Terrace House Copenhagen Denmark
Set within the Charlottenlund conservation area north of Copenhagen the addition reorientates, the house. The new volume draws the landscape in, extending the interior to the both the east and west sea facing aspect. Drawing on the vernacular it creates a harmonious dialogue between house and garden. The addition to the west side of the existing house reorients the plan adding volume, south and west facing aspects. Mediating the sloped topography high level windows offer a glimpse of the sea to the east. Large format glazing opens to a new land-scaped garden extending the interior space to a newly defined edge.
Material continuity reinforces the architectural coherence. Matt white engineering brick and tonal glazing profiles in matching dimension create a harmonious composition relating the additional volume to the existing condition. The Søholm Row Houses are a critical precedent. Taut, brick facades articulate square proportioned openings framing views of the seascape to the east. Floor plans are efficient enfilade arrangements. The site configuration is astute, allowing a subtle offset geometry designed to address the landscape rather than the street.
Detailing is precise. Material selection and articulation is robust. Consistent with the existing interior white engineering brick is used to construct the inner leaf. Large format Clt beams define the soffit arrangement. A large format rooflight projects, centred on the room it extends the space offering views of the sky and surrounding trees. The mill finished aluminium parapet is conceived as a cornice. Stepped in profile it provides shade to the interior and termination to the wall. A large format Clt beam caps the wall internally matching the cornice line externally.
The principal room, conceived without program allows various social functions. Terrace and landscape garden extend the volume. Connections to the existing house are through large format clt framed openings allowing circulation around a central set of rooms. Referencing Arne Jacobsen's nearby Skovshoved Tank station the bathing rooms are constructed from a single material. Off-white engineering brick lines both floor and walls in a stack bond. Clt beams define a soffit datum as with the principal space. Lime plaster is used on the projecting large format sky light. Joinery is constructed from lye washed douglas fir.
Due for completion Spring 2026