A 25,000 sq m housing complex is being built in the new Aarhus Docklands in Denmark’s second largest city. The project being developed by by the Tækker Group and Brabrand Boligforening alongwith Julien De Smedt Architects and CEBRA. Names as the Iceberg Project, it is expected to be completed by 2010.
The project provides huge opportunity for Denmark’s second largest city to renovate its old and out-of-use container terminal. The area can develop into a living city quarter, which comprises of a multitude of cultural and social activities, with generous amount of workplaces, along with a highly mixed and diverse array of housing types. About one third of the apartments will be kept aside for affordable rental housing aiming to integrate diverse social profile into this new neighborhood development.
