Kollektivhuse – Hovedstaden p forkant

Selv om der blev etableret visse f lles foranstaltninger i noget af det filantropiske byggeri, der sk d frem i 1850'erne og 60'erne, h rte det egentlige kollektivhus det 20. rhundrede til: En boligbebyggelse med selvst ndige lejligheder, i nogle tilf lde for grupper med s rlige boligbehov, med tilknyttede f llesfaciliteter for beboerne. I udgangspunktet centralk kken med spisesal og restaurant, andre aflastende servicetilbud for den daglige husf relse, daginstitution, indk bsmuligheder og senere tillige selskabslokaler, g stehotel, hobbylokaler m.m. Abstract As one of the first places in Europe, cooperative housing was built on Frederiksberg in 1903 by a philanthropic building society under the management of principal Otte Fick. During the years 1916-1930, the Danish Welfare State's housing policy was established. In this connection, the municipality of Copenhagen stood behind the policy by subsidizing eight blocks of cooperative housing - in all 1,125 flats - through a considerable amount of public funds. In Copenhagen itself and on Frederiksberg, non-profit housing associations as well as entrepreneurs supported this policy. While most of the cooperative housing had central kitchens with dining rooms, some had a number of common facilities such as day-care centres, domestic help and/or modern washers and dryers. Some of the cooperative housing also had a local grocery store for the residents and the surrounding neighbourhood. The cooperative housing was planned by some of the leading architects of that era and the majority of the flats had a room with a box bed, a small kitchen and an entrance hall; and all the flats had a toilet, a shower, and central heating. There was also a plan which encompassed flats facing out to corridors. The design of the cooperative housing included closed or open courtyards, L-shaped houses, or blocks of flats surrounded by small gardens. Furthermore, it was considered innovative to build residential properties intended for certain social groups that had specific housing requirements. On the housing market, it was particularly troublesome to acquire self-contained flats for single parents with children and elderly women - primarily people from the working class and the lower middle class. In 1930, the Danish capital, comprised of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg, was on the forefront of housing development compared to the rest of Denmark and internationally. It would also create an important foundation for widespread building construction of cooperative housing in the future. However, this type of housing never really caught