Housing By The Creek

Inspired by the existing site, the landscape elements shape the identity of the architecture and surrounding neighborhoods. To best integrate into the site, the housing elements are organized into eleven clusters, which are organized around six different landscape elements. The houses are embedded into the landscape creating the experience of living within nature.

Within each cluster, the voids between each house are shaped to form communal spaces. These spaces, paired with the individual gardens, create privacy while allowing the possibility to participate in communal activities.

Program: Housing, landscape
Size: +33.800 m2
Location: Skæring, Denmark
Client: AAB
Year: 2016
Type: Invited competition
Collaborators: Friis&Moltke, OBH, DEM & Esbensen
Role: Main advisor architecture, advisor landscape
Team JAJA: Kathrin Gimmel, Jakob Christensen, Jan Tanaka, Stephen Dietz-Hodgson, Mette Greve, Natalia Gruszczynska, Marie Louise Thorning, Mads Sørensen

THE SITE

A hidden creek meanders across the site and in-between the building plots. This creek naturally creates a diverse ecosystem. Various animal life, tree species and vegetation all become a part of the backyards of the new housing development. These natural variations create diverse spatial and recreational possibilities throughout the neighborhoods.

THE SITE

A hidden creek meanders across the site and in-between the building plots. This creek naturally creates a diverse ecosystem. Various animal life, tree species and vegetation all become a part of the backyards of the new housing development. These natural variations create diverse spatial and recreational possibilities throughout the neighborhoods.

COMMUNITY

The development uses elements from the diverse landscape to cultivate varied identities and experiences among the neighborhoods. These variations in architecture and landscape give each cluster a unique identity, break down the scale of the entire development and encourage a sense of community within the neighborhoods.

COMMUNITY

The development uses elements from the diverse landscape to cultivate varied identities and experiences among the neighborhoods. These variations in architecture and landscape give each cluster a unique identity, break down the scale of the entire development and encourage a sense of community within the neighborhoods.

THE ARCHITECTURE

The common space within each home is oriented toward the green surroundings, creating a dialogue between life inside and the extended landscape.

THE ARCHITECTURE

The common space within each home is oriented toward the green surroundings, creating a dialogue between life inside and the extended landscape.

Program: Housing, landscape
Size: +33.800 m2
Location: Skæring, Denmark
Client: AAB
Year: 2016
Type: Invited competition
Collaborators: Friis&Moltke, OBH, DEM & Esbensen
Role: Main advisor architecture, advisor landscape
Team JAJA: Kathrin Gimmel, Jakob Christensen, Jan Tanaka, Stephen Dietz-Hodgson, Mette Greve, Natalia Gruszczynska, Marie Louise Thorning, Mads Sørensen