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Meridian Studio ApS
Refshalevej 163A, Copenhagen
Est. 2011 · 9 architects
18 200 8 320 4 880 FRONT ELEVATION SCALE 1:100 RETAINED MAPLE

An architecture studio in Copenhagen working in daylight, timber and restraint. Twenty two houses, four public buildings, and one long standing obsession with the section drawing.

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Sheet A-01
Practice

We hand over the drawing set, not a mood board.

Every project begins with a week on site: light readings through the day, a survey of what is already growing there, and a conversation about how you actually live. The design that follows has to answer all three. We stay on the job until the last detail is built, because the difference between a good building and a great one is usually decided on site in month eleven.

Founded2011, Copenhagen
Team9 architects, 2 model makers
Typical project18 to 26 months
AwardsTræprisen 2022 · Mies nomination 2024
Sheet A-02
Case study

Villa Nordlys, drawn and built.

Drag the handle. On the left is the elevation we issued for permit in March 2022. On the right is the same facade as it stands in Dragør today. Nothing moved more than 40 millimetres.

Permit drawing · 03.2022 As built · 11.2023
Villa Nordlys · Dragør · 186 m² · Completed 2023 Elevation at 1:100 · photograph taken square to the facade
Sheet A-03
Project register

Everything we have finished.

Twenty six buildings since 2011. No renders of things that were never built.

No.ProjectType AreaYear
026 Villa NordlysDragør, a house that follows the winter sun Private house 186 m²2023
024 HavnehusRefshaleøen, four flats inside a grain silo Conversion 910 m²2023
021 Skovly KindergartenRoskilde, timber frame, no corridors Public 1 240 m²2022
018 Skagen BoathouseA workshop that survives salt and wind Workshop 94 m²2021
015 Sortedam FlatCopenhagen K, one wall removed, everything changed Interior 122 m²2020
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Program

How long a house actually takes.

Measured across our last six private houses. The bars are weeks, and the red one is the part where you get to watch it happen.

Site & brief 3 wk
Sketch design 7 wk
Permit set 10 wk
Municipality wait 12 wk
Tender 6 wk
On site 62 wk

Total, brief to keys: about 100 weeks. We will tell you this at the first meeting rather than at month nine.

Bring us a site and a problem.

First conversation is an hour, free, and usually ends with us telling you what the honest budget looks like. We take on six projects a year.

Next openingQ1 2027
Minimum projectDKK 2.4M build cost
We work acrossSjælland & Skåne

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