Volante Social Housing
Volante Social Housing
MONADNOCK
ARCHITECTS
Monadnock
LEAD ARCHITECTS
Sandor Naus
MANUFACTURERS
Berkvens, Forbo Flooring, Hop Prefab, Kawneer Benelux, Klinkerwerk Iking, Krepla, Rollecate, Schindler Elevators, Voskamp, Winckelmans
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
Hosper Landscape Architecture
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER
Iaa Architects
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Schreuders Structural Engineering
MEP ENGINEERING
Innq Installations
BUILDING PHYSICS ENGINEER
Alcedo
URBAN PLANNER
Moke Architects
DESIGN TEAM
Sandor Naus, Marta Cendra, Michael Maminski, Filippo Gallone, Matéo White, Blanka Major
LOCATION
Hilversum, The Netherlands
CATEGORY
Social Housing, Residential
Text description provided by architect.
As part of a densification operation, the Nieuw-Zuid project in Hilversum adds an ensemble of five buildings to a fifties neighbourhood with porch flats and abundant greenery. A pre-existing residential-care complex has been replaced with new constructions and densified with social housing.
The middle building, with one hundred and eight units, is the final piece of this development and is built on the deck of a parking garage. The long, narrow volume consists of two parts and has been carefully inserted between the other buildings.
Maximum use was made of the available space, while maintaining daylight and views between the buildings.
The compact flats are accessed through corridors that emerge from a central hall with a circular atrium in the heart of the building.
The longitudinal facades offer a rich layering with bright, optimistic colours and a subtle plasticity.
The elegant brick detailing is durable, efficient, and was conceived from the building process.
The pattern of rising piers and horizontal bands is made from special shaped bricks, with the nodes elevated to create an element that refines the tactility and scale of the facade.
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 are recognisable from a greater distance.
