Sneglehusene Housing
SNEGLEHUSENE HOUSING
BIG
ARCHITECTS
Bjarke Ingels Group
PARTNERS IN CHARGE
Bjarke Ingels, Finn Nørkjær, David Zahle
BIG LANDSCAPE
Alexa Haraga, Anders Fønss, Camille Inès Sophie Breuil, Giulia Genovese, Lasse Ryberg Hansen, Ulla Hornsyld
PROJECT MANAGER
Joos Jerne
DESIGN LEAD
Nanna Gyldholm Møller, Høgni Laksafoss
BIG ENGINEERING
Andrea Hektor, Andreas Bak, Andrew Robert Coward, Bjarke Koch-ørvad, Cecilie Søs Brandt-olsen, Duncan Horswill, Ewa Zapiec, Ivaylo Ignatov, Jesper Kanstrup Petersen, Jonathan Otis Navntoft Russell, Kaoan Hengles De Lima, Kristoffer Negendahl, Mikki Seidenschnur, Peter Andres Ehvert, Timo Harboe Nielsen, Tristan Robert Harvey
TEAM
Norbert Nadudvari, Wiktor Kacprzak, Axelle Bosman, Liliane Wenner, Christine Mulvad, Joanna Jakubowska, Johanna Schneider, Richard Garth Howis, Xinying Zhang, Mikkel M. R. Stubgaard, Katarina Mácková, Sean Edmund Deering, Søren Aagaard, Pawel Bussold, Mantas Povilaika, Espen Vik, Lucian Tofan, Jesper Bo Jensen
PHOTOGRAPHS
Rasmus Hjortshøj - Coast
AREA
9500 m²
YEAR
2022
LOCATION
Aarhus, Denmark
CATEGORY
Apartments
Text description provided by architect.
The ‘Sneglehusene’ is BIG’s contribution to the ambitious master plan of Nye, a neighborhood developed north of Denmark’s second-largest city, Aarhus.
Conceived as a porous wall, a total of six buildings gently curve around a pond and a green boardwalk at the heart of the development.
The ‘Sneglehusene’ consist of two kinds of stacked modules, which are repeated to create the characteristic checkered pattern.
The modules have 2,5- and 3,5-meter ceilings, respectively, and their stacking creates generous indoor spaces, floor-to-ceiling windows as well as an outdoor terrace in each home.
BIG Landscape has designed the landscape on the ‘Sneglehusene’ site.
Green paths and meeting points between the buildings offer comfortable pockets for small talk and play among neighbors.
The center of the ‘Sneglehusene’ is marked by an artificial pond, defining a retreat for the community.
The pond manages rainwater runoff, which flows to it from canals integrated into the site.
Furthermore, the pond is connected to a system for Secunda water, developed and supervised by the local water plant, Aarhus Vand.
The system reuses water, collected from the entire Nye neighborhood, cleans it, and leads it back to all homes to be used for toilet flushes, rinsing clothes, etc.
The ‘Sneglehusene’ is BIG and Cj Group’s second collaboration. Following the success of the affordable ‘Dortheavej Residences’ in Copenhagen, Denmark, the team was granted a rare opportunity to further adapt and evolve the modular housing concept into an increasingly refined design for the neighborhood of Nye.
