Airborne Photographer Captures Denmark From Above

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Airborne photographer Nicolas Cosedis captures Denmark from above and here are some of the most beautiful photos by Cosedis

Fredensborg Houses

The Fredensborg Houses (Danish: Fredensborghusene) form a housing complex in natural surroundings on the outskirts of the small town of Fredensborg in the north of Zealand, Denmark. The houses were designed by Jørn Utzon for Danes who have worked for long periods abroad.

The Fredensborg Houses followed Utzon’s first major housing project, the Kingo Houses in nearby Helsingør. The 63 units were based on a competition project Utzon had developed for the south of Sweden in 1953, inspired by traditional Danish farmhouses set around a central courtyard and Chinese architecture, in which the houses open out onto a central court but are protected from the surroundings by their outer wall. The development was based on Utzon’s additive approach, starting modestly with one unit and proceeding from there, taking into account the lie of the land and the surroundings. Each unit was L-shaped with a living room and study in one section, and the kitchen, bedroom and bathroom in the other. Utzon described the arrangement of the houses as “flowers on the branch of a cherry tree, each turning towards the sun.”

The complex was completed in 1963 to wide acclaim.

Kartoffelrækkerne – Copenhagen’s Potato Row

The city’s Kartoffelrækkerne district is made up of 480 houses built by the Workers’ Building Association between 1873 and 1889.

The terraced houses were built to provide the working class with hygienic, affordable housing. Each Potato House was home to 3 separate families. Every family had their own floor.

Tietgenkollegiet

Tietgenkollegiet (English: Tietgen Student Hall), named for Danish financier C.F. Tietgen (1829-1901), is a student residence located in the Ørestad district of Copenhagen, Denmark.

How do you create the optimum setting for a community among almost 400 students while also making room for individuals to engross themselves and develop as individuals? This was the challenge faced when in 2001 construction began on what would later become Tietgenkollegiet, a residence hall in the district Ørestad.