The document provides information on VM House, a residential development located in Copenhagen, Denmark designed by BIG Architects. It consists of two buildings, M House and V House, containing a total of 209 apartments across 25,000 square meters of built up area. The buildings were completed in 2004-2005 and feature various apartment unit types and floor plans designed to maximize views, daylighting, and outdoor space for residents. Diagrams and analysis are included on the site context, building forms, circulation, and indoor/outdoor spaces.

1. VM HOUSE
VIJENDRA SUTHAR
CHANDRA PRAKASH SUTHAR
SIMRAN YADUVANSHI
PRIYANJAL TIWARI
OM PRAKASH YADAV
RISHABH KUMAVAT
AR. PRIYA MA’AM
AR. SHRUTI MA’AM
AR. SAMTA MA’AM

2. M House + V HOUSE= VM HOUSE
(COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, NORTH EUROPE)
SITE SPECIFICATION
AREA:- 12450 SQM
TYPE:-RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL
BUILT UP AREA:-25,000 SQM
PROGRAM:- 209 APARTMENTS
COMPLETED :-2005
ARCHITECTS:- BIG + JDS
CLIENT:- DANISH OIL COMPANY
AWARD:- FORUM AID AWARD 2006.
M HOUSE
▪ 95 HOUSING UNITS
▪ 36 DIFFERENT
APARTMENT SHAPE.
▪ TOTAL BUILTUP AREA:
12,500 SQM.
▪ COMPLETED: 2004
V HOUSE
▪ 114 HOUSING UNITS
▪ 40 DIFFERENT
APARTMENT SHAPES
▪ TOTAL BUILTUP AREA:
12,500 SQM
▪ COMPLETED: 2005

3. SITE
DENMARK
DENCELY
POPULATED AREA
OPEN
GREEN
LAND
MAP KEY PLAN
KEY PLAN
SITE

4. ACCESSIBILITY:
ORESTAD
STATION: 800M
COPENHAGUM
AIRPORT: 6.1 KM

5. ANALYSIS
V-SHAPE M-SAPE
BUILDING
1. ALL THE entry are
from north side.
2. Balcony are
provided in south
direction to get
sun ray in winter
time.
3. Between 2 block
they have provided
common area.
SITE PLAN & FUNCTIONS
GROUND FLOOR PARKING
FOR PERTICULER BLOCK

6. SERVICES
WATER PUMP STAION
ROAD 30M WIDE
ROAD 30M
WIDE
BRIDGE
SITE PLANNING
GARDEN AREA

7. CLIMATE ANALYSIS

8. Climatic data
SOURCE – BASED ON 30 YEARS OF DATA ( IAMAT)
CLIMATE GRAPH
TEMPERATURE (MAX) – JULY (20 C)
TEMPERATURE (MIN) - JANUARY (0 C)
PERCIPITATION - (NOV- JAN) MAXIMUM
HUMIDITY - 75% - 90%
SNOWFALL - (DEC- FEB)
ALTITUDE - 9M/3ft
• DENMARK HAS TEMPERATE ZONE
• NOT VERY COLD IN WINTER – AVERAGE AROUND
FREEZING IN THE WINTER AND AVERAGE 20 C IN
THE SUMMER.
• MEAN TEMPERATURE IN WINTER REACHES TO 1.5 C
WHERE AS THE MEAN TEMPERATURE IN SUMMER
REACHES TO 17.2 C. (APPROXIMATELY)
• AVERAGE 120 DAYS WITH RAIN
AUTUMN IS THE WETTEST
SPRING IS THE DRIEST
• MINIMUM OF SNOW FALL (BUT NOT A LOT)
• THE SPRING (MAR-MAY) IS VERY SHIFTY. IT IS
OFTEN VERY WINDY AND FRSH.
GEOGRAPHY
• FLAT WITH VERY LITTLE ELEVATION
• AVERAGE HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL IS 100ft.
• HIGHEST POINT IS 560ft
DENMARK IS SURROUNDED BY WATER
• LESS THAN 32MILES TO THE WATER FROM ANY
POINT.

10. ANALYSIS
• THE BUILDING VOLUME PROVIDES OPTIMAL AIR, LIGHT AND VIEWS
TO ALL FLATS. BALCONIES JUT OUT LIKE ROWS OF JAGGED
SHARK’S TEETH ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
• FOR THE SOUTH FAÇADE WHICH FACES THE PARK, A NEW TYPE OF
BALCONY: A WEDGE-SHAPED PLANE THAT COMBINES MINIMUM
SHADE WITH MAXIMUM CANTILEVER. ON A WARM SUMMER
AFTERNOON, THE WALL OF BALCONIES FORM A VERTICAL
BACKYARD COMMUNITY, CREATING CONNECTIONS TO NEIGHBORS
IN A VERTICAL RADIUS OF 30 FEET / 10 METERS.

