AAAN

03/02/2026

Het Dahliablok te Bloemhof uit de steigers...

14/07/2023

Blossem Breda
A new urban district is taking shape near Breda's city center, on a former factory site. At its core is a residential building with 53 apartments, designed like a modern castle around an open atrium. The exterior facade features a layered design of concrete crosses. The upper floors offer outdoor spaces, and the ground floor has a gallery with multiple entrances. From afar, the facade displays a strict rhythm, and up close, the refined details of the slightly angled concrete elements soften its appearance. From the square, the large opening in the volume can be seen through the facade grid. The layout of the building allows the green, public character of the square to flow into the open atrium in the heart of building and therefore challenges the distinction of what is public, private, and collective.

14/07/2023

Blossem Breda
A new urban district is taking shape near Breda's city center, on a former factory site. At its core is a residential building with 53 apartments, designed like a modern castle around an open atrium. The exterior facade features a layered design of concrete crosses. The upper floors offer outdoor spaces, and the ground floor has a gallery with multiple entrances. From afar, the facade displays a strict rhythm, and up close, the refined details of the slightly angled concrete elements soften its appearance. From the square, the large opening in the volume can be seen through the facade grid. The layout of the building allows the green, public character of the square to flow into the open atrium in the heart of building and therefore challenges the distinction of what is public, private, and collective.

14/07/2023

Blossem Breda
A new urban district is taking shape near Breda's city center, on a former factory site. At its core is a residential building with 53 apartments, designed like a modern castle around an open atrium. The exterior facade features a layered design of concrete crosses. The upper floors offer outdoor spaces, and the ground floor has a gallery with multiple entrances. From afar, the facade displays a strict rhythm, and up close, the refined details of the slightly angled concrete elements soften its appearance. From the square, the large opening in the volume can be seen through the facade grid. The layout of the building allows the green, public character of the square to flow into the open atrium in the heart of building and therefore challenges the distinction of what is public, private, and collective.

21/06/2023

29/03/2023

In the polder landscape of dikes and small islands near Rotterdam, the Terphouse is situated as a solid volume on a mound in the landscape.

14/03/2023

Wantijhof Dordrecht
The waterfront of the Wantij in Dordrecht has been an industrial site for centuries. Wantijhof is located in between the industrial artifacts. With its large metal bay windows, it connects to the large-scale buildings along the waterfront, while the brick facades in the street connect to the scale of the adjacent city center. The composition of two building blocks encloses a collective inner garden and consists of a parking garage under the deck gardens. The facades are designed following the color range of the historic city center, with the red/brown brick and golden steel structure. They form the contrast between the stony, heavy exterior and the light, open structure of the collective courtyard.

13/03/2023

Terphouse is a green Rotterdam house by Studio AAAN, featuring a distinctive low-slung, timber roof

08/03/2023

Wantijhof Dordrecht
The waterfront of the Wantij in Dordrecht has been an industrial site for centuries. Wantijhof is located in between the industrial artifacts. With its large metal bay windows, it connects to the large-scale buildings along the waterfront, while the brick facades in the street connect to the scale of the adjacent city center. The composition of two building blocks encloses a collective inner garden and consists of a parking garage under the deck gardens. The facades are designed following the color range of the historic city center, with the red/brown brick and golden steel structure. They form the contrast between the stony, heavy exterior and the light, open structure of the collective courtyard.