• Client:DUDOK WONEN
• Location:HILVERSUM / THE NETHERLANDS
• Project Type:RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
• Year:2021-2025
• Status:COMPLETED

As part of a densification operation, the Nieuw-Zuid project in Hilversum adds a new ensemble of five buildings to a 1950s neighbourhood with porch flats and abundant greenery. An existing residential-care complex was replaced by new construction and densified with social housing. The middle building with 108 starter and residential-care flats is the final piece of this development and was built on the deck of a new car park. The long, narrow volume consists of two parts and has been carefully inserted between the other buildings. Maximum use is made of the available space, while ensuring light and views between the buildings. The compact flats are accessed by corridors that emerge from a common hall, with a circular void in the heart of the building. The longitudinal facades offering a rich layering with bright, optimistic colours and subtle plasticity. The thorough brick detailing is durable, efficient, and conceived from the manufacturing process. The pattern of rising piers and horizontal bands is made from special moulded bricks, in which the nodes are raised from the facade to an element that refines the tactility and scale. The main entrance stands out with a contrasting colour of glazed bricks and facade openings in geometric shapes. The two end facades of the building form figurative, pronounced accents that speak from a greater distance.