KCAP Architects&Planners in cooperation with evr-Architecten win the architects’ selection ‘Tower Striga 1’ in Antwerp, Belgium. The selection commission including the client Triple Living and representatives of the municipal urban planning departments chose the team for the design of one of three residential towers for the project Antwerp Nieuw Zuid.
This new residential area will develop along the Schelde in the south of Antwerp, based on a masterplan by Studio Associates Secchi-Viganò. The winning scheme is a diverse residential tower with integrated offices and commercial functions. With its exceptional location at the park, it rises with its 80 meters of height as a new icon of Antwerp Nieuw Zuid.
The 15.000 m2 building consists of a four-storey base and a 26-level tower, both forming one ensemble. The concept is characterized by a wide variety of housing typologies for different target groups: young families, seniors, co-housers, singles and working couples. Given the particular location of the tower facing the park a large number of residential units are located at ground level.
The facade provides space for individual use and setbacks in the grid are used as collective green gardens for the residents. The plinth houses a double height passage, lobbies for the offices and residences and a ground-based active residential program. ‘The concept interprets the qualities of the typical Belgian house.
The apartments are compact, efficiently organized and surrounded by a flexible structure, which is designed as a double height grid. The applied sustainability concept features technical elements such as sustainable materials, green roofs, solar panels and an integrated system for gray water recovery. Source by KCAP Architects&Planners
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Architect: KCAP Architects&Planners
Partner: evr-Architecten
Size: 15.000 m2
Year: 2014
KCAP and EVR win selection Tower Striga 1 in Antwerp
