Introduction
Urbanization is a current trend that brings with it both potentials as well as challenges. As more and more people move away from rural areas and towards big cities, we witness an expansion of urban settlements. New exciting residential areas develop around big cities, but what happens to the vacated homes? When the abandoned homes are not resold, they are often left empty and eventually demolished, resulting in large amounts of material being wasted.
When moving to the city we see a huge potential to bring with us the intact materials that can be reused for the construction of new homes. This means that newly built homes could reduce their CO2 footprints by up to 70% in the construction phase, since the building materials have already had a life in another context.
The Resource Rows will become Denmark’s first residential area built out of materials from abandoned homes!
PRESS
See the feature about The Resource Rows in Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s TV AVISEN on 1 September 2018.
Social
The quality of life in The Resource Rows has been developed based on the motto “The community thrives best if there is space for the individual”. It is founded on a strong community and neighborhood that does not interfere with the individual’s right to privacy and self-expression – and it is about the Sharing Economy. The Sharing Economy, which has flourished in recent years, proves that it is extremely practical to allow resources that are otherwise unused to be shared by people other than the owner. This provides an economic incentive to all parties involved.