APARTMENTS

IN FREDET HØJ

STREET,

SORTHØJ

UP ARCHITECTURE

MARIANNE PROOMET | HENRY PILK | UNA POLONANOVA

APARTMENTS IN

FREDET HØJ,

SORTHØJ

Hasseris in general consist mainly of single

family houses and few apartment buildings.

Sorthøj area acts as one big greenery on hill,

settlements are built sparsely to keep the

feeling of open space, freedom, nature and

privacy. Due the lack of density and good

views over the Hasseris on west, Fjord on the

north-west, countryside on the south-west,

area is different from the rest of the Hasseris

and makes Sorthøj exclusive from the rest of

the Aalborg.

AREA

Sorthøj area is surrounded by main roads from

the center to exit roads of the Aalborg and by

the roads which links to the highway E39,

Aalborg SV, SØ, Ø districts. Infrastructure

network provides good access to the

settlements. Streets and bike roads network

are all well laid out and connected to the rest

of the city. Shops, school, church and bus

stations are nearby.

BUILDING SITE

The plot is a shape of grain head which is a

concept for designing the site. Idea is inspired

by expected feelings and by the common

surrounding in Shorthøj which is meadow alike.

Buildings are situated around the plot to leave

open green space in the middle of the plot.

Half-circular placement of the buildings keeps

the middle area alive as nature would do.

APARTMENT BUILDING

Buildings are three storey high, 23m in length,

12,5m in width and 13,5m in height. Sun path,

wind direction and good view is considered in

orientation of the buildings. Entrance is from

north side, while balconies are faced to the

south. This way south side is looking away

from the settlement-street and leaves the area

more private from public. Good view is

provided at the same time to the residents.

The building consists of a standard façade

system. Prefabricated loadbearing walls, storey

partitions and columns will make up the

building system – box system.

Buildings consists total of five residential

apartments on 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor, commercial

businesses on ground floor, storage, services

and gym in the basement.

On the top floor is so called penthouse with big

terrace and balcony. Total floor area is 153m²

and includes entrance hall, open kitchen and

livingroom, three bedrooms with bathrooms,

toilet and laundryroom.

1st and 2nd is divided into two and consists

normal apartments type A and type B. Total

floor area for normal apartment is 121,5m² and

includes entrance area, open kitchen,

livingroom, three bedrooms, office, two

bathrooms, laundryroom and balcony.

Ground floor area is 175,6m², includes entrance

area, commercial area, toilet, staff room and

cantine.

Basement is mainly storage area for the

apartments, gym for residentials and area for

building services.

ENERGY CLASS

Building designed to be sustainable and design

is carryed out to be high-performance building,

energy class 2 minimum. Need for supplied

energy in the apartment type A and type B is

no more than 13,7kWh/m² per year. Buildings

use high level of insulation, energy efficent

windows, hot water heat recycling

technologies, low levels of air infiltration and

heat recovery ventilation to lower heating and

cooling energy.

Ventilation is provided by agricator from the

roof with cross flow heat exchanger.

View from the North-West

View from the South-East

View from the South

On the Balcony, View from the West

View to the Bicycle Shelter

View from the North

View from the South-West

Situation Plan 1:1000

Basement Plan 1:100

Commercial/Ground Floor Plan 1:100

1st Floor Apartment Plan 1:100

2nd Floor Plan 1:100

Penthouse Plan 1:100

Roof Plan 1:100

Section A-A 1:100

Section B-B 1:100

North Elevation 1:100

East Elevation 1:100

South Elevation 1:100

West Elevation 1:100