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Apartment complex Kop van Oost
Apartment complex Kop van Oost
Groningen, Netherlands
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Apartment complex Kop van Oost
Groningen, Netherlands
Kop van Oost is located between Sontweg and the Eemskanaal on the outskirts of Groningen city centre. At present, this former harbour is zoned as a residential area. The design contributes to a vibrant development with a wide promenade along the Eemskanaal and a public square. With their glass penthouses, the towers are easily recognisable on the Groningen skyline.
A row of four-storey units connects two slender apartment towers. Independent of the towers, the galleries wind between a row of columns. The entire complex features a transparent ground floor of commercial spaces, while a courtyard with a timber deck accommodates a tennis court, playground and planter boxes with edged seating. Large oval cut-outs admit daylight into the car park below. The apartment complex contains various dwelling types. Apartments are developed according to a concept for customisation called Tailorhousing and potential residents can choose from a variety of dwellings ranging from 40-m2 student apartments to a 400-m2 luxury suite. The building has two distinct faces. The east and west facades appear more closed with narrow vertical windows scattered in a seemingly random pattern.
In the textured masonry wall, black extruded bricks from Strating, the traditional Groningen brickworks, have a rough, uneven appearance featuring shiny, glazed black elements. Some bricks protrude perpendicularly from the wall to form a rhythmic pattern. Meanwhile, the more transparent north and south facades feature sliding balcony doors and large aluminium-framed windows.
A row of four-storey units connects two slender apartment towers. Independent of the towers, the galleries wind between a row of columns. The entire complex features a transparent ground floor of commercial spaces, while a courtyard with a timber deck accommodates a tennis court, playground and planter boxes with edged seating. Large oval cut-outs admit daylight into the car park below. The apartment complex contains various dwelling types. Apartments are developed according to a concept for customisation called Tailorhousing and potential residents can choose from a variety of dwellings ranging from 40-m2 student apartments to a 400-m2 luxury suite. The building has two distinct faces. The east and west facades appear more closed with narrow vertical windows scattered in a seemingly random pattern.
In the textured masonry wall, black extruded bricks from Strating, the traditional Groningen brickworks, have a rough, uneven appearance featuring shiny, glazed black elements. Some bricks protrude perpendicularly from the wall to form a rhythmic pattern. Meanwhile, the more transparent north and south facades feature sliding balcony doors and large aluminium-framed windows.
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