Byporten 1st Prize

Byporten 1st Prize

A modern interpretation of the classical historical housing blocks on the edge of the harbourfront.

Name

Byporten 1st Prize

Client

Prime Office

Status

On-going

Time span

2020-

Location

Aarhus

Size

29.000 m2

Type

Housing

Budget

Confidential

Mads Rudi Lassen, Partner in charge

Thomas Bossel

Mathias Daniel Brockdorff

Suder-Lassen Architects

Concept ApS

Rumvirke

AFRY

Arkplan

Luplau og Poulsen

Aarsleff

The housing blocks mediates the transition from the old historical city on to the expressive newly developed buildings on Aarhus Ø.

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Its large, inhabited roofs represent a modern interpretation of the old warehouses on the historical harbourfront. Its scale and materiality create a well balances link between old and new - an important place that connects history and future into two modern housing blocks, on the very edge of the harbourfront.

“The two housing blocks
respects
respects
the
scale
scale
and
materiality
materiality
of the old
historical”
historical”
city as well as the newly
developed”
developed”
buildings on Aarhus Ø”

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“The two housing blocks
consists
consists
of
individual
individual
buildings - placed
shoulder
shoulder
by
shoulder”
shoulder”
- ranging from 5 to 8
floors
floors
that mediates the
height
height
and
scale
scale
of both the
historical
historical
city and the
tall
tall
buildings on the harbourfront”

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“The
individual
individual
buildings
compose
compose
a
modern
modern
interpretation of the
historical”
historical”
city blocks”

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