- designers Double Dutch, Haver Droeze, SVP
- 21 hectares
- 750 dwellings
- client: Developer Heijmans
- location: Amersfoort
From the authors:
- situated on a complex location in between highways and a high voltage network
- the specific conditions of the location demanded for a non-typical solution
- new concept was developed with housing without private gardens, but all situated in a common park
- instead of a garden each house has a roof terrace with a private outdoor space
- all housing blocks are build on a parking lot and excess soil form previous developments was used to create a sloping landscape around the blocks, thus hiding the parking lots out of sight
- the surrounding park was designed as a community space with playgrounds for children, flower gardens for elderly people and a spectacular canyon for water storage