A residential landscape as a recreational center.

  • Project:

    Replacement construction of 50 social housing units

  • Client:

    Ons Onderdak

  • Projectcode:

    2023KER

  • Designers:

    LAVA architecten - Cnockaert Architecture

  • Site:

    Kerselaar, Ieper

  • Structural engineering:

    Declerck & Partners

  • Technical systems:

    Declerck & Partners

Landscape design, architecture, and technology support and enrich one another, resulting in a neighborhood structure that appears simple and legible, yet is far from simplistic.

The arrangement of building volumes, oriented around a slow-paced network of paths, defines various spaces across the site — each with its own identity and range of possible uses. Residents are provided access to community-enhancing facilities, elevating the idea of ‘living on a traditional street’ to a high-quality form of communal living within a large park garden.

Intelligent collective living thus creates valuable (semi-)public space and makes higher-density housing not only possible, but also attractive and enriching.

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