Strandgade Apartments
Copenhagen
Denmark
Strandgade Apartments
Copenhagen, Denmark
Transformation and interior architecture
2024
Strandgade Apartments transforms a former hide warehouse from 1806 into four homes on Christianshavn canal in Copenhagen. The renovation works with the building’s existing structure rather than concealing it, allowing brick walls, pine beams, rendered surfaces and stone to carry the memory of its former use.
The apartments are organised around central service cores, keeping the main floor plates open and legible. This preserves the experience of the building as one continuous structure, with long views from the historic canal towards the contemporary city.
"Natural materials age best. In a building like this, time is already present. The work is about respecting what is there and adding something that can continue with it."
David Thulstrup
New materials are drawn from the logic of the original warehouse. Dinesen Douglas pine, natural leather, Danish render and Baltic brown granite give the interiors weight, tactility and a sense of continuity. The result is a residential transformation where the past is not reproduced, but given a clear and precise domestic life.
