Hof Berlamuze, Lier (B).
Seven residential buildings accompany a public city garden.
The 'Berlamuze' project consists of 7 small-scale residential buildings with a total of 70 residential units. The volumes are positioned on the edge and in the building block in the city center of Lier. The buildings fit into the existing urban fabric and are respectfully placed in relation to the neighbours.
The current inner area of the building block is largely paved, and filled by a number of empty buildings and a car park in poor condition. Our plan starts from the demolition of the buildings and softening of the site. Three new residential buildings on the street complete the street walls and each provide specific access to the green public heart of the project.
Together, the four residential buildings in the inner area form the face of a public transit throug the building block, and frame a car-free green space with a public character. The new gardens are placed back-to=back with the gardens of the buildings facing the street. A wheelbarrow path, entrances to the private gardens and collective lockable bicycle sheds load the gap. The street facades of the historic Berlarij road are the inspiration for the new facade materials. The combination of stone and brick is translated into light concrete elements and a red-orange brick. The articulation, scale and verticality are also taken over from the historic buildings. The plinth, cornice, terraces and roof shape get an urban expression in the street facades and become more informal towards the interior. In the inner area, only the brick is retained and used as a quiet background for the green environment.
Apartments between 1 and 4 bedrooms, duplexes, single-storey garden houses and ground-level homes offer a variety of types and images. By making smaller-scale readable volumes, corner- and three-gable residential units are created that are bathed in daylight. The choice for various types of living also helps to bring variety and articulation to the architecture.
A collective polyvalent room for residents with a covered gallery on the forecourt reinforces cohesion and can become meaningful at the neighborhood level. The buildings have a clear and simple structure and generous facade openings that provide the necessary flexibility for the future. A new underground compact car park is in line with the existing semi-underground car park under the private gardens of Koning Astridlaan. It offers space for 68 cars. The project was conceived in a very sustainable way: BEN buildings, full electric, individual air-to-air heat pumps with low-temperature floor heating, ventilation system D, charging stations in the underground car park, rainwater recovery for the collective roof garden and even 2 shared cars.
David Jacobs

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By making smaller-scale, readable volumes, corner, and three-gable residential units are created that are bathed in daylight.
Apartments between 1 and 4 bedrooms, duplexes, single-storey garden houses and ground-level homes offer a variety of types and images.
Together, the four residential buildings in the inner area form the face of public transit and frame a car-free green space with a public character.
In the street facades, the plinth, cornice, terraces and roof shape take on an urban expression.
These are becoming more informal towards the interior of the building block: here, only the brick is retained and used as a quiet background for the green environment.
