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Plantin en Moretuslei, Antwerp (B).

Mixed inner-city residential project around an inner courtyard.

This project comprises four residential buildings and a retail space for a supermarket, above an underground car park. The different buildings complete an urban block and give form to a collective, centrally located and naturally landscaped outdoor space at ground level.

Each of the three streets surrounding the block is very different. In terms of scale, articulation and residential typology, each building reacts to the urban environment of the street in which it is located. The buildings surrounding the inner courtyard are organised around a collective gate, thus creating an informal shortcut at a neighbourhood level.

The apartments vary depending on their location in the building block. They are all characterized by a certain flexibility in the design. This allows them to respond to a variety of housing needs. The chosen construction and materials are simple and robust, but are used with great attention to detail.

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Client
Belgian Land
Location
Antwerp, (B)
Year
2013
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2020
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Size
25,000 m²
Status
Ongoing
Team
Hans Caarls
Wouter De Ceuster
Amaury De Valensart
Koen Drossaert
David Mathyssen
Andrea Perez Cortell
Sofie Praet
Daniëlle Raymaekers
Erik van der Werf
Sophie Van Hulle
Tom Van Reybroeck
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Tecon, Arcadis, De Fonseca

Photography

Wouter De Ceuster

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The project is located in an existing building block, enclosed by Plantin en Moretuslei (N), Rolwagenstraat (SW) and Magdalena Street (SE).
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This project comprises four residential buildings and a retail space for a supermarket, above an underground car park.

The different buildings complete an urban block and give form to a collective, centrally located and naturally landscaped outdoor space at ground level.

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On the Plantin en Mortetuslei, the two buildings stand side by side as separate volumes. However, they share a shared access to the collective inner area.
On the Plantin en Mortetuslei, the two buildings stand side by side as separate volumes. However, they share a shared access to the collective inner area.
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Test models of the the facade compositions of the buildings on the Plantin en Moretuslei.
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plan 1st floor (above supermarket)
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The supermarket reception is integrated into the tectonics of the façade.
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The supermarket is located in the inner area, and gets plenty of daylight from the shed roof.
The supermarket is located in the inner area, and gets plenty of daylight from the shed roof.
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The apartments are accessed via the roof garden on top of the supermarket.
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Through articulation, the long wall along the Plantin en Moretuslei takes on a human scale.
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A collective courtyard provides access to the various buildings.
A collective courtyard provides access to the various buildings.
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The expansive terraces of the various buildings overlook the garden, creating a more informal atmosphere.
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The facade on Rolwagenstraat has a subtle structure.
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In Magdalenastraat, the building fits in by taking on a smaller scale.
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This building also has an open connection to the collective courtyard.
This building also has an open connection to the collective courtyard.
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The four buildings share an architectural language, but vary in formality and informality depending on their location on a major urban axis or in a small-scale 19the century street.

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