11. ANALYSIS
• To orient all the apartments toward the landscape, and take advantage
of both evening and morning sun entering the courtyard, the architects
angled the first building which ensured a different form for the building
next to it.
• Because of the varying zoning height requirements at either end of the
site, the V House slopes and the M House steps upward.
• opening the courtyard to the park area on the south side, and broke
down the facades with niches and angles, creating a series of informal
meeting places.

12. • All apartments have a double-height space
to the north, and wide panoramic views to
the south.
• The central corridors, connecting all
floors and apartments, are short and get
light from both ends – like bullet holes
penetrating through the building.
• Individual terraces are all on the south
facing side of the building. The roof terrace
is reached from the central corridors.

13. • IT IS GOOD IDEA TO
IMPLEMENT DIFFERENT
TYPOLOGIES OF
APARTMENTS.BUT
ACCORDING TO INDIAN
CONTEXT THESE
FUNCTION WILL NOT
WORKABLE
• NOT ONLY TERRACE CAN
ACT AS COMMUNICATION
PLACE, BUT ALSO
BALCONIES BY
ARRANGING
ALTERNATIVELY. BUT
BALCONY IS NOT
COMFERTABLE FOR LONG
TIME.IT MADE BY STEEL
AND AT THE THERE IS NO
SHADE
ANALYSIS

14. CIRCULATION ANALYSIS

15. VEHICULAR
MOVEMENT
PEDESTRIAN
MOVEMENT
blue line shows the vehicular movement
whereas orange line shows the
pedestrian movement.
because the vehicular movement is less
it don’t interrupt the pedestrian
movement.
•Total site area: 12450sqm
•Total built-up: 25000sqm
•Total hard scape: 2700sqm
•Road width: 30m
3OM WIDE ROAD CROSS- SECTION

16. Vertical circulation
•The red color shows the
vertical movement within
the building.
•The horizontal circulation
is shown by grey color.
•In v house the horizontal
circulation pattern is same
for all floor plates
Whereas for m house
circulation pattern is
different for all floor
plates.
•The maximum travel
distance for m house is
12.6m and the maximum
distance for v house is
37.3m
Horizontal circulation
Horizontal
and
vertical
movement
V-HOUSE
M-HOUSE

17. STAIRCASE CORRIDORS ENTRY & EXIT
ENTRY & EXIT
STAIRCASE INSIDE
APARTMENT
STAIRCASE AND
CORRIDOR INSIDE
APARTMENT

18. Services • Underground
water tank for
water supply
Capacity-
1,50,000 litres.
• 4 Lifts are
provided for the
better vertical
circulation at
every floors.
• Fire safety is
taken care by
providing proper
fire safety tools
in the building.
• well designed fire
exits.
• Fire alarms are
present-to alert
the occupants
during fire.
• Sprinkler system
is present to fight
against fire.
• Centralized hvac
system is present
for thermal
comfort inside
the building
during extreme
weathers.
• security cameras
are provided for
security and
safety.

19. SPACE & PLANNING ANALYSIS

20. TRADITIONAL
BLOCK
OPENING THE
BLOCK
AVOIDING VIS –A-
VIS
OPENING VIEWS
OWTWARDS
AVOIDING VIS-A-
VIS
OPENING MORE
VIEWS
SLOPING AND
STEPPING DOWN
OPTIMAL
VIEWS
Evolution of form

21. DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING UNITS OF V HOUSE
FLOOR PLANS – V HOUSE
S.N. SPACE AREA
1 FLOOR AREA 2083
SQMT
2 BALCONY 208
SQMT
3 CORRIDOR 312
SQMT
4 LIFT AND
STAIRS
416
SQMT
EACH FLOOR HAS DIFFERENT AREA

22. FLOOR PLANS – V HOUSE
FLOOR AREA BALCONY CORRIDOR LIFT & STAIRS

23. PLAN OF DIFFERENT TYPOLOGIES – V HOUSE
67
TYPES
OF
PLANS

24. PLAN OF DIFFERENT TYPOLOGIES – V HOUSE
67
TYPES
OF
PLANS

25. FLOOR PLAN – M HOUSE
PLANNING
ANALYSIS
• UNEVEN SHAPE OF
AREA
• DIFFERENT SHAPE OF
INTERIOR
• SMALL CIRCULATION
AREA
• MORE NEGETIVE
SPACES
• MORE UNUSABLE
CORNERS
• LONG ACCESIBILITY
• UNCOMFERTABLE IN
RAINY SEASION

26. SECTION OF M HOUSE
SECTION OF V HOUSE
SECTION
42 M HEIGHT

27. URBAN
CONTEXT
• KEVIN LYNCH’S 5 ELEMENTS
OF DESIGN
• SITE SURROUNDINGS AND
INTER-RELATIONSHIP
• LANDSCAPE PLANNING
• CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

