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HOUSING BLOCK KREILERBURCHT
W. PATIJN, 1991-1993, Kreileroord 21-44, Rotterdam
Woongebouw Kreilerburcht / Housing Block Kreilerburcht ( W. Patijn )
© 2007 Rook & Nagelkerke

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Wytze Patijn

BUILDING TYPE:
Special accommodation

This energy-saving communal housing block of environmentally-friendly construction for over-55s has dwelling units laid out in two four-storey rows. The space between the two rows is roofed and designed as an atrium or buffer zone, along which are galleries accessing all units. Containing a subtropical garden, the atrium sports a curved steel roof resting on laminated pinewood joists. The strips between the curved roof and the roofs of the dwelling units are fully glazed, as are the two ends of the atrium.