Ellebo Garden Room
Copenhagen, Denmark
A new dignified and high energy performing facade, knits together refurbished flats and new rooftop extensions
View of a Community, as proposed by Robert Owen
Retention and addition, to enclosure and make a garden room
Existing facade
Existing aerial view
1/2Renovation and extension of the building envelope, to completely transform the experience of living in the Ellebo housing estate - to create a real sense of place and establish the basis of a vibrant and thriving community
A new facade, as sociable infrastructure
Build principles
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‘The scheme points into the future in many respects, one reason being that it is rooted in a tradition of strong oeuvre, which is unusual in a renovation context and may herald a new era in architectural history with a more subtle and ambitious approach to the transformation of the existing building stock than has been the case to date’
Jury Report, Nordic Built Challenge
New winter gardens and balconies bring additional space, Passivhaus standards of energy performance and a direct connection to the shared garden
1/2View from a living room, before and after renovation
Construction sequence
1/2View from a bedroom, before and after renovation
Staying and belonging
1/2Minimal disruption yet yielding a considerable improvement and the provision of a greater number of larger flats
Project Details
- Ellebo Garden Room, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013–2020
- Project: Regeneration of 260 social housing flats
- Client: Ballerup Ejendomsselskab v/KAB
- Status: Built
Awards
- MIPIM AR Award: Future Project 2014, Highly Commended
- Nordic Built Challenge 2013, Winner
AKA Design Team
- Daniel Serafimovski Architects
- Arkitekt Kristine Jensens Tegnestue
- Price & Myers
- MOE
- Rambøll Danmark A/S
Contractor E&P A/S and Adserballe & Knudsen A/S
Photography
- Laura Stamer
- Lewis Khan
- Mette Hubschmann
Garden rooms providing an enhanced quality of life and user flexibility, environment and sociability
1/2An accessible terrace
A new wintergarden, transforming existing homes
Rooftop apartments, arranged as small communities of four homes, around a lift and open court
