Six townhouses and six terraced houses are organized as a miniature, garden city along a new pedestrian street between the river and the city park in Köping, Sweden. The street widens towards the southwest, and facades step incrementally to create an enjoyable microclimate, a sense of privacy and a series of protected corners in front of entrances. The private outdoor areas are lifted onto the buildings as interlocking terraces and winter gardens, creating a dense and vertical residential block, leaving more space for the people to enjoy the park and the river.

    The footprint of each house is 8x8 m square. The terraced houses have a large flexible space on the ground floor, which can be used to park a car, or whatever the owner prefer as an alternative. The entire ground floor of the townhouses can be rented out as a separate apartment to encourage alternative living arrangements. The buildings are made from structural, engineered timber with a facade of precast concrete elements held in galvanized steel frames, with polycarbonate greenhouses wedged in-between.