Atelier NU

Description

The house is a spatial interplay of precisely placed, space-forming planes and flowing spatial sequences in between. Along the street, the façades consistently follow the building line and develop bay windows on the upper floors, rhythmically articulating the edge of the building. At the street corner, buffer green space is deliberately omitted and replaced by a neighbourhood square as a public place to linger, strengthening the building’s presence. Towards the southeast, the façade length is maximised by means of projecting and recessed sections in order to take advantage of the quieter orientation and the adjacent green space. To the south, the building directly adjoins the existing neighbouring structure, completing the urban edge. Vertical solid planes structure the building, while between them a light, open framework unfolds as a contrast between solidity and lightness. The structure shapes the internal spatial organisation while enabling targeted views from the apartments. Facing the street, ribbon windows and bay windows articulate the façade; the apartments gain distance from the public realm while maintaining their connection to it. The ground floor is activated by two flexible commercial units. The stair core serves two compact apartments on each of the upper floors. A central wall zones the spaces, aligns and defines them, and enables versatile spatial relationships within a compact layout. The bathroom can largely be dissolved to create new spatial configurations. The building is crowned by a shared roof terrace for all residents.