Housing coop

33 new houses developed by housing co-op Groene Mient. Low energy housing project built in wood and slate.Design:FilliéVerhoeven architectsArchitektenkombinatie Bos HofmanAllotmentCompared to common standards the plot for Groene Mient offered us a unique opportunity to create an enormous collective garden. Our challenge was to enhance this natural collectivity and to focus all new houses equally on this garden in such a way that it would not result in a subdivision into different smaller backyards. Another important design wish was that the new houses should be south orientated as much as possible given the strive for minimal energy consumption and the use of solar panels and solar collectors. By placing one of the building blocks more or l... More