14/02/2025
We love the 80’s! Last year, we completed the redesign of three iconic 1980s social housing blocks in Rotterdam Noord.
Staying true to the bold use of color in the original design, we introduced metallic colour accents and refined the composition for greater clarity. The updated façades feature enhanced insulation, which we expressed by staggering the panels to create texture and depth. Vertical colored seams were added, giving the buildings a more dynamic and readable appearance, which was previously missing.
These complexes were originally designed by Passchier Vandensteen in 1985, as part of a larger set of eight similar buildings spread across Rotterdam Noord.
We were commissioned by and and collaborated closely with the architects of the other five buildings— .abacaxi, and Laurens Boodt. While each design had its own unique character, we ensured all eight buildings retained a cohesive identity, united by light grey panels and an emphasis on verticality. The project was realized by .
The great photography by .rakauskaite captures these three different buildings as one family with similar traits.