Enebærbo - Karrébyen in Rødovre

Client

Topdanmark Ejendomme
Collaborators

MOE, Danielsen Urban Landscape, V8 Construction, LE34
Location

Aage Knudsens Strøg 10, DK-2610 Rødovre
Area

16,201 m2
Status

Completed in 2022
Sustainability Certification

DGNB Gold

Housing

Enebærbo - Karrébyen in Rødovre

The neighbourhood around Rådhuskarreen in Rødovre consists of a varied settlement with lower industrial buildings and businesses that bear witness to a time when these were located on the outskirts of the city.

The neighbourhood is undergoing a transformation from industrial to residential area, now called Karrébyen. An ambitious local plan ensures that the neighbourhood will emerge as an exciting, cohesive residential area where streets and alleys form a natural social gathering point for play and recreation - combined with the residential areas' more private communal living zones.

Rådhuskarreen is designed with building typographies in varying heights. This gives the block a dynamic expression with a varied building mass - in other words, it interacts with the surrounding building types and heights. The City Hall block is designed on a scale that is welcoming and still feels safe.

The vision is to create a block with weight, where the overall material is brick, a material that patinates beautifully and is beautified by daily wear and tear. The edge zone around the building is cultivated to make it appear friendly and welcoming. The ground floor apartments have large terraces facing the surrounding streets and courtyards. This reinforces the feeling of an active edge zone, which also appears as a social meeting/living zone.

The entrance to the homes is welcoming, varied and green - like a green entrance to the home with bicycle parking facilities. The homes are built around the unifying courtyard, which is one of the primary social meeting places of the block - supplemented by shared roof terraces. All homes are orientated in relation to the corners of the world, giving the facades facing the streets each their own expression. This is reinforced by the balconies and terraces of the homes, which also face the corners of the world with access from the living areas to the south or west.

The homes appear well-lit with a toilet core in the centre of the home and living areas along the facades facing the courtyard and street. The access stairs are positioned so that there is direct and safe access from the surrounding streets and with access to the courtyard.