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Antonio Cantero

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Shared Grounds

A landscape of intergenerational learning and exchange.

A safe and vibrant neighborhood thrives when its community members interact, form connections, and feel a sense of belonging within their surroundings. While buildings are often designed with specific functions in mind, they should also actively engage with their urban context, c ...

Haralds Haven

A Restorative Condenser for Everyday Mental Well-being

As cities grow denser and faster, so do the quiet pressures on our mental well-being. Haralds Haven is a hybrid public building that reimagines how architecture can contribute to emotional balance in daily urban life. Located in Haralds Quarter, Copenhagen, the project addresses ...

Social infrastructure

Physical and social connectivitiy in Haraldsgade district

The design reimagines infrastructure as more than a functional necessity, recognising its inherent value in shaping both environments and communities. Its urban approach becomes a catalyst for new opportunities, revitalising the neglected physical context and enhancing neighbourh ...

Køkken +

From Kitchen to Commons: Shaping Urban Culture with Food

KØKKEN+, addresses the urgent need for a “Common Ground” in Haraldsgade-kvarteret, Copenhagen, by proposing a public building that acts as a social condenser. The aim is to bridge generational, cultural, and social divides in a neighborhood challenged by limited green spaces, sca ...

Public Domesticity

Densifying social interactions through the design of a public building in Ydre-Nørrebro, Copenhagen

Identifying a need for increased social interactions in the neighborhood of Ydre-Nørrebro in Copenhagen, this design project aims to densify social interactions through the architectural design of a Public Condenser. This typology - a public building with a focus on hybridity, mu ...

Legacy Lab

A holistic approach to the adaptive reuse of industrial heritage through a hybrid public condenser

Haraldsgade-kvarteret in Copenhagen, shaped by its industrial past, transitioned from fields to a thriving industrial hub in the late 1800s. Industrial decline in the mid-1900s led to residential developments, replacing most industrial structures while some remain and contribute ...

Urban Collage

Counteracting fragmentation in the Haraldsgadekvarteret

The Haraldsgadekvarteret, located in Copenhagen, is a neighborhood that suffers from fragmentation due to the way its set up. This project aims to mitigate that, by creating a building consisting of different volumes that are based on physical characteristics of pieces of urban f ...

Activating lifestyles

Architecture promoting health and well-being

Norrebro is officially classified as a disadvantaged area in Copenhagen, inhabitants within low-income groups suffer from issues related to health inequality. These low-income groups lack access to public health facilities and healthy food systems. The design of this public conde ...
Im this project a research is conducted on how different relgions can be combined in a single building in order to improve the livability of the neighborhood and provoking altruism. This research results in a proposal for a public condenser in the haraldsgade district in Copenhag ...