The landscape and environment should always form the starting point for any building design. In their design of the reputed housing estate Søllerød Park, north of Copenhagen The Danish architects Eva & Nils Koppel illustrated exactly how true this is. Soelleroed Park is built on what was once a stately manor park, and despite the impressive size – on a Danish scale – of the 350 units large project, the row houses blend perfectly into the park scenery, leaving a complete and totally integrated expression. The units are placed in staggered blocks with ground floor 1-storey apartments, foll-owed above by 2-storey apartments, accessed through a balcony, which during summer also serves as a terrace for outdoor living.
On the top floor bath - and bedrooms are situated, under the roof supplied with one or two VELUX roof windows as the primary sources of daylight. The roof windows have been placed with a fine dignity in the sloping roof. They seem to match the entire selection of building materials, underlining the rich results of from white gables under red tile roofs in an orchestration with parts of dark wood on a base of concrete.
The final point is that the praised housing estate is completely contemporary. It was designed by the Koppels in 1955!