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The housing development is located at the edge of the medieval centre of Leuven, a university city near Brussels,\u00a0set on a narrow site between a fragment of the city\u2019s medieval wall and a branch of the River Dijle.<\/p>\n

The project forms part of a masterplan for the redevelopment of a former hospital campus which had previously divided the west of the city from the centre. As such, the scheme is designed to help reintegrate into the surrounding city.<\/p>\n

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It combines several residential typologies into a single building: a 14-storey tower, nine townhouses and a small apartment block, all united by the use of a consistent palette of grey brick cladding.<\/p>\n

The tower has two apartments per floor and is crowned with a penthouse. The lower floors are intended to have a close connection to the new park, while the upper floors offer views to the centre of Leuven with large balconies carved into the tower’s form.<\/p>\n

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The townhouses step from three storeys on the street front to four storeys at the rear and each has a garden leading down to the river.<\/p>\n

The four-storey apartment building contains smaller rental flats and serves as a transitional element, connecting the scheme to an existing building and further embedding the new development into the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

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The scheme brings together three typologies into one coherent whole by finding a consistent architectural language throughout, defined by the size of a living unit and the consistent use of grey coloured brick cladding. The townhouses and apartments step in plan, emphasising their individual character. In the tower, each unit is expressed by mirroring the apartment\u2019s balconies from one floor to the next.<\/p>\n

The scheme has a strong sculptural form that also responds to its surroundings in key ways. While the tower both activates and overlooks a public park to the north, the townhouses and apartment building define a street running parallel to the historic city wall. Given its central location within the masterplan, the tower will become a symbol of this new neighbourhood, taking its place on the Leuven skyline.
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Project data<\/h3>\n

Start on site<\/strong> 2018
\nCompletion date<\/strong> 2024
\nGross floor area<\/strong> 8,000m2<\/sup>
\nConstruction cost<\/strong> Undisclosed
\nArchitect<\/strong> David Chipperfield Architects London
\nLocal architect<\/strong> Bureau Bouwtechniek
\nClient<\/strong> Resiterra nv
\nStructural engineer<\/strong> Establis
\nMEP consultant<\/strong> Creteq
\nFa\u00e7ade consultant<\/strong> Bureau Bouwtechniek
\nQuantity surveyor<\/strong> Bureau Bouwtechniek
\nLandscape architect<\/strong> Wirtz International Landscape Architects
\nMain contractor<\/strong> Vandeobos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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