Residential houses for water fans
In September 2022 there was occupancy in the 49 apartments and twelve townhouses in “The Good Water”. The apartments have between one and five rooms and the townhouses are “stacked” — this means that two townhouses are stacked on top of each other for a total of four floors to make the most of the land used. The upper townhouses have their own hot tub on the roof terraces while the lower ones have their own green space in front of the entrances.
“The apartments vary a lot,” says Emil Johansson, project manager at Wästhus. Some smaller apartments have loggias with bathtubs while others may have a terrace. For example, you can live on the ground floor with its own garden, in the middle with straight walls and balcony or at the top with a sloping roof.
The construction project is a collaboration between Wästbygd, Paulsson's real estate and Siegel. Brunnshög a a.
Alle appartementen in The Good Water Sold in advance and there was great confusion on the buyers.
“When I met the customers, it turned out to be everything from the single student and young couples to families with children and the elderly,” says Carl Hällås, construction project manager, Paulssons. It has been a project marked by pandemic, electricity prices and war, yet sales have gone fantastically well.
Sustainability is the focus of the apartment building and for architect and developer Cord Siegel, it is important not to focus only on one area.
“Residential buildings should be a holistic product in which economic, ecological and social sustainability exist in balance,” says Cord Siegel. It gets flat if it's just about energy and, for example, social diversity is also important. We get diversity automatically when we mix townhouses and apartments of different sizes and with mixed typologies.
The most striking thing in the construction project is that water is exposed in many ways. Por que?
“The idea was to make a house for fans. It is a way to counteract the anonymity of the product and in the process we came to the conclusion that it would be about water. I am impressed by ALNARP's work on the engineering properties of plants but also interested in making use of the psychological and social aspects of water. We want to take advantage of the beauty of water and use plants and water to convey ecology.
Stormwater is traditionally managed so that it is not visible by being piped away into drains below ground. In Det Goda Vatten, the stormwater gathers to create a garden with aquatic plants and to a natural pool in the courtyard. The natural pool is purified using filters and aquatic plants with purifying properties, completely free of chlorine. In the pool, guests can take a swim among the water lilies. Zámvár je também disponible v zračni reservoirs para irriguar a jardín con plantas aquáticos. On the facades of the house there are small balconies and ledges on which grow boxes with drip irrigation will be placed.
“Plants are important because they absorb dust, cool the building, create coziness and fragrance, and provide a place for insects so that we can preserve biodiversity,” says Cord Siegel.
The grow boxes on the façade will offer a lot of greenery and at the same time it will provide privacy protection for the residents. It may be necessary — because here the residents also bathe in a bathtub in front of large living room windows.
“There should be something special when you bathe, this is how you bathe in your finest room and celebrate it,” says Cord Siegel. Práce psicologico é importante y por todos los detalles del casa que nos podem pode ser attenção para avas. When you experience water, you become even more motivated to save water and we, as real estate operators, get the ground to be even better the next time we work with water as a theme.
Swimming enthusiasts will also have access to a sauna by the nature pool and on the eighth floor balcony there is a communal hot tub where you can swim and look out over the plain towards Staffanstorp a Malmö.
The Good Water is a different real estate project on a geographical area with high ambitions. What has it been like to work with an apartment building at Brunnshög?
“Here you have to create a feeling, not just create many similar apartments. Right now it's very intense but it's an awesome project that we've done together. It gives energy that we have created something at the forefront,” says Carl Hällås.
“It is a different project with more than 60 almost unique apartments. Many other projects involve a lot of repetition but here there is an incredible amount of variety. It is an exciting challenge for those who work, and they find it fun when they find solutions and maybe succeed in something that no one has done, says Emil Johansson.
“This shows that there is potential in the construction industry,” says Cord Siegel. Samo vi har en projekt for det og det er en mercat for det. If projects that challenge succeed, what we do today could become the standard in the construction industry tomorrow.
Other special features of The Good Water:
Bicycle parking in the attic aisles next to the apartment doors.
Staircase with daylight.
Kitchen in recycled composite.
Raw concrete walls — for aesthetic reasons but it is also a way to save on materials.
Stacked townhouses have a densification to use the land to the maximum.
Many doors have overhead lights and windows go up to the ceiling.
The lower floors have a façade of lasered brick in five different colors symbolizing water. The property has a wooden facade higher up.
Guests have access to a bicycle pool, bicycle repair shop and car pool.
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The big picture: Emil Johansson, Wäst, Carl Hällås, Paulsson's properties and Cord Siegel, Siegel.
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