Lilith Ronner van Hooijdonk — De Bloemenwinkel

De Bloemenwinkel

A love declaration to ornamentation

senior homes with glass French balconies for maximum light and view

De Bloemenwinkel

A love declaration to ornamentation

At the entrance square of a cosy garden village in Oostende, the local housing cooperation wishes to build a new apartment block for elderly people. The story of our design lies within its reaction to the surroundings. We propose a building that in its larger scale functions as a beacon for the neighbourhood. Yet, it also connects to the surroundings by reworking the recognisable ornaments that adorn the facades of the houses next door.

The layout of the plan is composed of a generous entrance hall with space for a chat with the neighbours and a bench to wait for visitors. This hall leads to ten apartments. All representative spaces of the apartments face the square. Large windows to the floors provide a nice view onto the garden village.

the building is an anchor point on the square

together with the church, the building forms an ensemble at the square

the transparent entrance with a view on the square

model of an interior

Background stories

the facade at the square with reinterpretations of old ornaments

Nieuwpoortsesteenweg facade

section

plan of the ground floor

plan of a floor with 2 apartments

plan of the top floor

Colophon

Location: Oostende (BE)

Client: Sociale Huisvestingsmaatschappij De Oostendse Haard

Year: 2016

Status: laureate

Program: small apartmentbuilding for elderly

Collaborators: Sanne van Manen

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About Lilith Ronner van Hooijdonk

The office was founded in 2010 in Rotterdam. We design narrative architecture that tells the story of the assignment at hand. A story with different layers: that of the context, a response to building tradition, the wishes of our client, sustainable applications and technical opportunities. The architecture surprises with imagination. Our work reaches from transformations to public spaces like a Performative Space in Eindhoven, and from building a multi-family house in Amsterdam to researching our practice and writing stories about it.

Partners: Elsbeth Ronner, Lilith van Assem

Employees: Eva Ventura (2019 - nu), Milou Klein (2019), Melvin van den Houdt (2019), Laura Steenbeke (2018), Joppe Douma (2018), Madeleine Mans (2016 - 2018), Paula Cores Barrel (2017), Jimmy Stegeman (2016), Dirk Gonzáles Veugelers (2016), André Cramer (2014), Clémence Boru (2013), Anne de Ruyter (2012)

They wrote about us: Modulør, Archined, Architectuur.nl, Dirty Science

Design: De Ronners
Development: Martijn van Bachum

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