PARKBYEN

Large balconies in Ultra High Performance Concrete

Build Year

2022

Architect

Transform

Entrepreneur

HP-Byg

Engineer

MOE A/S

Builder

Søren Enggaard A/S

MODERN HIGH-QUALITY APARTMENTS

Parkbyen, located in an idyllic green area that unites city, life, and nature within attractive surroundings, represents a remarkable residential project in Aalborg, Denmark. This housing development features beautiful high-quality architecture, a central location, fantastic outdoor spaces, and large balconies.

The project consists of 5 towers of varying heights.

STRENGTH REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BALCONY DECK NECESSITATED UHPC

The apartments in Parkbyen all come with large, spacious balconies—some as large as 21 m²!

These balconies are made of Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC), a material that possesses exceptional strength due to the incorporation of up to 19 million steel fibers per cubic meter. This high strength allows Hi-Con to produce extremely thin elements with cover layers of only 10-15 mm—a feature that proved crucial for the Parkbyen project.

What is ultra high performance concrete?

"Parkbyen's balconies are generally large compared to similar buildings. The balconies wrap around the corners of the buildings, which required strength in the balcony deck—preferably without resulting in a very bulky structure. Hi-Con has succeeded in this."

Karsten Westergaard,

Project Manager. Søren Enggaard A/S.

CHALLENGING CONVENTIONAL FORMS

Hi-Con has delivered a total of 252 UHPC balconies for the project. Among these, 106 are large corner balconies that elegantly curve around the building's corners, significantly expanding the outdoor living spaces for the residents' enjoyment.

The balconies vary in length from 4.2 to 9.5 meters and have a width of up to 4.4 meters, all while maintaining an incredibly slender profile of just 50 mm in thickness!

At Hi-Con, we are driven by the desire to challenge conventional forms, functions, and expressions in construction. The Parkbyen project provided us with the perfect opportunity to meet its architectural ambitions, which required special expertise and innovative solutions.