Copenhagen, Denmark
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Village in the Sky
Roedovre - first prize
The skyscraper with a total surface of 21,688m2 will be located at Roskildevej, a major artery East of the centre of Copenhagen. The skyscraper’s shape reflects Copenhagen’s historical spire and present day high-rise blending in the skyline of the city. It further combines the two distinctive typologies of Rødovre, the single family home and the skyscraper in a vertical village. Responding to unstable markets the design is based on a flexible grid, allowing alteration of the program by re-designating units. These ‘pixels’ are each 60m2 square and arranged around the central core of the building, which for flexibility consists of three bundled cores allowing separate access to the different program segments. The project is designed in collaboration with MVRDV and a sub-consultancy team consisting of Søren Jensen engineers and Abt Velp.