Valby
2012 - 2014
Urban diversity in the former industrial area
Non-profit housing, nursing homes and day care
The old industrial neighborhood at Carl Jacobsens Vej in Valby near Copenhagen is characterized by red masonry structures at a variety of sizes. In 2008 Vandkunsten Architects developed the masterplan for the transformation of the area from an industrial part far outside the city – to a mixed urban neighborhood on the outskirts of central Copenhagen. The original character was maintained in the plan with a distinct red expression as well as lots of sprout-like buildings and dense back yards.
In 2012 Vandkunsten Architects got the commission to design and build the first housing complex in the urban transformation. The mixed housing scheme at Carl Jacobsens Vej has social housing, nursery homes as well as care facilities for mentally handicapped tenants.
There is a mix of housing types within the housing complex: two-storey row houses blended with regular one-storey apartments, penthouse homes and artists’ studios
The development plan has mixed functions and housing types to ensure that the neighborhood will be diverse in terms of urban spaces as well as the types of inhabitants.
Variations in heights and volumes is inspired by the old industrial buildings of the area
There are climbing plants and flower beds on roof surfaces and walls
Functions in layers
Institutions and homes are placed on overlapping layers – the nursing home and housing have rooftop terraces on different floors while the playground of the nursery home is on the ground level.
Spacious roof spaces function as access to the homes – this means that all homes have access to shared spaces on each floor of the building.
Project facts
Facts
Project name: Carl Jacobsens Vej
Category:Culture & Institutions, Housing, Planning, Nursing homes
Client: KAB
Location: Valby
Gross area: 9.200 m²
Date: 2012 - 2014
Status: Finished
Number of units: 53 non-profit apartments, 26 nursing home apartments, 1 day care institution with 7 children units
Cost of construction: DKK 4 mio.
Project
Program: Non-profit housing, nursing home and day care
Activity: New construction
Job type: Competition for non-profit housing, project management
Construction system: Varies between concrete as well as wood based modules
Contact: Kim Dalgaard, kd@vandkunst.dk
Project group: Camilla Stilling, Michael Delin, Kim Dalgaard, Jan Albrechtsen
Team
Architect: Vandkunsten Architects
Landscape: Vandkunsten Architects
Engineer: Dominia