Tankefuld is a prize-winning sustainable public housing project which creates social interaction between its users, based on a DGNB approach.
Tankefuld (with an area of 75,347 square feet) is a public housing project that, just like people, is defined by different characteristics.
A community house and a total of 67 low-energy homes, from multi-story apartments to traditional townhouses, including some units with balconies and some with roof terraces. The flat roofs are designed with 3 different solutions: roof terraces, photovoltaic panels, or sedum, to support all 5 categories of sustainability as per DGNB standards.
The building’s main facade is oriented southwest to ensure the best possible use of passive solar heating. By placing the buildings across the lie of the land, recreational areas appear between the houses where the terrain, rainwater gutters, and swamp beds use natural inclination to divert rain water away from buildings and into the water basin. This feature supports social, technical, environmental, and economic sustainability.
The building is like a patchwork quilt over the land, and varies by changes in altitude, outward perspectives, smaller nooks, differences in scale, planting areas, and recreational spaces. The project’s various squares and roads can be used in a multi-functional way for sport, playing, and parking in order to support social interaction and process sustainability.
The neighborhood is built with classic, well-known, and long lasting materials. The idea is for the materials to age over the years, such as the planting areas between the houses which become more established and more appealing through time. This evolution is similar to the small neighborhoods we know from historical Danish towns.
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