Rhodos is the fifth out of a total of six new student housing area blocks at Kämnärsrätten in northern Lund, a wonder in terms of sustainability and climate impact that will amaze students, bumblebees, and other friends of the climate.
Facts about Rhodos student housing
Developer: AF Bostäder
Housing area (residential floor area): 6 167 sqm
Number of apartments: 186
Number of tenants: 269
Apartment type: one-room apartments and friend apartments for 2-3 students
Overall contractor: Nimab
Architect: White Arkitekter
Address: Kämnärsvägen 20, 22, 24 and 26
Construction start: May 2022
Move-in: June and September 2024
About the new construction project
The housing area Rhodos consists of one high-rise building, one large L-shaped building, and two intertwined buildings with balcony access, all of varying designs, heights, and sizes. The exteriors of the buildings will have natural colour tones with facades characterised by recurrent, triangular bay windows. The green courtyard will be pleasantly framed with plenty of places for enjoying the outdoors and socialising, and a secluded orangery that is tastefully integrated into the landscape.
In climate and sustainability terms, Rhodos is the result of AF Bostäder’s experience from investments and construction projects over the past ten years – and a model for all types of new production. It unites tasteful and well-planned architecture that works miracles for well-being and health, a verdant outdoor environment that promotes both surface water management and biodiversity, an orangery with a cultivation bed, which is heated by residual heat from the laundry room, and total energy consumption for the housing area that is as low as half of the requirements set for new construction, due, among other things, to a geo-energy plant and solar cells on the roof.
However, the biggest wonder at Rhodos is the exceptionally low climate impact linked to the new construction itself. Due to, among other things, climate calculations from the two previous projects, Hippocampus and Pireus, AF Bostäder has been able to optimise every detail of the project so that material selection, production methods, transport and construction will result in climate impact that is as low as possible. The climate target for the new construction will be below 200 kilo carbon dioxide equivalents per sqm (gross floor space)!
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Latest update May 3, 2024