A leftover plot on the edge of a
Vinex-area in Apeldoorn forms the site for 50 dwellings. The original urban
plan suggests a Cloister garden enclosed by dwellings.Due to the changing market situation
a different housing typology was chosen. The 52 dwellings consist of 32
semidetached houses, 10 detached houses and 10 single row houses according to
meet the diversity of market demands.
The original urban plan was modified,
whereby the basis of the design is an enclosed common garden. Despite the big
differences in housing typologies there is a strong coherence. A unity is
formed, composed of a big diversity, where every dwelling has its own maximum
spatial qualities. Cars are kept out of the site a much as possible, to use the
maximum inner area for the gardens. This produces a physical and visual
relationship between every dwelling and the inner area. Every house is situated differently on
an extremely deep plot. This results in a random arrangement where
relationship between backyard, house and front garden gets a different infill
on each plot.