UN17 Village to be built in Copenhagen with recycled materials
A 35,000-square-metre eco-village is going to be built in Copenhagen using recycled concrete, wood and glass.
Architecture studios Lendager Group and Årstiderne Arkitekter won a competition to design the UN17 Village, a housing development set to provide 400 new homes in Ørestad South, a district to the south of the Danish capital.
Their proposal is to create "the first building project in the world" to address all of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with particular focus on using sustainable resources and creating healthy, social communities.
UN17 Village will provide 400 new homes in Ørestad South, south of Copenhagen"With the UN17 Village, we wanted to create not only an iconic and sustainable building from recycled materials, but also the opportunity for a sustainable lifestyle," said Anders Lendager, founder of Lendager Group. "So far, the focus for sustainable buildings has mainly been on their carbon emissions," he explained. "Not only did we want to create an iconic building made from recycled materials, but also an opportunity for a sustainable lifestyle".
"UN17 Village therefore looks at the whole lifecycle of the building – including material use, health, and quality of life."
Each block will be topped with a rooftop garden, to encourage biodiversityThe design team was selected ahead of big-name studios including&n...
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