As part of the research study ‘Ressourceblokken’ EFFEKT was asked to participate in a research and design sprint, that address the challenges posed by the legislative policies put in place by the Danish government to help solve the social issues in some of the most congested housing areas in Denmark.

The policies include the demolition of a large number of social housing, totaling more than 1.3 million square meters. Following the demolition, a similar amount of new homes are planned to be erected in the affected areas to diversify demographics and foster social change.

The large number of repetitive buildings and material usage pose a huge potential for upcycling, and for what would normally end up as building debris, to instead be circulated into ‘new’ building components for the many new homes.

Transforming modernistic social housing is a cornerstone in our work, and the task to look at circularity in the sector is a natural component in our process. Specifically, we were tasked to look at the transformation of Vollsmose in Odense - an area we know well from designing the new infrastructure plan for the area back in 2015.

To see our contribution the publication go the project presentation here and to read the entire publication ‘Ressorceblokken’ follow the link .