The social housing estate of Pileparken 6 consists of approximately 200 residents and 117 leases and is situated in the district Mørkhøj in an area with high underground water levels, meaning no rainwater can seep into the ground in this geographical area. The rainwater therefore runs through the common sewer along with wastewater, as it does most places in the municipality of Gladsaxe. Half of the sewers in Gladsaxe was built between 1940 and 1960, where a major expansion of the city took place. As elsewhere with shared sewers, there is a risk of flooding of rainwater mixed with wastewater when heavy cloudbursts occur.

Pileparken 6 is also one of the three districts of The Municipality of Gladsaxe’s Social Balance programme. The programme is primarily centered around the municipality’s larger social housing districts (and their surroundings), working on a local community level with subjects such as health, safety, citizenship and volunteering and urban living. With The Strategy of Citizenship, The Municipality of Gladsaxe has a strong focus on developing the municipality together with its citizens, which also is a central part of the project in Pileparken. The ambition of the Strategy of Citizenship is that “all citizens take responsibility for and involve themselves in the development in the local communities, for the benefit of the individual as well the society”.