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Tretorn houses
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Arkitema Architects winners of the competition for the Tretorn houses in Elsinore, Denmark
Four of Denmark’s best architectural firms were invited to compete for one of Denmark's best located and most valuable sites – the Tretorn site, west of Elsinore. Arkitema Architects have been appointed winners of the competition. The housing scheme is to be built beside Elsinore North Harbour with spectacular views of Kronborg Castle, the Øre sound and Sweden.
Sympathetic housing
Arkitemas winning scheme "Beach Town Kronborg " takes its name and form after its surroundings. Elegant and simple sculptural wooden houses, that stand at varied angles in relation to each other and ensure a vibrant and interesting little town with great views and wonderful natural light. Here you will always be close to the light from the sea and near the magnificent views that are characteristic of the site. The judges were very enthusiastic about the winning proposal "site plan, architecture and individual lay out of the houses and apartments all work together to provide a bid for a highly sympathetic housing development, providing what you might call privatized collectivity, which heralds a modern way of life."
Arkitema Architects
Since 1969 Arkitema Architects have designed a number of prominent and renowned housing developments. With projects like Sluseholmen in Copenhagen, Sustainable student housing in Aarhus and Housing + Arkitema’s skills are widely recognized. All their projects are characterized by a focus on diversity and social awareness that the judges also saw in Arkitemas winning proposal for the Tretorn project. At the same time Arkitema’s housing projects also all have a clear focus on sustainability.
That same focus on sustainability - both the aesthetic, social, economic and energy related sustainability is an important part of Kronborg Strandby, with its intimate space between the buildings, varied housing types, its sturdy materials and the angled roofs, which are ideal for integrating solar energy , the project is the epitome of sustainable housing. Additionally the town like composition, the slanted roofs and the materials for the façade are all rooted in the identity of the site as a maritime space. The facades greet visitors with the warm materiality of the wood, the big windows and the elegant folding screens – a project designed for the site which is also commended by the panel of judges “The proposal shows a fine musicality and understanding of the location of the plot in the transition between nature and the city and a laudable respect for Kronborg as the area's undisputed and most important landmark.
Four of Denmark’s best architectural firms were invited to compete for one of Denmark's best located and most valuable sites – the Tretorn site, west of Elsinore. Arkitema Architects have been appointed winners of the competition. The housing scheme is to be built beside Elsinore North Harbour with spectacular views of Kronborg Castle, the Øre sound and Sweden.
Sympathetic housing
Arkitemas winning scheme "Beach Town Kronborg " takes its name and form after its surroundings. Elegant and simple sculptural wooden houses, that stand at varied angles in relation to each other and ensure a vibrant and interesting little town with great views and wonderful natural light. Here you will always be close to the light from the sea and near the magnificent views that are characteristic of the site. The judges were very enthusiastic about the winning proposal "site plan, architecture and individual lay out of the houses and apartments all work together to provide a bid for a highly sympathetic housing development, providing what you might call privatized collectivity, which heralds a modern way of life."
Arkitema Architects
Since 1969 Arkitema Architects have designed a number of prominent and renowned housing developments. With projects like Sluseholmen in Copenhagen, Sustainable student housing in Aarhus and Housing + Arkitema’s skills are widely recognized. All their projects are characterized by a focus on diversity and social awareness that the judges also saw in Arkitemas winning proposal for the Tretorn project. At the same time Arkitema’s housing projects also all have a clear focus on sustainability.
That same focus on sustainability - both the aesthetic, social, economic and energy related sustainability is an important part of Kronborg Strandby, with its intimate space between the buildings, varied housing types, its sturdy materials and the angled roofs, which are ideal for integrating solar energy , the project is the epitome of sustainable housing. Additionally the town like composition, the slanted roofs and the materials for the façade are all rooted in the identity of the site as a maritime space. The facades greet visitors with the warm materiality of the wood, the big windows and the elegant folding screens – a project designed for the site which is also commended by the panel of judges “The proposal shows a fine musicality and understanding of the location of the plot in the transition between nature and the city and a laudable respect for Kronborg as the area's undisputed and most important landmark.