TAD. Iceberg
The Aarhus Harbour development provides a huge opportunity for Denmark’s second largest city to develop in a socially sustainable way by renovating its old, out-of-use container terminal. The area is meant to become a living city quarter, comprised of a multitude of cultural and social activities, a generous amount of workplaces, and of course, a highly mixed and diverse array of housing types.
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The Iceberg Project seeks to locate itself within the goals of the overall city
development. A third of the project’s 200 apartments will be set aside as
affordable rental housing, aimed at integrating a diverse social profile into
the new neighborhood development. The project’s main obstacle is the density
set up for the development, the desired square meters are in conflict with the
specified site height restrictions and the overall intentions of providing
ocean views along with good daylight conditions. The Iceberg negotiates this
problematic, by remaining far below the maximum heights at points and emerging
above the dotted line at other moments. “Peaks” and “canyons” form; eliciting
the project’s iconic strength while ensuring that all flats will be supplied
with a generous amount of natural lighting and waterfront views.
“With the Iceberg we get unique housing qualities as well as a city
architectural expression of the highest quality”, says Kent Martinussen, adm.
dir. of DAC (Danish Architecture Centre).
“Århus will get a fantastic harbour front with unique architectural buildings
that both in appearance and functionality prove that we are a city of grand
ambitions. Our desire for this area goes beyond just a façade without life and
purpose. We want a living city where everybody thrives. Both those who live and
those who work in this “City near the harbour / De Bynære Havnearealer”.
Projects of this calibre are a big step towards this goal.” - Mayor, Nicolai
Wammen
Project: Residential
Size: 21.600 m2
Location: Aarhus, Denmark
Creative Authorship: Julien De Smedt
Budget: 32.600.000 EUR
Client: Pension Denmark, Braband Boligforening
Team: JDS, CEBRA, SeArch, Louis Paillard
Project Leader: Andy Vann, Edna Luddecke, Heechan Park, Kristoffer Harling
Type: Invited Competition
Status: Ongoing, 1st Prize 2007
Project Team: Alexandros Geroussis, Andrew Griffin, Carlos Cabrera, Felix Luong, Henning Stüben, Michaela Weisskirchner, Reid Leslie, Ruxandra Stroe, Sandra Fleischmann
