- Architectural Design and Layout: - The housing development, located 10 km west of Aarhus, is designed as a small village with two housing groups, each consisting of three buildings. - Organized around small squares and a continuous city street, forming a shared lush garden space. - Construction Techniques: - Utilizes a hybrid construction technique combining wood, concrete, and steel. - Wood Stock, a column-beam system in glulam developed by Vandkunsten and MOE, is the primary construction system. - Concrete and Steel are used where construction engineering and practical reasons dictate, such as in stairwell and elevator cores. - The column-beam system provides high planning flexibility, supporting future dismantling and reuse of building materials. - Architectural Features: - Untreated, unprofiled red spruce used for the facade material, with ongoing replacement instead of painting. - Constructive protection is part of the project's architectural expression. - Oversized eaves and gutters protect the untreated red spruce facade and contribute to the architectural identity. - The roof shape and building principal result in extra high ceilings on the upper floors. - Sustainability and Certification: - Building's total emission of greenhouse gases is halved compared to a similar concrete building, attributed to the CO2 storage of wood materials. - LCA analysis shows reduced greenhouse gas emissions due to wood materials and assumes sustainable forestry practices. - Interior Design and Comfort: - Wood-based construction system provides variation in room heights for upper apartments. - Wooden walls offer good interior comfort with moisture-regulating surfaces, softer acoustics, and neutral temperature. - Terraced houses and detached houses share the same construction system, providing diversity among the 40 units. - Residents can design and customize their homes, adding or removing walls as needed.