Archinect - News2024-05-01T17:05:24-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/149986393/a-hyper-democratic-housing-complex-in-copenhagen-combines-community-input-with-contextual-design
A "hyper-democratic" housing complex in Copenhagen combines community input with contextual design Nicholas Korody2017-01-13T13:12:00-05:00>2017-01-17T23:11:49-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/p5/p5fofzwx5vqb1fu8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Krøyers Plads, a five-story housing project in the center of Copenhagen, has just finished construction. The site, previously a “gap” in a continuous row of warehouses, is adjacent to the Copenhagen harbor. Designed by the Danish architects Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects and COBE, the award-winning project is based on a “hyper-democratic” approach, in which “ folded roofs and architectural heaviness create a dialogue between old and new, and a modern, empathetic interpretation of the architectural uniqueness of the old Copenhagen warehouses.” According to the designers, “hyper-democratic” means that the building was designed with intensive community input and site-specific gestures.</p><p>”The neighbours were for instance invited to help define the height of the buildings and to help select the materials – both crucial for the way the new Krøyers Plads relates to its surroundings. Instead of inventing a new building typology, Krøyers Plads became a reinvention of the one already found adjace...</p>