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In Aarhus (Denmark), urbanization is getting stronger and stronger, and the need for new urban areas leads to use former industrial areas. To ensure the old and the new match better, the community of this former railroad industrial district has partnered with the AART design studio, following the suggestion of the non-profit organization Givisme. Together they have imagined and actually created  a pop-up village made of old train carriages, providing several activities, ranging from a single-room hotel, to a public greenhouse and boutiques for lifestyle brands and even polling booths for the upcoming local elections – all with a focus on showing how temporary architecture can provide new perspectives on a community-based and citizen-involving urban development. The train carriages will remain throughout the year 2017, preceding the construction of a complete new housing district.

À Aarhus au Danemark, l’urbanisation devient de plus en plus forte, nécessitant de créer de  nouvelles zones urbaines au sein d’anciennes zones industrielles. Pour assurer une meilleure transition entre leur ancienne et leur nouvelle vie, la communauté de cet ancien quartier industriel ferroviaire, à l’initiative de l’ONG Givisme, s’est associée au studio de design AART. Ensemble, ils ont imaginé et créé un village pop-up composé de vieux wagons de train, offrant un choix varié d’activités, allant d’un hôtel d’une chambre à une serre commune, et incluant des boutiques pour des marques lifestyle et même des bureaux de vote pour les prochaines élections. Le tout en mettant l’accent sur l’utilité de l’architecture éphémère pour apporter de nouvelles perspectives dans la cadre de développement urbain communautaires et citoyens. L’ensemble demeurera tout au long de l’année 2017, précédant la construction de logements et d’une nouvel ensemble de vie.

Place/ Aarhus, Denmark
Initiator/ Givisme
Architect/ AART architects
Builders/ Local citizens

Information/ e-architect

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