Can you live quietly along a busy street?
De Boezem is a new housing complex in Rotterdam on Boezemweg near Oostplein. Waaijer Projectrealisatie commissioned De Zwarte Hond to design the 80-apartment complex, which occupies a site that had been vacant for years.
The residential building consists of two volumes, with an enclosed courtyard between them. The seven-storey volume on the Boezemweg blends into the continuity of the street wall. A distinctive feature is the careful incorporation of the gallery at the front. The volume behind it has three storeys and ties in with the smaller scale of the neighbourhood.
The Boezem is accessed in different ways. All flats have their main entrance on Boezemweg, with the ground-floor flats also accessible from the private courtyard garden. The top four floors on Boezemweg are accessed by a gallery subtly incorporated into the street facade behind a screen of prefabricated brickwork.
An enclosed courtyard offers privacy and space for meetings
The building exudes the powerful simplicity of Rotterdam’s reconstruction architecture with its austere, rhythmic facade articulation and use of concrete and brick. The high plinth along Boezemweg blends in with urban life. The lower three floors of the volume face the street, while residents can enjoy views of the Rotterdam skyline from the upper floors.
The complex comprises a mix of sustainable short-stay and long-stay flats, with floor areas ranging from 60 to 130 m2, all of which have energy label A++. The short-stay flats are fully furnished and unfurnished and are operated by B-Right Urban Living.
De Boezem
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- Location
- Rotterdam, NL
- Size
- 10.429 m²
- Client
- Waaijer Projectrealisatie
- Discipline
- Architecture
- Program
- Residential
- Period
- 2015-2022
- Status
- Completed
- Photography
- Ronald Tilleman, Saartje Nibbering
- Awards (1)
- Future House Awards
Social Housing & Community Living
- Future House Awards
- themes