Name of project: Student Housing in Sønderborg
Assignment: Invited competition
Type: Student Housing
Client: Kollegiernes Kontor
Size: 6000m2
Location and area: Sønderborg, Denmark
Status: Project proposal
Budget: 80 million DKK
Architects: We-architecture, Creo Arkitekter
Engineers: Niras
Landscape architect: Arkplan
Contractor: Chr. Johannsen
Team: Marc Jay, Julie Schmidt-Nielsen, Kasper Munk, Andrea Sforzin, Alexandra Ramos, Karen Man Lai Chang
WE-Architecture proposes a new student housing complex in Sønderborg, Denmark, in collaboration with Chr. Johannsen, Creo arkitekter, Arkplan and Niras.
The new student housing is part of an ambitious masterplan to convert Sønderborg Habour.
The building concept creates various communities of different scales and characters within a modified perimeter block. The 6000m2 building accommodates 150 housing units. The most public functions is situated on the ground floor while the student’s common spaces connects all the floors within the building and encourages informal and spontaneous meetings. A large urban courtyard is created in the gap between the student housing complex and a newly planned parking house.
The building aims for a diverse and lively appearance to create life and activity in the immediate neighborhood and the city as a whole.