Parkweg-middle

Public space design
Architectural concept
Urban design plan
Post-war garden city

Schiedam | The Netherlands

A ‘Reconstructed’ neighbourhood 2.0 with a programme comprising 238 homes, of which 60% are social housing. The new homes will be 100% gas-free and provide social residents with contemporary, affordable living comfort. The green central interspaces encourage getting together and allow the neighbourhood to become a close-knit community again – a neighbourhood that will empower its residents.

Client:	Van Wijnen
Design:	2019 – 2021
Type:	Urban plan, development plan
Status:	Realised
Program:	238 dwellings
Partners:	Municipality of Schiedam, Woonplus, Antea Group, Conversation Next, Zichtbaar

A high-quality and future-resilient neighborhood

We turned a neighbourhood struggling with physical and social problems into one where an intimate and pleasant setting is created despite a high housing density; affordable, safe and sociable. Flats line the outer edges, while terraced houses with gardens form the heart. These houses are arranged around an intricate green network connecting all the blocks like two axes. Terraced houses surround the largest green spaces with their fronts facing the green. As a result, the green areas are closely supervised, and the central green areas become real meeting places. By preserving the existing trees, we achieve instant maturity of the greenery. All the designs are fully climate adaptive.