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VM Houses | 230 Dwellings in Ørestad

This is a project by JDS Architects + BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and it is located at Copenhagen, Denmark. It was submitted to Architecture News Plus (ANP) by JDS Architects. Project's program: Multi-family housing. There are twenty four images for VM Houses | 230 Dwellings in Ørestad.

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Project details

Project name: VM Houses | 230 Dwellings in Ørestad
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Program: Multi-family housing
Area: Total Area: 25,000 m2 • M House: 12,500 m2 • V House: 12,500 m2
Year: Completion: March 2005 • M House Completion: 2004 • V House Completion: 2005
More details: M House Units: 95 • V House Units: 114 • Total Budget: 25,200,000 € • M House Cost: 95,000,000 DKK • V House Cost: 97,000,000 DKK
Client: Høpfner • Dansk Olie Kompagni
Project by: JDS Architects + BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
Team: Project Team: Julien De Smedt, Bjarke Ingels, Alistair Williams, Anna Manosa, Annette Jensen, Bent Poulsen, Christian Finderup, Claus Tversted, David Zahle, Dorte Børresen, Finn Nørkjær, Henning Stüben, Henrick Poulsen, Ingrid Serritslev, Jakob Christensen, Jakob Lange, Jakob Møller, Jakob Wodschou, Jørn Jensen, Karsten Hammer Hansen, Mads H Lund, Marc Jay, Maria Yedby Ljungberg, Nadja Cederberg, Narisara Ladawal, Ole Elkjær-Larsen, Ole Nannberg, Oliver Grundahl, Sandra Knöbl, Simon Irgens-Møller, Sophus Søbye, Søren Stærmos, Thomas Christoffersen, Xavier Pavia Pages
Others: Collaborators: PLOT, Moe & Brødsgaard

Project images

Designer's statement

The manipulated perimeter block is clearly defined in its four corners but opened internally and along the sides. The vis-a-vis with the neighbour is eliminated by pushing the slab in its center, ensuring diagonal views to the vast open fields around.

The building volume provides optimal air, light and views to all flats. All apartments have a double-height space to the north, and wide panoramic views to the south. The logic of the diagonal slab utilized in the V House is broken down in smaller portions for the M House.

In this project the typology of the Unite D'Habitation of Le Corbusier is reinterpreted and improved — the central corridors are short and get light from both ends — like bullet holes penetrating through the building.