Ten Boomgaard Housing / WE-S architecten
Textual content material description supplied by the architects. The mission applies 7 starter properties, grouped spherical a collective inner yard. The positioning is positioned on a nook plot in Bruges. The utmost establishing envelope steps down on the north side of the plot, with a view to hook up with the neighboring establishing, thereby maximizing daylight entering into the collective yard (STEP 1).
On the south side, the establishing block is cut up into 2 autonomous volumes that open, on the one hand, to communal parking, alternatively, to the bicycle shed and collective yard (STEP 2).
Every volumes have sloping roofs and vertical incisions, describing 7 terraced properties for starters, youthful {{couples}}, and singles (STEP 3). The mission makes an try in quite a few strategies to interchange the typology of the traditional beguinage with small-scale properties, grouped spherical a collective yard.
Every the plan affiliation and the materialization subtly seek the advice of with the traditional design of the beguinage, using a nuanced brown façade plinth along with a white-washed brick on prime (STEP 4).