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Quirijn Boulevard

This is a project by Cepezed Architects and it is located at Tilburg, Netherlands. There are nine images for Quirijn Boulevard.

: © Fas Keuzenkamp

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Designer's statement

Variegated housing in the direct vicinity of a city park that was once envisaged as the continuation of a motorway. For the Landréstraat, cepezed designed single-family homes immediately adjoining and looking out upon the park. The living rooms lie at the front of the houses, on the first floor. They have glass fronts that can be fully opened and, nine metres long, they are fully oriented toward the park. Because the first floors protrude out above the ground floor, but have no supporting columns, there is parking space under the overhang. As a result, the view from the living room is not disturbed by cars. Residents indeed have the idea that they are living amid the greenery of the park.

Smaller bungalows border on the back gardens of the park houses. With their T-shape, the bungalows stand literally in the middle of the garden. The head of the ‘T’ accommodates a drive-in, a storage area, a bathroom and a bedroom. The living room, with an open-plan kitchen, is situated in the stalk of the ‘T’ and has glass façades and a garden area on either side.

For the Vlashoflaan and Sweelincklaan, cepezed designed a type of single-family home that, in the context of the row, resembles a high, dark and closed wall. A lower glass volume has been placed in front of each house; it accommodates the kitchen on the ground floor and the bathroom on the first floor. At the rear, the houses open on to the garden, where they have a friendly wooden façade.

Another series of smaller family homes are situated on the Obrechtstraat, bordering on the above mentioned houses. These also have friendly wooden cladding at the rear, while the rest of the façades consist of simple and neutral corrugated material.

Location: Landréstraat, Verhulstlaan, Vlashoflaan/Sweelinckstraat, Obrechtstraat, Tilburg, Netherlands
Client: Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij Quirijnboulevard (Project Development) (Cofier Bouwontwikkeling, Municipality Of Tilburg, and Wonen Midden-Brabant)
Area: 58 Houses varying from 123 to 305 m2
Realization: 2006
Photography: Fas Keuzenkamp