A start-up approached Vandkunsten Architects with a vision to create a series of modern co-housing villages with plenty of shared facilities, and community feeling.

Vandkunsten has developed a comprehensive building system and a series of site-specific master plans for the client. The cohousing concept offers endless variations on a theme and the different spatial-unit designs are used as an architectural tool for providing variation in the village and flexibility for its inhabitants. The formal design creates a separate identity and adds new spatial qualities to the houses. The buildings themselves and life within them promote a special concept for the community.

Eco-Villages are currently under development in Lejre, Albertslund and Ørestad.

The Eco-Village concept consists of small, compact living units with small front gardens – put together as row houses on a shared lot. The architectural concept is realized through the usage of affordable box modules

A generous influx of light is ensured by the building depth of no more than 7.5 metres.

Extra rooms can be added to this basic module and be combined to form a variety of layouts to satisfy different needs: from the tiny micro-unit – intended as student digs, single-parent homes, or senior residences – to the largest unit of 125m2, with enough space for several play rooms and nurseries.

12% of the built floor space is shared, in the form of a large community house and several smaller facilities distributed across the development. These can be used as music rooms and workshops, teenage dens and tool sheds

Projects

Commercial

Storkens Neigh­bour­hood, ad­min­is­tra­tion and sup­ply yard

Commercial, Renovation

Trans­for­ma­tion of the Quin­tus Bat­tery

Commercial, Culture & Institutions, Housing, Planning

Køge Coast (Køge Kyst)

Commercial, Housing

Hous­ing by Malmö Live, KKH

Commercial, Renovation

Borg­er­gade

Commercial

Allerød Town hall (Allerød Råd­hus)

Storkens Neighbourhood, administration and supply yard

Transformation of the Quintus Battery

Housing by Malmö Live, KKH

Borgergade

Allerød Town hall (Allerød Rådhus)