Seven building blocks together form WC Terwijde, combining retail and residential. The building blocks designed by three different architects form a recognizable whole, through the use of the same brick. GROUP A has designed three of the building blocks within WC Terwijde.
Block H near the train station consists of a plinth of shops with three floors of apartments. Block FI similarly consists of a shopping plinth with three layers of apartments. Both blocks possess a robust plinth with a cantilevered upper part. Block FII has been designed as a sep-arate shopping pavilion. Together with the historic farm it forms an exception in the urban plan. The specially shaped roof of the pavilion transforms the block into an all sided object on the small square.
Facts
Client
Bouwfonds and MAB Development
Assignment
New build
Location
Terwijde, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, NL
Area
block F I: 5,710 sqm / block F II: 850 sqm / 69 apartments
Function
Retail and apartments
Start design
September 2009
Start construction
March 2013
Completed
November 2014
Photography
Scagliola/Brakkee
The makers of this project
Garyfalia Pitsaki
Janneke van der Velden
External stakeholders
Contractor
UBA Bouw bv
Contractor
Smit's Bouwbedrijf bv
