Koning Noord consists of two buildings: a volume on the street side that completes the façade row of Twee Netenstraat and – set deeper on the plot – a second volume that also connects to the adjacent buildings. Only in this way can the light and views of the neighbouring buildings be preserved.
The two volumes are connected on the ground floor by a continuous plinth that folds around the inner garden. The roof of this plinth is used as an intensive green roof and forms, alongside the inner garden, a second horizontal green surface.
The project contains a day nursery and office space on the ground floor and 26 apartments on the floors above.
The apartments are consequently distributed across the two volumes. There are four type apartments per floor that are repeated at each level. Only on the top floor on the street side is this typical plan deviated from, in order to realise two duplex apartments with generous roof terraces.
Each apartment has two large windows. By grouping the open and closed façade surfaces, the in-situ cast concrete with board formwork – traditionally an expensive construction method due to the extensive formwork – is nonetheless made feasible within the strict financial parameters of this project.
