Manifolds © UiD
International competion on 500 m3 work-live units for artists, Beijing. UiD / Henrik Valeur and Ma Liang, 2007.
The manifold structure divides the 500 m3 unit into two spaces. One space (above) is primarily used for work. This space has large glazing on two sides, providing plenty of daylight and exposure of exhibits and of the work process. The other space (below) is primarily used for living. This space is enclosed and has only a few windows to provide sufficient privacy.
Manifolds [3.2MB] pdf
Garden Flats 3.4 © UiD
UiD / Henrik Valeur and Christoffer Pilgaard, 2005.
200% Tensta (housing) © UiD
Open competition on Collective House in Tensta, Stockholm. UiD / Henrik Valeur, Fredrik Fritzson, Jonas Ruthblad and Søren Chr. Madsen in collaboration with consulting engineer Ole Vanggaard, Copenhagen 2005. Honorable mention.
The Collective House consist of a number of dwellings. Each dwelling is divided into independent spaces located at different addresses within the building complex. Thus the bedroom may be located in one block, a shared workspace in another, a guest room in a third and a common kitchen in a fourth.
Extracts from the jury's report: The reasoning, on the part the authors of this proposal, for the modern or future collective house and the relation between the individual and the group is both well-founded and fanciful. Though not entirely easy to decipher - there is an appealing freshness about the building’s sculptural design.
200% Tensta Housing[4,4MB]
Garden Flats 3.0 © UiD
Open competition on housing in Lyngby-Taarbæk, Copenhagen. UiD / Henrik Valeur, Fredrik Fritzson and Søren Chr Madsen in collaboration with consulting engineers Ole Vanggaard, Henrik Almegaard and Bo Andersen, 2004.
Which dwelling types best comply with contemporary resident demands? Most people prefer detached houses, even though they might find the neighborhood boring! They think the city is more exiting, but the flat in a common high-rise building does not offer much individuality or privacy. Is it possible to imagine a flat in the city with the qualities of the detached house?
The Garden Flats consist of dwellings with private gardens, parking and access. As well as individual facades and interior. All flats are designed according to the same principles in a limited number of typologies. They can vary in size from the small single flat with a small garden to the large family flat with a large garden. The different locations and combinations of garden and flat make every dwelling unique.
Garden Flats 3.0 [5.0MB]
RTL [Real Time Living] © UiD
Housing concept developed by UiD / Henrik Valeur, Fredrik Fritzson and Søren Christian Madsen, 2004.
The RTL flat is defined as the void between 2 deep partition walls, which contain all the tenant's items, devices and equipment. The walls can be shifted sideways. So, instead of many smaller spaces with specific functions, this dwelling is a singular, dynamic space with a function momentarily determined by the equipment selected from the walls. Pull out the bathtub and the TV set on a Sunday afternoon and the dwelling is a TV bath.
RTL [1.1MB]
Garden Flats 1.0 © UiD
Part of project for the Europan7 competition Can Solé, Spain. UiD / Henrik Valeur, Fredrik Fritzson and Søren Christian Madsen in collaboration with consulting engineers Ole Vanggaard and Jeppe Steen Andersen, Copenhagen 2003. Shortlisted.
The postwar housing boom in Europe was primarily carried out by two competing typologies, i.e. flats in highrise buildings and detached houses with private gardens. From society’s viewpoint the highrise building is a more sustainable typology, because it potentially leaves land to be used for collective recreational facilities, agriculture or as nature reserve. The detached house -on the other hand- provide the privacy and individuality demanded by most of the population.
Garden Flats 1.0 [864K]
Flex-Bo © UiD
Open competition in 2 stages on flexible housing in the Ørestad, Copenhagen. UiD / Henrik Valeur and engineer Ole Vanggaard, 1998. Further developed in collaboration with Søren Christian Madsen, 2000. Honorable mention.
Flex-Bo is a housing project for a culture of accelerated consumption. It is aimed at contemporary youth, for whom the lack of constants, safety and order is not a loss, but a cause to explore and test new forms of freedom. This individual lives an easy, unsettled life in loose networks, soon to be amplified with weekend children and frequent changes in career and of partners.
Extracts from the jury's report: The jury wishes to commend this proposal, because it has decisively challenged the jury’s comprehension not only in regard to the notion of flexibility but also in regard to what a future form of living could be - both socially, organizationally and strictly architecturally. The overall concept, the treatment of the site as well as the principles of spatial organization and construction conjure up a metropolitan universe of living, aimed at a youth culture.
Flex-Bo [1.4MB]