STATUS
COMPLETED
CLIENT
Kirkbi A/S
TYPOLOGY
Residential
SIZE M2/FT2
6,585 / 70,881
SHARE
Vejlevej 11 is a residential building comprising a unique combination of private, public and elderly care homes in Billund, Denmark.
The 6,600 m2 residence includes 25 units of public housing to be built for Billund Housing Association, 10 elderly care homes for Billund Municipality, and 28 rental apartments for development group Kirkbi. The building forms a gentle curve along the corner streets of Vejlevej and Hans Jensens Vej, rises to the height of the building on the opposite street, while the corner ends are pressed down to meet the scale of the neighboring buildings.
SITE
— The residential building occupies 6,600 m2 on the corer streets of Vejlevej and Hans Jensens Vej in Billund, Denmark.
STREET ADJUSTMENT
— The building follows the street peripheries and maintains a respectful distance to neighboring buildings.
VOLUME EXTRUSION
— Vejlevej is drawn up to the same height as the building on the opposite side of the street.
CORNER SCALE
— The corner ends of the building are pressed down to meet the scale of the neighboring buildings.
PIXEL MASS
— The building mass rises in the form of stacked boxes with each unit staggered to create niche spaces for terraces and balconies.
The overall building expression is conceived as a set of “brick blocks”, associated with the feeling of quality and robustness. The materiality is further strengthened by covering the balconies and the underside of the cantilevering parts with bricks. The top part of the cantilevering boxes become the balconies for the apartments above, enclosed by a transparent handrail of glass.
The building rises in the form of stacked boxes with each unit staggering to create niche spaces for terraces and balconies. The size of the façade openings gradually decrease towards the middle of the building and increase towards the end corners.
Bjarke Ingels Finn Nørkjær Andreas Klok Pedersen Allen Shakir Annette Jensen Alex Bogdan Ritivoi Anna Wiktoria Wozniak Federica Longoni Floriane Fol Greta Tafel Hanne Halvorsen Jeppe Langer Joos Jerne Lone Fenger Albrechtsen Luca Pileri Mads Engaard Stidsen Mark Korosi Matthew McCluskey Nataly Timotheou Norbert Nadudvari Philip Rufus Knauf Richard Howis Sascha Leth Rasmussen Thomas Sebastian Krall Tiago Barros Tommy Bjørnstrup Wiktor Kacprzak Amanda Østenkær Gül Ertekin Søren Aagaard Angela Wei
COLLABORATORS
Rambøll
Rambøll Landskab
Lendager Group
