The demand for a new tower in Rødovre, the periphery of Copenhagen, raises the issue as to what kind of tower should be added to the skyline of the capital. Can it criticize and improve the somewhat commercial and hollow Architectural Iconic developments of the last years?

By creating a tower that is basically a grid structure with a minimal pixel size, any configuration can be imagined and filled in.
The grid-size of 7.8 x 7.8 m combines a good parking grid ,a proper small housing unit and office type. The units, or pixels, can also be joined together to form larger spaces to accommodate larger apartments, hotel rooms or offices. A sustainable structure arises.This leads to a vertical, pixilated ‘rock’ of unit types; a character-full element that goes beyond the form-driven iconic exercises of the last years.It relates to the spires of the old city center, yes. But it also relates to nature or a beautiful cloud. But more so to the direct environment: it combines the character of the surrounding low-rise housing estates with the strong appearance of the blocks next to the main street. The shape of the volume minimizes impact of shadows to the surrounding houses and without blocking the views on ground level. A vertical village thus comes alive. A village in the sky….