Copenhagen Municipality Building Award, 1998 Redevelopment of an older block of flats situated on Vesterbro, Copenhagen, including vertical joining of flats, new kitchens, bathrooms and communal facilities, such as laundry rooms. • Client: SBS Byfornyelsesselskab • Size: 831 m2 • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark HOUSING IN WIESBADEN-DOTZHEIM [2000-2001] 1st prize in international architectural competition, 1995 Housing development for a wide range of users in a new residential area on the outskirts of Wiesbaden. • Client: GWH- Gemeinnutzige Wohnungsgesellschaft MbH • Size: 71 dwellings, 6,500 m², including basement and underground parking • Address: Wiesbaden, Germany RIESELFELD-FREIBURG UM BREISGAU [1995-1997] 1st prize in invited competition, 1993 Housing project with 150 dwellings in Freiburg um Breisgau, • Client: ZVK. Zusatzversorgungskasse des Baugewerbes Wag • Size: 18,000 m2 • Address: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany RUNGSTED SUNDPARK [1996-1997] • SEE PAGE 46 Hørsholm Municipality Building Award, 1997 Housing project on a coastal site north of Copenhagen, designed as a combination of low-rise terraced houses and single-family homes. • Client: Rungsted Sundpark A/S • Size: 1,820 m2 • Address: Rungsted, Denmark CHRISTIANSGADE 36 [1996] Urban ecological project for an older, dilapidated property in the centre of Aalborg. • Client: Aalborg Municipality • Size: 546 m2 • Address: Aalborg, Denmark
SANDEGRAVEN, DENMARK [2001-2003] DET GULE HUS (THE YELLOW HOUSE) [1996] Urban ecological development project for the full renovation of an older residential property. • Client: Aalborg Municipality • Size: 700 m2 • Address: Aalborg, Denmark COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY FOR THE DISABLED [1992-1994] Aalborg Municipality Award for “Good and Beautiful Buildings”, 1994 Modernisation of an older apartment block, including renovation of façades, rebuilding of apartments and the establishment of a library, café, and community centre on the ground floor. • Client: De Vanføres Housing Association, Dept. 1 • Size: 16,000 m² • Address: Aalborg, Denmark DAS GESUNDE HAUS [YEAR OF COMPETITION 1993] Ecological pilot project that displays sustainable materials and systems for heating and cooling in homes. • Client: The German and Danish Ministries of Housing • Size: 3,900 m², 58 units • Address: Hamm, Germany MØLLEPLADS [1991-1992] Aalborg Municipality Award for “Good and Beautiful Buildings”, 1992 Building with shops, offices and dwellings in Aalborg, Denmark, as part of the urban renewal of the city centre. • Client: C.W. Obel A/S • Size: 8,560 m2 • Address: Aalborg, Denmark SANDBAKKEN [1989-1990] Aarhus Municipality Architecture Award, 1989 Architectural Prize: The Masonry Prize, 1991 Prize at the World Biennial in Sofia, 1985 Sandbakken is a housing complex south of Aarhus, located at the top of the undulating site of a former brickworks, intersected by two deep, distinctive valleys. • Client: Pensionskassernes Administration • Size: 19,000 m2, 212 units• Address: Aarhus, Denmark
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THE OBEL FAMILY FOUNDATION STUDENT HALLS [1986-1987] Conversion of an old oil mill into student halls of residence, including rooms and guest flats. • Client: Det Obelske Familiefond • Size: 1,880 m2 • Address: Aalborg, Denmark
KLYNGEHUSENE [1950] Nine clusters of three houses from the 1950s, using vegetation and the three species of oak, willow and chestnut to make each cluster unique. • Client: Builders Consortium • Size: 2,500 m2 • Address: Aalborg, Denmark
NØRRESØKOLLEGIET [1987] Halls of residence situated in a rural area, built in red brick that corresponds to the nearby school of agriculture. • Client: Nørresø Kollegiet • Size: 1,760 m2 • Address: Viborg, Denmark
FOGEDGAARDEN [1943] Fogedgården, designed in cooperation with Kay Fisker, is built as homes for the elderly and with its 148 homes is a small multi-storey complex. • Client: Municipality of Copenhagen • Size: 148 units • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark
SOLKLINT, 5 HOUSES [1974] Five interconnected cluster houses, constructed in red, hard-burned brick, situated on a terrace towards the Egå Valley. • Client: The Building Consortium Solklint • Size: 950 m², 5 units • Address: Aarhus, Denmark GÅRDKOLLEGIET [1970-1971] Hall of residence building with four wings of rooms surrounding a green courtyard, built in traditional red bricks. • Client: Kollegieforeningen af 1965 • Size: 2,800 m², 96 rooms • Address: Esbjerg, Denmark STRUER SECONDARY SCHOOL, BOARDERS’ SECTION [1968-1970] Three dormitory towers, clad in red-brown, hard-burnt bricks, that follow a sloping terrain and, together with connecting corridors, form a variety of courtyard gardens and terraces. • Client: The Ministry of Children and Education • Size: 75 dorm rooms, 4 teacher homes and 4 classrooms • Address: Struer, Denmark
SANDBAKKEN, DENMARK [1988-1990]
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VESTERSØHUS [1935-1939] Functionalist housing block at the Copenhagen lakes designed in collaboration with Kay Fisker. • Size: 242 apartments, 10 shops and 1 hotel with 43 rooms • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark VODROFFSVEJ [1929-1930] Functionalistic apartment building designed in collaboration with Kay Fisker by the lakes in Copenhagen. • Client: Vodroffsborg A/S • Size: 18 apartments and 7 shops • Address: Copenhagen, Denmark
SOLKLINT, DENMARK [1974]
Vestersøhus was built in two phases in 1935 and 1939. The balcony was one of the 1930s’ main improvements in housing standards, and Vestersøhus shows a masterful integration and interlacing of balconies and bay windows. Instead of attaching the balcony to the outside of the building, it is instead recessed to give a wider and more useable space, at the same time providing a large glazed corner window to the living room. The two top floors of the building have wider balconies spanning two bays, to create roof terraces. Altogether this creates a rhythmical, varied composition which modulates the almost 500 metres of façade and gives the entire block a sculptural appearance. VESTERSØHUS, DENMARK [1935-1939]
COLOPHON Editor: Julian Weyer Graphic layout and editing: Helle Weber and Julian Weyer Graphic proofreading: Marie Agger Translation and proofreading: Amesto Translations Printer: Damgaard-Jensen Paper: Content 150 g/cover 300 g MultiDesign original white Font: Gotham Narrow Photo/Visualisations: C.F. Møller Architects: Except otherwise noted Adam Mørk: 70 right, 73 left Anders Sanderbo: 59 bottom left Brian Cody: 38 Chris Gascoigne: 32, 33 left Christian Pihlmark Gadegaard: 56 Dimension Design: 26-27 Julian Weyer: Inside cover left, 14 right, 18-19, 33 right, 48-51, 58, 59 top left and right, 59 bottom right, 67 left, 68, 69 right, 70 left, 71 Jørgen True: 30-31, 57 left & right, 60 right, 61, 76 Kirstine Mengel: 15, 65 right Kuben: 52 Løgten Midt: 2 Mark Hadden: Cover, 35 Mark Syke: 28 Michael Perlmutter: 24-25 Mikael Olsson 22, 23 left Morgan Ekner: 23 right Nils Petter Dale: 55 Ninety90: 20-21 Seier+Seier: 75 Thomas & Poul Pedersen: 74 left Thomas Mølvig: 64 right, 73 right Torben Eskerod: 12, 13, 14 left, 36-37, 39-43, 46-47, 53-54
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