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Client(s)Candor
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Construction siteAntwerp
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Project architectRobert Osinga
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Architect teamAndries Daniels, Seppe Meyvis
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Main contractorMBG
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Year2017-2023
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StatusRealised
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Project Initium Antwerp: Residential living with the services of a hotel
At the well-known 5-way intersection on the Plantin and Moretuslei, the site is designed as a stepped zigzag sculpture serving as an articulated residential grandstand towards the neighbourhood. The typology of the units focuses mainly on affordable housing for first-time buyers. Additional collective facilities guarantee a special added value: a garden with a relaxing zone, a gym, a laundry room and a commercial base. The façades display a characteristic saw-tooth motif. The corner is accentuated by an elevation of 10 storeys which is architecturally elaborated as a crown. In keeping with the protected townscape sandstone buildings in the area around the project, an elaboration in mineral façade materials in a similar hue was selected. Adjacent, an extended stay budget hotel of 70 rooms was constructed. In this case, the plan typology is expressed in a manifest facade grid.
