Vandkunsten. Danish Co-housing

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2023218967

Keywords:

Community, Housing, Co-housing, Bofællesskab, Vandkunsten, Denmark

Abstract

Confronted with the large mass housing developments on the urban peripheries, the Danish collective Vandkunsten conceived, in the late sixties, pioneering low-rise, high-density cooperative residential communities in Tinggården, Herfølge (1971-1978), Hedelyngen in Herlev (1981), Trudeslund in Birkerød (1979-1981), Fuglsangpark, Farum (1981-1983), Hesselbo, Værløse (1983-1984) and Jystrup Savværk (1983-1984) that promote the participation of residents in the design process and community life. These experimental groupings shape collective life in a way that transcends the mere grouping or stacking of houses, combining privacy, sociability, flexibility, environmental commitment and energy self-sufficiency. Vandkunsten's projects are a social construct that promotes a community in an architecture with soft edges and industrial and vernacular textures that welcome a shared and cooperative life.

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Author Biography

Jaime J. Ferrer Forés, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Jaime J. Ferrer Forés (Palma de Mallorca, 1975) is an architect by Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (2000), PhD in Architecture with European Mention (2006) and Extraordinary Doctorate Prize of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (2008) with the thesis Modern Architecture in Denmark. Associate Professor, coordinator of the Nordic Masters course and Director of the Department of Architectural Design at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Author of the book Jørn Utzon. Works and Projects (Gustavo Gili, 2006). Visiting Scholar at the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome (2015-2016). His work has been exhibited at Vogadors, Venice Architecture Biennale (2012); Time Space Existence, Venice Architecture Biennale (2014) and Made in Rome (2017), Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid (2017). In 2014 he was selected by the European Center of Architecture and the Chicago Atheneum as one of the “Europe 40 under 40 most emerging young architects”.

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Published

2023-12-31

How to Cite

Ferrer Forés, J. J. (2023). Vandkunsten. Danish Co-housing. ZARCH. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Urbanism, (21), 92–107. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2023218967

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