Senior community with cooperative housing and community centre

The cooperative housing association Oasen in Trekroner, Roskilde, is a new senior living co-housing scheme. At Oasen, the focus is on community and diversity, which is reflected in the communal areas.

Oasen consists of 42 homes in four, three-storey winged buildings. The homes are between 75 sq m and 90 sq m. The co-housing scheme has a 300-sq m communal building that provides the setting for shared activities in the senior co-housing scheme. Senior housing comes in different types and sizes, some of which are equipped for wheelchair users.

The homes have level-free access to all rooms on the three floors, including lifts in the stairwells and no doorsteps in the homes or communal areas. The senior housing are well-lit and well-organised with open-plan layouts. Each property has either a spacious patio or balcony.

The communal areas allow residents to meet up both outside and inside the communal building. The outdoor areas include a large green space, a petanque court, a fire pit and vegetable gardens. The building creates an indoor space to support residents' social interaction, providing opportunities for communal dining and yoga, for example.

Oasen is DGNB Gold certified according to DGNB manual 2016 Apartment buildings and terraced houses. The certification is issued on 10-09-2024.