Hengelose Es

Social housing redefined

A unique social housing project in Hengelo of fully circular houses. These four spacious 3 storey houses in a modular timber building system mark the entrance of the new neighbourhood, de Nieuwe Es. The striking location challenged us to design a facade that would fit in the fully brick surroundings.

Area

145m2 (per house)

Location

Hengelo Nieuwe Es, NL

Period

2021

Designing and building with a social housing budget, and applying materials that minimise the environmental impact, made this project a prototype for future project-based housing.

The facade is made of brick tiles mounted on a frame without cement. All parts of the building can be re-used with zero waste making the houses fully circular. Floors and walls are made of European pine wood and mineral wool insulation provides a safe, low energy, high comfort interior climate.

Client

Koopmans TBI

Type

Social Housing

Building System

Sustainer

Architect

Mauricio Polo
Sebastiaan Veldhuisen

(@Sustainer)

This was the first project developed and built as a cooperation between Sustainer, TBI Koopmans and TBI Gewoonhout.

Social housing redefined

Triggering for a
positive change

Triggering for a
positive change

Social housing redefined

Triggering for apositive change

Triggering for apositive change

Triggering for a
positive change

Triggering for a
positive change