Delegården, Bergen

Delegården is a new housing concept at Damsgård in Bergen with a focus on sharing. The project aims to create a diverse community of residents, including seniors, families with children, and young first-time buyers.

Delegården is planned to be a “CityHouse”. The ground floor of the building will have common functions, such as a neighborhood bar, pop-up space, sauna and laundromat. These common areas will invite people in and bring life to the street outside.

Around the stairwell, the project plans internal shared spaces on each floor.

The house also includes a common roof terrace with social outdoor areas for large and small gatherings, allotment gardens, as well as a common space equipped with a small kitchen that can be used in summer and winter.

The building has six floors with 4-5 private living units per floor. The construction is planned with a grid structure that provides flexibility in the organization of apartments, and enables future reconfiguration.

Delegården is planned with a concept of reused materials in the facade and outdoor paving. The facade is designed in recycled brick with a system that takes into account that the brick can come in different sizes, colors and types.

All shared areas in the building are communicated outwards with arched windows in the facade. The urban floor and the roof terrace are also planned in reused brick, to investigate the brick's many qualities as recycled material.

Reuse of building materials, sharing principles and Delegården as a publicly accessible “CityHouse” will contribute to social and circular economic innovation at Damsgård.

Source: Kaleidoscope Nordic AS