Naturbyen

With 'Naturbyen' (translated Nature Village), the Municipality of Middelfart in collaboration with EFFEKT has planned a new residential area, which will be an international demonstration project for how sustainable housing development can be combined with ambitious afforestation, increased biodiversity, and circular resource thinking in the suburban and peri-urban areas. And as a bi-product create healthy and socially connected neighborhoods.

A bare agricultural field in the eastern part of Middelfart will soon be transformed into a completely new forest-neighborhood district. A cluster of small communities that put environment, biodiversity, and sharing of resources at the forefront. A total of 220 new homes located in a newly planted forest will offer an alternative to the traditional parcel- and row housing options which is still the predominant form of housing in Denmark, outside the major cities.

The new municipality-led residential expansion led aims to become a laboratory for residential development in suburban and peri-urban areas and help Denmark reach its ambitious goal of covering 20% of its landmass with forest by 2100.