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Other Projects by Nathan Romero Arkitekter
HUMLEBÆK SYD
STATUS
Concept
Architects:
Nathan Romero Muelas (Nathan Romero Arkitekter), Architect Lars Techt Myrhøj, Sofie Elkjær Jensen (SEJT)
1. prize, first stage, open competition
A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD: VISION
How can we incorporate nature into architecture, not as a part of a generic “program” but as experience intimately related to life? Nature can be a daily call, reminding us of a timeless knowledge. A call to rediscover what it has always been there and yet appears different everyday: the sea, the horizon, the trees, the clouds. The design of a new neighborhood in Humlebæk must listen to the earth that holds it, must insist in incorporating new parameters other than economy, mobility..etc. Turning our eyes into the foundational values of nature should be done without nostalgia: we do know now that good cities can make us free, complete. In this new addition to Humlebæk we have a unique opportunity to combine both worlds, nature and the city. Louisiana has shown us a way. Louisiana invites us to listen, reflect and contemplate. These are introverted, intimate experiences, but they occur in an environment that is eminently public. Its architecture invites us to a reflective pause that accompanies and favors experience. Our new Humlebæk neighborhood should also aspire to be a privileged place to witness the raise and fall of the sun, the flow of seasons.
THE HEIGHTS
At The Heights we will make use of the open space, the astonishing views, the big common green. We will enjoy an open realm where spontaneous interaction can appear. Where you can run, read, kiss, watch a concert on a summer evening, and take long walks with your child. Once the company of nature is secured, we can try new forms of urbanity. The Heights will live side by side with a very popular urban model in Denmark: the single family house sprawl. This model is by definition unsustainable, a waste of territory, of energy. It expands horizontally to create a landscape without quality. A short sighted, narrow-minded landscape, that doesn’t go beyond our own backyard. Born from a legitimate desire (to get out of the city), suburbia as we see it in parts of Humlebæk, fails also from a social point of view. There is no place for the richness of Main Street, the culture of commercial promenading, the humanity that filters trough the mix of functions and people. The detached house quarter is tailored for people same age, same income. The Heigths will bring back the friendly side of the city, the small town easiness that suburbia lacks. The grocery, the hair dresser, the bakery, the gym, the cinema, the architect’s studio. To prove that, after all, as Venturi said “Main Street was almost all right”. Both our new boulevard and the streets advancing into the landscape will enhance and extend the urban structure. The desired mixture of living, working, shopping, appears. At the same time these elements relate to the bigger picture: Humlebæk.
DESCRIPTION
The project offers a wide variety of housing types, to address the multiplicity of today’s demand, from singles to families, seniors, etc. Different ownership and renting models will further ensure social mixture and diversity. We find two main typologies: multifamily housing (collective housing) and a “dense-low” lay out. The collective housing ensures with its very generous balconies good contact to the street and the landscape. Within the same building, different types and sizes of flats coexist (from minimum to maximum). The dense low scheme varies from one to two floors and up to tree floors in some cases. THhe open courts or gardens face the open landscape towards the south. Each “pocket” formation invites the landscape in, creating an open neighboring space for play and recreation in continuity with the open landscape. Street life: Towards the west the streetscape offers a different type of interaction. Outside your front door, late afternoon sun and sunsets can be enjoyed in a situation that reminds us of Dragør or Brumleby with the decisive added element of the contact to the generous landscape. The street is not a transport corridor but an important public space where life unfolds. The buildings emphasize the experience. The façade line twists and breaks slightly, a variation of typologies and materiality sets the frame for the streetscape. From the street we experience the life in the houses and vice versa, through the partial permeability of the courts and balconies. The qualities of the street, the late light and informal meetings are further qualified by a variety of urban functions: playgrounds, drinking fountains, flowerbeds and benches. All this helps shaping “the good life” in the new neighborhood.
Nathan Romero Muelas (Nathan Romero Arkitekter), Architect Lars Techt Myrhøj, Sofie Elkjær Jensen (SEJT)
1. prize, first stage, open competition
A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD: VISION
How can we incorporate nature into architecture, not as a part of a generic “program” but as experience intimately related to life? Nature can be a daily call, reminding us of a timeless knowledge. A call to rediscover what it has always been there and yet appears different everyday: the sea, the horizon, the trees, the clouds. The design of a new neighborhood in Humlebæk must listen to the earth that holds it, must insist in incorporating new parameters other than economy, mobility..etc. Turning our eyes into the foundational values of nature should be done without nostalgia: we do know now that good cities can make us free, complete. In this new addition to Humlebæk we have a unique opportunity to combine both worlds, nature and the city. Louisiana has shown us a way. Louisiana invites us to listen, reflect and contemplate. These are introverted, intimate experiences, but they occur in an environment that is eminently public. Its architecture invites us to a reflective pause that accompanies and favors experience. Our new Humlebæk neighborhood should also aspire to be a privileged place to witness the raise and fall of the sun, the flow of seasons.
THE HEIGHTS
At The Heights we will make use of the open space, the astonishing views, the big common green. We will enjoy an open realm where spontaneous interaction can appear. Where you can run, read, kiss, watch a concert on a summer evening, and take long walks with your child. Once the company of nature is secured, we can try new forms of urbanity. The Heights will live side by side with a very popular urban model in Denmark: the single family house sprawl. This model is by definition unsustainable, a waste of territory, of energy. It expands horizontally to create a landscape without quality. A short sighted, narrow-minded landscape, that doesn’t go beyond our own backyard. Born from a legitimate desire (to get out of the city), suburbia as we see it in parts of Humlebæk, fails also from a social point of view. There is no place for the richness of Main Street, the culture of commercial promenading, the humanity that filters trough the mix of functions and people. The detached house quarter is tailored for people same age, same income. The Heigths will bring back the friendly side of the city, the small town easiness that suburbia lacks. The grocery, the hair dresser, the bakery, the gym, the cinema, the architect’s studio. To prove that, after all, as Venturi said “Main Street was almost all right”. Both our new boulevard and the streets advancing into the landscape will enhance and extend the urban structure. The desired mixture of living, working, shopping, appears. At the same time these elements relate to the bigger picture: Humlebæk.
DESCRIPTION
The project offers a wide variety of housing types, to address the multiplicity of today’s demand, from singles to families, seniors, etc. Different ownership and renting models will further ensure social mixture and diversity. We find two main typologies: multifamily housing (collective housing) and a “dense-low” lay out. The collective housing ensures with its very generous balconies good contact to the street and the landscape. Within the same building, different types and sizes of flats coexist (from minimum to maximum). The dense low scheme varies from one to two floors and up to tree floors in some cases. THhe open courts or gardens face the open landscape towards the south. Each “pocket” formation invites the landscape in, creating an open neighboring space for play and recreation in continuity with the open landscape. Street life: Towards the west the streetscape offers a different type of interaction. Outside your front door, late afternoon sun and sunsets can be enjoyed in a situation that reminds us of Dragør or Brumleby with the decisive added element of the contact to the generous landscape. The street is not a transport corridor but an important public space where life unfolds. The buildings emphasize the experience. The façade line twists and breaks slightly, a variation of typologies and materiality sets the frame for the streetscape. From the street we experience the life in the houses and vice versa, through the partial permeability of the courts and balconies. The qualities of the street, the late light and informal meetings are further qualified by a variety of urban functions: playgrounds, drinking fountains, flowerbeds and benches. All this helps shaping “the good life” in the new neighborhood.
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