Savannehuset

  • Client

    Topdanmark A/S

  • Collaborators

    Casa A/S, MOE A/S, Danielsen Urban Landscape

  • Location

    Else Alfelts Vej 70a, DK-2300 København

  • Area

    22,655m2

  • Status

    Completed in 2018

Housing

Savannehuset

The vision for Savannehuset was to create a modern, innovative and respectful residential building that takes its natural starting point in the special urban qualities of the local area.

The project appears as a large block development, where it has been important to downscale the overall building composition, while maintaining the block structure and thus preserving an easily manageable building that is easy to read in its design language.

The location in direct relation to Amager Fælled and still close to the centre of Copenhagen creates a special residential area that caters to a wide age range, while at the same time offering unique nature experiences as a neighbour to the open landscape.

The vision was to build a block of flats with an exciting, sheltered central courtyard in contrast to the open Amager Fælled. Furthermore, it has been a high priority to create homes that are long-lasting in terms of materials, function and architecture.

The common areas are designed and the courtyards and edge zones are designed as playful, inspiring outdoor areas that convey and reinforce the sense of community in the development.

Architecturally, the proposal acknowledges its origins in the simple and beautiful Nordic housing tradition, which with its human scale and living facades is still among the most attractive housing types.

The individual homes feature well-proportioned, multi-purpose rooms that ensure, for example, that residents with children also have optimal use of the home when the children leave home and the home naturally forms a new framework for the reduced family.

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