Noorderhaven Kade Noord

The plan includes a diverse range of typologies – from compact apartments and maisonettes to penthouses and four-storey town houses. The inclusion of a half-submerged parking facility, which is set below ground level but not completely underground, has created some unique opportunities for creativity on the lower storeys. There are homes where the living space on the ground floor is located higher up, ground-floor apartments with extra privacy and homes with a living space at a height of four metres and a view right over the harbour. By not only providing the building blocks with a main entrance but also giving the ground-level apartments their own front doors at street level, a lively and active street level has been created. In this project, social interaction is also enhanced by positioning the living spaces along the frontage facing the harbour and the inner courtyard, wherever possible.

The courtyard was designed by KCAP as a landscape and features extensive planting, with greenery literally extending from one wall to the other. A continuous dike has been used as a theme to create different spaces with a walking route and mature greenery. The informal inner garden invites residents to use it for a wide range of purposes. It is not a monofunctional ornamental garden but a green field that will lend itself to various uses. The intention is for the garden to be zoned, from more secluded areas providing privacy to shared, collective spaces. The northern section of the garden is the sunniest and a central meeting area has been created in this zone.
Zecc has designed 81 of the homes and was responsible for the technical implementation of the entire project. KCAP has designed 53 of the homes on the IJssel side, drew up the urban plan for Kade Noord and designed the central courtyard. Kade Noord has been realized by Heijmans Woningbouw Oost.

photograph: © Ossip van Duivenbode; Moare; birdview: KCAP; impressions: 3D Studio Prins; interior and sections Theo van Leur