Gellerup
Gellerup is the largest solitary modernistic dwelling area in Denmark. Once a modernistic dream and the largest development in Denmark with a range of excellent public amenities - it now suffers from a bad image and is referred to as a worn down problem area or a concrete ghetto the mass media. How can we transform this from a monofunctional concrete ghetto into a diverse urban district? The project seeks to radically change Gellerup by adding a network of new roads that opens up the area, and over the next 20 years double the density by adding diverse functions and typologies in between the old blocks and transform the vast semipublic green areas into urban streets, plazas and a revitalized green heart.
Project name
Gellerup
Typology
Urbanism, Residential, Landscape
Location
Gellerup, Aarhus V, DK
Year
2009-
Status
Competition entry, First prize, On-going
Size
110 Ha
Client
Municipality of Aarhus, Brabrans Housing Association
Collaborators
Kjær&Richter, Cowi, JWH Architects, Birk Nielsen
Design team
Tue Hesselberg Foged, Sinus Lynge, Søren Martinussen, Morgan Sebastian Helt, Àngel Lallana Diez-Canseco, Thilde Sander Egede