3 apartments

View while driving on the main road.

Words from the architect

The project is located in Vroenhoven on the Maastrichtersteenweg at the bridge over the Albert Channel, this is the connecting road between Tongeren and Maastricht.

The environment plan clearly shows that the project is located near the bridge site that is up for renovation, opposite the access road to the nearby village Kanne. To the left of the plot there is the Albert Channel, to the right there are some terraced dwellings. These dwellings consist of 2 building layers with a pitched roof.

Front view of the building.

The project's character is defined to a considerably extent by the various preconditions. The plot is located near the bridge site and opposite the access road to Kanne and it closes off the terraced housing on the Maastrichtersteenweg. The project not only zeroes in on the bridge but also on the wider environment of the whole of the bridge site (with the hotel and catering part below it and the Bunker across the Channel) and contributes to its architectural quality. The project tries to enter into a dialogue with the future bridge site, treating it with the necessary degree of respect. Respect for the past with the bunker and respect for the future with the new bridge.

View of the corner of the building.

The combined action of the existing preconditions generates a highly complex context in which the project must be shaped. To arrive at a simple overall concept, the project is conceived according to the following principles: a clear building structure, a logical organisation of the various housing units with a corresponding lay-out, a constant search for a good living quality and the integration in the road image and the environment.

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