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Contemporary Danish Residential Property in Ørestad: Islands Brygge Houmes, Nye Bygning i København

page updated 3 Sep 2016 ; 7 Apr 2006

Islands Brygge Homes

Location: Islands Brygge, just south of Copenhagen centre

Completion: 2005

Design: PLOT Architects

230 Apartments

Directions: Walk or take bus 40 from the city centre – main railway station / Tivoli

building photos 270806 © Adrian Welch

Project: 230 Dwellings In Ørestad
Type: Commission
Size: 25 000 M2, 230 Housing Units
Budget: 25 200 000 €
Client: Høpfner A/s, Dansk Olie Kompagni A/s
Collarborators: Moe & Brødsgaard
Location: Copenhagen, Dk
Status: Completion Mar 2005

photo © Nikolaj Møller

Project Team:
Julien De Smedt, Bjarke Ingels
Alistair Williams, Anna Manosa, Annette Jensen, Bent Poulsen, Christian Finderup, Claus Tversted, David Zahle, Dorte Børresen, Finn Nørkjær, Henning Stüben, Henrick Poulsen, Ingrid Serritslev, Jakob Christensen, Jakob Lange, Jakob Møller, Jakob Wodschou, Jørn Jensen, Karsten Hammer Hansen, Mads H Lund, Marc Jay, Maria Yedby Ljungberg, Nadja Cederberg, Narisara Ladawal, Ole Elkjær-larsen, Ole Nannberg, Oliver Grundahl, Sandra Knöbl, Simon Irgens-møller, Sophus Søbye, Søren Stærmos, Thomas Christoffersen, Xavier Pavia Pages.

building photos 270806 © Adrian Welch

The manipulated perimeter block is clearly defined in its four corners but opened internally and along the sides. The vis-a-vis with the neighbour is eliminated by pushing the slab in its center, ensuring diagonal views to the vast open fields around. The building volume provides optimal air, light and views to all flats. All apartments have a double-height space to the north, and wide panoramic views to the south.

The logic of the diagonal slab utilized in the v house is broken down in smaller portions for the m house. In this project the typology of the unite d’habitation of le corbusier is reinterpreted and improved: the central corridors are short and get light from both ends, like bullet holes penetrating through the building.

building photos 270806 © Adrian Welch