Apartment block | Tegnestuen Lokal
Danish studio Tegnestuen Lokal has transformed an apartment block in Copenhagen, by replacing its austere concrete exterior with angular, plant-filled blocks.
Built in the 1960s, the six-storey slab block in Frederiksberg featured a typically rationalist facade fronted by linear balcony walkways. Tegnestuen Lokal’s revamp brings more three-dimensionality to the facade, by replacing the long lengths of concrete with a series of glazed blocks.
Photography by Hampus Berndtson
As well as making the building more attractive, these blocks give residents an outdoor space where they can sit and observe the street below, or converse with their neighbours. They also create space for growing plants, which is why the architects gave the project the name Ørsted Gardens.
“Ørsted Gardens transformed a dilapidated building that was often referred to as the ugliest in its neighbourhood,” said Christopher Ketil Dehn Carlsen, co-founder of Tegnestuen Lokal.
Photography by Hampus Berndtson
“The building was sleek and unwelcoming, and didn’t age with a modicum of grace,” he explained. “Our aim was to create a new social space to bolster the social coherence in the building.”FF
Photography by Hampus Berndtson
The design maintains the building’s original access walkways; the glass blocks simply extend the space outwards.
These blocks make it clear which space belongs to which residence. At the same time, the spaces are open to encourage m...
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