HOLLAINHOF SEMI PUBLIC COUTYARD

OPEN SPACE STRUCTURE

Neutlings Riedijk

Analysed by Paola Pelaez_r0967413

MaHS / MaULP_Foothill Heverleebos A

DESCRIPTION
The Hollainhof (1993-1998) is a social housing project located at the center
of Ghent (Belgium), between Brusselsepoorstraat and a tributary of the river
Scheldt. The Project comprehends a total of 120 dwellings, 90 parking lots, a
central courtyard, and a Day Care Center. The dwellings are contained in 15
clusters agruped in 02 main block bars, each one with 04 floors. The first bar
is aligned to the street, and second bar is aligned to the river. Both bars are
organized arround a semi public coutyard.

CONCEPT RIVER SCHELDT

The premise of the project is to mix and find the balance between urban
(density) and rural scale, the community and the individual (tranquility), the
public space and the private space.

EVALUATION
ORSTRAAT
BRUSSELSEPO
• Relation to the urban tissue: The project propose a continuity of the
open space trought the creation of a large semi public space: the central
coutyard, accesible from the street by a single entrance, where is located
the Day Care Center, stablishing a plattaform to build and enjoy living
in community. The building has an urban scale next to the street, but a
smaller scale in the coutyard and next to the river.

• Building typology: The relation between the public and private defines
the typology of the building: the central courtyard with a public-private
atmosphere, the front gardens between the courtyard and the dwellings, or
the terraces between semipublic circulation and the dwelling on the first
floor. These spacial solutions (filters) argument the final composition of
the building.

• Individual dwelling design: The project offers a large variety of dwelling

typologies, between duplex and flats, optimized in minimum space but
preserving the quality of life in the building trough guarantying the
privacy of each of the departments and giving most of them a view to the
courtyard or to the river.

Source: AA Files No. 37 (1998) pp. 3-11, RACO Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Ober (1999) Source: Own elaboration based on Google Earth (2023)

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FILTERS BETWEEN PUBLIC-PRIVATE DIFFERENT CONTEXT/ VOLUMETRY
PUBLIC-PRIVATE STRUCTURE CONTEXTUALISED VOLUMETRY
RIVER SCHELDT

COURTYARD

BRUSSELSEPOORSTRAAT
PUBLIC SEMI-PRIVATE PRIVATE
FRONT GARDEN:
FILTER PRIVATE/ PUBLIC

Source: Own elaboration based on A+T, Madrid (1998) ed. 12 pp. 90-103 Source: http://lamba84.altervista.org/universita/tra/opera.html#foto
AA Files No. 37 (1998) pp. 3-11
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BUILDING PLAN: SECOND FLOOR

BUILDING SECTIONS / FUNCTIONS

STREET COURTYARD/ DAY CARE CENTER PARKING

RIVER
Source: Own elaboration based on A+T, Madrid (1998) ed. 12 pp. 90-103 Source: A+T, Madrid (1998) ed. 12 pp. 90-103

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DWELLING TYPES

SECOND FLOOR THIRD FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR THIRD FLOOR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR

BUILDING SECTIONS / FUNCTIONS

STREET COURTYARD PARKING RIVER

Source: Own elaboration based on A+T, Madrid (1998) ed. 12 pp. 90-103 Source: AA Files No. 37 (1998) pp. 3-11