Bakkekvarteret

Nature of the Project

The Bakkekvarteret neighborhood is part of Frederikssund Municipality’s new district, Vinge, which, with a total area of over 370 hectares, is one of Denmark’s largest urban development projects.

The developer, Ikano Bolig, owns a portion of the site spanning over 100 hectares and aims to expand this area over the coming years to include more than 2,000 homes. Frederikssund Municipality has approved the local plan for the Bakkekvarteret housing project, located in the southern part of Vinge, and this project will mark the start of the extensive development of Ikano’s area.

The Bakkekvarteret project involves the construction of 88 new homes, which will be built as 1- to 2-story townhouses, ranging from 3 to 4 rooms and between 85 and 100 square meters in size.

The neighborhood is being built on large, green fields southeast of Frederikssund, and therefore nature and the landscape will also be central elements of the town, particularly in the Bakkekvarteret residential area, where there will also be a special focus on urban life and community.

Ground-floor decks will be made of wood, the design is well-thought-out, and insulation materials have been selected with a view to minimizing emissions. Consequently, the project is expected to receive the Nordic Swan Ecolabel.

ABC, in collaboration with Adserballe & Knudsen, has developed a construction concept, ABCarpentry, that allows us to parametrically design the timber-frame walls, which are then sent directly to production. The structural timber is therefore delivered to the site already processed and ready for assembly.

Sustainability

Nature is a central theme in the project, and the client, Ikano Bolig, has therefore set a high bar for sustainability. Consequently, the life cycle assessment (LCA) sets the agenda for the project.

Extensive LCA calculations have been performed for the project, which have been decisive for the construction, as the team worked backward from the goal of achieving the lowest possible emissions and designed the project based on that starting point. The goal is for the Bakkekvarteret neighborhood to emit less than 5 kg of CO2 equivalent per square meter per year, in accordance with upcoming building codes.

This has been achieved, among other things, by using wooden ground-level decks, specifically to avoid using CO₂-intensive materials such as concrete, which are otherwise more common in the construction industry. These ground-level decks were made possible by elevating the structure off the ground on pilings. The project is also expected to achieve the Nordic Swan Ecolabel.

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"The Bakkekvarteret project is truly innovative on many fronts. In collaboration with the team behind it—Adserballe & Knudsen, VLA, and Ikano Bolig—we’ve managed to scale a construction method that’s both low-carbon and cost-effective. And this has only been possible because we’ve used digital tools every step of the way. Huge kudos to the team for going the extra mile on both sustainability and digitalization.”

Miki Kobayashi, Business Manager & Partner

Gantio Robotics

Use of ABCarpentry at Bakkekvarteret

ABCarpentry, our in-house developed digital tool, enables the creation of biogenic structural elements that are sent directly to robotic production.

The tool automatically generates frame elements and detailed connection points, creating a building geometry where all structural elements are ready for production without any additional manual steps.

When the elements leave robotic production, they are delivered as a complete assembly kit directly to the construction site, including project- and element-specific documentation that accompanies the materials all the way to installation. The result is an efficient, transparent, and far more streamlined process from design to completed construction.

In our work on the Bakkekvarteret project, we have thus used ABCarpentry to parametrically design timber-frame walls, which were sent directly to production and then shipped to the construction site, machined and ready for assembly.

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