28. 1. KEVIN
LYNCH’S
FIVE
ELEMENTS
PATH – ROUTES ALONG WHICH PEOPLE
MOVES THROUGHOUT THE VM HOUSES.
EDGES – BOUNDARIES AND BREAKS IN
CONTINUITY OF VM HOUSES AT SOME
JUNCTIONS, BUILDINDS LEVEL.
DISTRICT – AREAS CHARACTERISED BY
COMMON CHARACTERISTICS
NODES – STRATEGIC FOCUS POINTS OF
ORIENTATION LIKE LANDSCAPE AND
ELEMENTS USED IN BUILDING.
LANDMARK- AN OBJECT OR FEATURE OF A
LANDSCAPE OR TOWN THAT IS EASILY SEEN
AND RECOGNIZED FROM A DISTANCE.

29. PATH
• THE BLUE LINES IN
SITE PLAN INDICATING
THE PATH FOLLOWED BY
PEOPLE FOR MOVEMENT
AMONG THE SITE.
• THERE IS NOT ENOUGH
VEHICULAR MOVEMENT
FOR BETTER USAGE OF
SPACE IN PEDESTRIAN
CIRCULATION.

30. EDGES
THESE CAN BE REAL OR
PERCEIVED.
THESE CAN BE
WALLS,BUILDINGS,
CURBSTONES, STREETS,
ETC.
IN VM HOUSES WE CAN
SEE THE PLACEMENT OF V
SHAPE AND M SHAPE
APARTMENTS WHICH IS
BREAKING THE
CONTINUITY OF SITE.
IT IS CONSIDERED THAT
VARIATION IN RHYTHM OF
BUILDINGS CAN BE
CONSIDERED IN EDGES.

31. DISTRICT
• MEDIUM TO LARGE
AREAS THAT ARE
TWO-DIMENSIONAL
• AN INDIVIDUAL
ENTERS INTO AND
OUT OF THESE
AREAS
• HAVE COMMON
IDENTIFYING
CHARACTERISTICS

32. NODES
• STRATEGIC POINTS
WHERE :-
• THE USER CAN
ENTER IT
• BE DIRECTED TO
MANY DESTINATIONS
• IT CAN BE
GATHERING PLACES

33. LANDMARK
• A PHYSICAL ELEMENT
WITH UNIQUE AND
SPECIAL VISUAL
FEATURES THAT HAS A
"POINT-SPECIFIC”
LOCATION, AND CAN
BE IDENTIFIED FROM
THE DISTANCE.
• POINTS OF
REFERENCE PERSON
CANNOT ENTER INTO.
• THESE ARE
BUILDINGS, SIGNS,
STORES, MOUNTAINS,
PUBLIC ART.
• MOBILE POINTS (SUCH
AS SUN) CAN BE USED
AS WELL

34. SITE SURROUNDINGS &
INTER-RELATIONSHIP • SITE IS SURROUNDED
MAINLY BY HOUSING UNITS
AND INDUSTRIES AND
APARTMENTS ONLY AND
COVERED FROM ALL
DIRECTIONS.
• INTER-RELATIONSHIP:-
• THE SITE IS SURROUNDED BY
INDUSTRIES AND HOUSES SO IT
IS A NECESSARY REQUIREMENT
FOR ALL OF THEM TO STAY
NEAR.

35. LANDSCAPE
PLANNING
• THROUGH A SERIES OF TRANSFORMATIONS THE BLOCK IS OPENED UP
, AND
TWISTED AND TURNED TO ENSURE MAXIMUM VIEWS OF THE SURROUNDING
LANDSCAPES AND SUBURBS, AS WELL AS ELIMINATE THE VIS-A-VIS BETWEEN
THE BLOCKS.
• THE V-HOUSE IS LIFTED TO CREATE A PERMEABLE BLOCK WITH A SEMI-
PRIVATE PUBLIC COURT FOR THE RESIDENCES. THE
PEDESTRIAN LANDSCAPING FLOWS FROM THE STREET, UNDER THE V-
HOUSE AND INTO THE COURTYARD FORMING A SPATIAL UNITY AND SENSE OF
COMMUNITY BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS.

36. CONSTRUCTIO
N MATERIALS
• THE VM HOUSES ARE MADE UP OF
SIMPLE BUT EXQUISITE MATERIALS
WITH LARGE GLASS FACADES
FRAMED BY FANCY WOOD. FLOORS
ARE MADE UP OF SOLID OAK
WOOD, AND DARK, HARD WOOD
HAVE BEEN USED FOR THE
BALCONY FLOORS. WALLS AND
CEILINGS APPEAR WITH A
SOMEWHAT RAW FINISH IN WHITE
CONCRETE, AND ALL INTERNAL
STAIRS AND HANDRAILS COME IN
WHITE PAINTED STEEL.