The design concept is based on the arrange-ment of a modular scheme for the creation of the apartments. The system consists of five different modules, which are adapted to families, shared apartments, couples and singles. During the design process, the main aim was to form small communities and generate sharing spaces with public areas.
Using the design of the space as a tool, the creation of some apartments with separate living areas create a common living room or a common terrace. In this way, there is the possibility for families to move into one of these small communities with their gran-dparents, so that in addition to their own apartment they also have common areas.
Building functions and division
The building consists of 39 residential units.
The volume is divided into two parts, each with a staircase core. The public area and administration area are located on the nor-th part winor-th complete accessibility on nor-the
ground floor. The southern part is exclusi-vely available to residents.
In addition to the 39 residential modules, there are two community modules. The sou-thern common area with an internal stairca-se extends over three floors with rooms for different activities. On the other hand, the second community module is a three-story loggia that faces the ring track. This outdoor area can be entered from one of the two in-terior rules located on the first and fourth floors. A connection between the two stair-case cores is designed providing a meeting place.
Regarding materiality, the studio decided to opt for a reinforced concrete frame for the modular construction, allowing variability of the modules and subsequent conversion.
The free space between the reinforced con-crete columns is filled with a timber frame construction. The materials are chosen with a purpose of giving neutrality and calm to generate passive environments. The opaque grey colour of the concrete and the use of the natural elements like timber.
Summary
The multi-generational project forms a lar-ge community of modular apartments that work both in combination with other modu-les and as separate modumodu-les that offer the residents suitable living space. The reason for starting this project was the increasing isolation of society (Webber, H).
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Catalogue 11: “The house of generations”, Denmark Studio: ERIK Arkitekter & Rum Arkitekter
Year: 2020
Aarhus, Denmark
Figure 64 - Location: Denmark
Figure 65 - Typical Floor Plan
Figure 66 - External Facade Figure 67 - External Space Figure 68 - Shared activities
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Location and context
The project is located on the port area at Aarhus East which is a vibrant diverse and attractive district that offers a fusion of busi-ness, housing, culture and recreational spa-ces to bring together the city and the port area. The housing project is initiated by the Aarhus municipality and will consist of elder-ly, affordable housing, daycare for children and adults with disabilities, and student hou-sing together with large and varied common areas and commercial features at the street level.
Design concept
The studio and the municipality’s principal aim is to ensure the well functioning every-day life by creating a community that com-bines public services, childcare, housing for the ederly and people with disabilities and for families and young people. In this way, the objective is to minimise loneliness and solitude among resifects and create social interaction between them. The project plays with the inside and outside spaces, inviting people to create a unique environment and not differing between what is private and pu-blic. A playground and a cafe are designed at the ground floor to attract more visitors of different ages from outside the building (Aarhus Municipality, 2019).
Building functions and divisions
The multigenerational building distribution is designed horizontally in a way that housing floors are divided creating the situation in which the same type of residents and gene-rations live on the same floors. The building is composed of two parts: the neighbour-hood and the community. Both parts provide different levels of privacy, some typologies share the kitchens and the bathrooms
whi-le others are compwhi-letely private. The project aims to give a sense of a city in the city, in which 500 people are moving across the floors creating social activities and everyday life situations. The composition of the floors starts with common spaces in the ground floor followed by 2 floors for student hou-sing, and two floors for families and ederly.
Summary
The multigenerational building of Generatio-ners Hus is based on a social vision with the aim of creating closeness and care among residents. A place in which diversity and li-ving with security becomes an everyday va-lue. The genesis of the project is creating an emphasis on integrated spaces, degrading possible distinctions between inside and outside spaces. The urban location in the city centre strengthness the accessibility for both residents and visitors. The combina-tion with urban life with all the generacombina-tions, particularly older people, represent a cha-llenge of integration among the residents of the building.
2007 2012
2012
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2015
2018 2018
2019 2019
2019
2020
SPAIN SPAIN
AUSTRIA
SWITZERLAND
BELGIUM ENGLAND2018 FRANCE
NORWAY
NORWAY
GERMANY DENMARK
ARCHITECTURE
SOCIAL INEQUALITIES
COVID-19 PANDEMIA
ARCHITECTURE
SOCIAL INEQUALITIES
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MULTIGENERATIONAL
privacy
accesibility natural
light
interaction with the exterior social
meetings
germany
bilbao
Austria
Denmark
Norway
Switzerland
france
brusellas Sevilla
england Norway helen and hard
2020
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