The two-storey building volume, structured by protrusions and recesses, comprises 20 single and two double apartments. It also includes a below-grade parking garage for occupants and visitors. The building further offers its residents numerous recreation rooms for computer work, handicrafts, hairdressing as well as a shared dining and living room. The outdoor spaces feature a generous terrace, a vegetable garden and a boule court that not only serves the residents – neighbours can join and play boule here as well.
The heart of the building is the central lobby. The tall, generous space offers room for casual encounter. A sculptural staircase with low risers and a place for sitting on the stair landing connects the lobby with the upper floor and invites residents to climb the stairs by themselves. Large-scale glazing and skylights in combination with the reddish tinted exposed concrete, terracotta tile and wood surfaces create a bright and warm atmosphere. The large communal room on the ground floor is designed to provide views towards the lobby and the outdoors but also offers secluded, private niches.
For the building envelope the architects chose an uneven brickface displaying a broad range of colours. In some of the facades the brick was laid in running bond, in others in flemish bond. In the latter case the headers are slightly recessed or projecting. This creates patterns of sculptural and geometric character that provide surfaces with a vivid impression of depth. A further striking element of the facade are the windows, emphasized by use of horizontal metal lintels, soffits and sills and flanked by openable side-hung ventilation panels placed at a slight inward angle. The open brick lattice in front of the openable panels seamlessly continues the geometric patterns of the facade.
