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Roof Window in Thyme Garden Social Housing | VELUX Group

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    Roof window
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    Residential
  • Characteristics

    Moisture-resistant material, roof pitch: 15-90°, ventilation flap, ideal for humid rooms
  • Format

    Centre-pivot
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In Danish, "Timianhaven" means a thyme garden. Velux skylights were used in these social houses as a tool for providing certain qualities to the tiny interiors: necessary daylight, ventilation, and an upgrade to the appearance of the rooms.

Social Housing in Denmark

Denmark’s social housing sector is one of the biggest on the market. Long-term and sustainable are key qualities that tenant-run housing cooperatives aim for. The architects responsible for Timianhaven, Vandkunster Architects create, in their own words, “architecture for communities”.

Social Housing in Havdrup, Denmark | Photographer: Kirstine Mengel, Vandkunsten
3,710 m2 is occupied by forty-four housing units, a community room, gardens with sheds, and parking. The project in Havdrup – is 30 kilometers south of Copenhagen. It is less densely populated so generous meadows were able to be inserted between the rows of houses. A community house can be found on the northern corner of the site, surrounded by greenery.

The Units

The size of the units varies between 42 and 105 m2. The downstairs of each duplex apartment has a kitchen with a dining area; the position of the living room varies according to the unit type: in the smaller ones, it's tucked in on the first floor, together with the bedrooms. One bathroom is located next to the main door. Designing functional areas into niches – such as the shower placed behind the wardrobe – enables all necessary features to be included without compromising the quality of the space.

Rooflight Detail

GGU Skylights by Velux are like little hats on the building; one large window on the façade-like roof provides light for some bedrooms; others got an additional light source from a smaller Velux roof window placed above a light shaft, flush with the plastered exterior wall.

Project Data

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Year of Completion 2018
Architect Vandkunsten

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