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WE MAKE SPACE FOR THE MIXED CITY
Today we have 37 officially registered different Family constellations in Denmark. Many of these are currently moving towards the cities and in Copenhagen alone we need to find space for 45.000 new homes within the next 10 years.
Accordingly, new urban residential housing is being built at an explosive rate around the world, and Copenhagen is no exception. However, most of these new homes are designed for a homogenous family consisting of a mom, dad and a baby and an income considerably above average. This means that we are currently shaping future cities that are expensive and homogeneous, therefore we will end up losing the diversity that has made cities blossom and thrive in the first place. We believe that areas with more diversity are more attractive and stronger than homogenous areas.
Therefore, Spacon & X has teamed up with Danica Pension and Copenhagen Windows on project “Custom Living.” A project that explores how spatial design solutions can transform these uniform apartments into spaces that can accommodate a more diverse constellation of residents.
SPACE OPTIMIZATION & FLEXIBLE SURROUNDINGS
Spacon & X creates and transforms spaces for a wide-range of needs and activities, the two main techniques in this design approach are space optimization and flexibility. We believe that this way of thinking makes it possible to create space for various personal passions and activities in the same square meters.
The starting point for Custom Living was two different emerging family-constellations, where each family-member has a rather diverse set of needs in their home.