With its well-earned title of “World architecture capital”, there are even more reasons to visit Copenhagen in 2023. Besides the usual suspects, new experimental projects have arrived on Copenhagen’s architecture scene. In relation to the theme of this year’s UIAs congress “Sustainable futures: leave no one behind” and the Sustainable Development goals, fifteen pavilions were established in the city. In the south of Copenhagen, the architecture studio EFFEKT, engineering firm Artelia and the skylight manufacturing company Velux have joined forces to create one of those pavilions, called “Living places”. Scaledenmark is an official partner, offering architectural tours in and around these low-carbon houses and constructions.
Sustainable showcase
The pavilion consists of a large tree deck with seven wooden buildings. Two buildings are prototypes of a single-family home, with a wooden facade and a tall, sloped roof. Here the interdisciplinary design team used three years to optimize the building method, all the while keeping the building cost low. The houses might look alike but differ amongst others in construction methods (CLT and timber frame) and ventilation (hybrid and natural). The carbon footprint of the houses is down to one third of the current Danish standard for a single-family house (12 kg CO2/m²/year).
