public housing in Zeebrugge
The site is located in the middle of the historic heart of Zeebrugge. The urbanistic quality of this village center lies in a dialogue between the characteristic pointed building forms and weathered brick facades. Several buildings and monuments organize and direct the experience of the public space: church, town hall, and war cemetery.
The old town hall is an important element in this play of form and materiality. The design proposal opts to preserve the town hall as a volume and strengthen its autonomous character through the creation of a collective garden. The renovated town hall will provide space for 6 apartments for elderly.
The new apartments will be built in perpendicular to the Sint-Donaasplein. They will be organized into 2 volumes with 5 dwellings each. The space in between enables daily encounters and gives access to the sunken parking facilities.
Both residential volumes were designed as a play of brick volume with articulated, pointed roof forms. making the dwellings respond in a contemporary way to the surrounding characteristic historical buildings.
![1010_SOCIAL HOUSING ZEEBRUGGE 0](http://1010au.net/imagecache/medium/1522332507-1010-social-housing-zeebrugge-0.jpg)
![1010_SOCIAL HOUSING ZEEBRUGGE 1](http://1010au.net/imagecache/medium/1522332508-1010-social-housing-zeebrugge-1.jpg)
![1010_SOCIAL HOUSING ZEEBRUGGE 2](http://1010au.net/imagecache/medium/1522332507-1010-social-housing-zeebrugge-2.jpg)
![1010_SOCIAL HOUSING ZEEBRUGGE 3](http://1010au.net/imagecache/medium/1522332516-1010-social-housing-zeebrugge-3.jpg)
![1010_SOCIAL HOUSING ZEEBRUGGE 4](http://1010au.net/imagecache/medium/1522332518-1010-social-housing-zeebrugge-4.jpg)
Location:
St.-Donaasplein, 8380 Zeebrugge
Project:
17 social housing units with parking places and bikestorage
Year:
2006 - 2016
Phase:
Completed
Client:
SHM “Vivendo CVBA”, Brugge
i.s.m.:
arch. Ruben Cattrysse, crux architecten