SuperHub Meerstad

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News • News • 3 Jan 2023

SuperHub Meerstad by De Zwarte Hond brings a circular version of the traditional market hall to a growing district of Groningen

In the burgeoning Meerstad district of Groningen, De Zwarte Hond has completed SuperHub, a multi-functional, interactive, and adaptive market hall building for a growing neighborhood. This circular version of the traditional market hall includes a supermarket, an upscale café, and plenty of spacious areas for residents to meet. The project's main aim is to bring back the concept of shopping as a social and personal experience, thus offering an alternative to the new popular express delivery services. Ronald Tilleman The large span structural system with a nine-meter ceiling height provides a luminous interior and an open floor plan that affords a flexible layout and future adaptation. The structural concept features expansi... More

Project • By De Zwarte Hond • Supermarkets

SuperHub Meerstad

Meerstad is a planned urban development located seven kilometres from the city of Groningen in the northern Netherlands. With the locality’s gradual growth, Meerstad has no defined centre. De Zwarte Hond was commissioned by real estate developer MWPO to design SuperHub Meerstad, an impressive, multifunctional, and sustainable facility that will grow and adapt with the community. Ronald Tilleman Meerstad is known for its open green spaces, including Park Meerstad, the largest public land art project in the Netherlands, and the recreational Woldmeer Lake. Initial plans for Meerstad, a sustainable and liveable community project, were being developed around 2005. Over the coming decades, approximately 5,000 new homes will be built.... More