by WoonWerk JW | 4 Aug 2008
The working class district of Crooswijk in Rotterdam is being transformed. A new, large scale housing development is taking place on the basis of West 8’s urban development plan. The starting point for the materialization of the plan is the use of brickwork for the...
by WoonWerk JW | 3 Mar 2008
What looks like a regular house in an ordinary street, is in reality a modest housing complex consisting of twenty group houses for inhabitants with a mental disability. In the smaller ‘barns’ situated on the back of the plot, the 8 ground bounded houses...
by WoonWerk JW | 3 Mar 2008
The former peppermint factory A.J. ten Hope from 1911, at Westzeedijk 497 in Rotterdam, has been renovated and the practical character of the warehouse, office and attic have been restored. The municipal monument has been redeveloped as a business center and now...
by WoonWerk JW | 3 Mar 2008
The former barracks in Vught are being redeveloped into the Stadhouderspark residential area. Drost + van Veen architects designed 79 homes in various types for this purpose. Harmony with the many trees present on the site is the starting point for the design. For...
by WoonWerk JW | 8 Jan 2008
The reuse of the former practice rooms and the development of ‘shed houses’ was an essential part of the urban development plan for the Brewinc College location. Each shed is transformed into a house or working unit. The houses are folded around a garage...
