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    This document describes a housing development project in Breda, Netherlands consisting of five residential towers situated around a sunken inner garden and parking structure. The towers contain a total of 137 apartments and are arranged to optimize views, sunlight access, and define outdoor spaces. Materials are limited to glass, precast concrete panels, and glazed brick. The project redeveloped a former military base in the city center into green space with residential buildings.

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    This document describes a housing development project in Breda, Netherlands consisting of five residential towers situated around a sunken inner garden and parking structure. The towers contain a total of 137 apartments and are arranged to optimize views, sunlight access, and define outdoor spaces. Materials are limited to glass, precast concrete panels, and glazed brick. The project redeveloped a former military base in the city center into green space with residential buildings.

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    This document describes a housing development project in Breda, Netherlands consisting of five residential towers situated around a sunken inner garden and parking structure. The towers contain a total of 137 apartments and are arranged to optimize views, sunlight access, and define outdoor spaces. Materials are limited to glass, precast concrete panels, and glazed brick. The project redeveloped a former military base in the city center into green space with residential buildings.

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    CHASSE PARK APPARTMENTS

    Breda, The Netherlands 1996-2001

    A former military base in the centre of Breda has been reclaimed by the city. It fourth one and the fth four. The varying relative position of the towers creates
    is a green area with a series of large buildings with varying functions on the city small differences in ground plans and elevations. All the apartments have a large
    side. The development plan by OMA comprises a public park in which a series of veranda, which can be used as an external space, a separate room or as part of
    varied residential buildings are set individually, placing the surrounding buildings the living room. The materials are limited to glass, prefabricated concrete panels
    in a new context. A series of throughviews and entrances into the park have inlaid with slate and glazed white bricks for the façades.
    also been created. One group consists of a series of ve residential towers on The garage roof is made of translucent polyester, while a concrete framework
    top of a parking ring, which surrounds a sunken inner garden – also public. The acts as the support structure behind the glass curtain walls.
    entrances to each of the homes open onto the garden. The parking ring rises 1.5
    metres above ground level and is partly transparent, while hillocks are included in
    the inner garden, which rise in turn above the parking roof.
    The towers are located close together, each with its own orientation. Their
    position relative to one another is determined by factors such as the view
    outwards and inwards, the angle of the sun, transparency and the denition of
    the inner zone. Three of the ve towers have two apartments per storey, the

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    list of illustrations 1-plan and façade 2/3-overview 4-the garage 5-in the sunken garden 6-facade

    Credits

    architect : Xaveer De Geyter Architects engineer: Snellen, Meulemans en Van Schaaik


    project architects: Xaveer De Geyter, Ester Goris landscape design: Inside Outside, Petra Blaise
    collaborators : Karolien de Schepper, Burton Hamfelt, Lieven de client : Chassé CV
    Boeck, Lieve van de Ginste, Oscar Jarros, Arnaud program : 5 towers with 137 appartments and car park
    Hendrickx, Freek Persyn total floor area : 33 420 m²
    realization : ABT Bouwkunde cost : 18 562 180 €
    © xaveer de geyter architecten - [email protected]

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