Ceresvej 19 is a newly built private residence in a classic residential neighbourhood in Frederiksberg. To fit into the neighbourhood, the architecture of the house draws on classic elements but reinterprets them to create an aesthetically and functionally modern house. In 2021, the villa was awarded a prize for its architecture by Frederiksberg Municipality.
Frederiksberg
Denmark
Private
2020
"Recessed windows with an oak exterior reveal provide a simple ornamentation that also designates all common spaces."
Mikkel Beedholm, Creative Partner
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Classic and modern at the same time
By pushing part of the eastern façade forward, an overhang and shelter is created in the entrance area facing the road, as a reinterpretation of a classic symmetrically placed front peak. Together with the plastered facade and the classic materials, oak and copper, it makes the house blend in well with the other villas in the area, while giving it its own modern character. For this reason, Frederiksberg Municipality chose premiere the construction on Ceresvej 19.
The façade is relatively closed to the street, but opens up with large double-height windows facing the garden.
Seen from the road, the villa at Ceresvej 19 appears to have a classic rectangular plan, but in reality the layout is an open angle that embraces the garden. The sense of a perpendicular plan is reinforced by the fact that the kitchen-living room facing the terrace has double height, while the remaining "angle" of the house is divided into two planes.
The open-plan layout also means there's a view across the house from the front door to the garden.
