Vores Sted

Vores Sted (Our Place) celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Danish philanthropic foundation Realdania by providing 150 social gathering spaces free of charge to communities and associations across Denmark. The pavilions are designed with a philosophy of fostering community while minimizing environmental impact and will be constructed primarily from recycled and biogenic materials, available in four different typologies.

The goal of the project is to provide versatile and inviting meeting places for Denmark’s self-organized communities. Designed as simple pavilions with a distinctive gabled roof, they are both recognizable and archetypal in Denmark’s built environment.

The pavilions are designed to serve a diverse range of communities, cultures, and individuals, offering four basic typologies with varied functionality and expression to suit distinct needs and atmospheres. These variations are reflected in a choice of cladding options and predefined features such as seating and storage elements.

The pavilions are built using already existing resources. The load-bearing structures are primarily made from reclaimed timber sourced from demolished buildings. The façades, doors and windows, floors, and built-in cabinets, benches and shelves are made from discarded floorboards. The roof cladding consists of reused fiber-cement panels harvested from demolished mink farms. Because many of the materials are reclaimed, each meeting place ends up a little different.