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KAAI 37, a passive housing block in Antwerp

In the framework of AA 425th issue, discover in pictures a passive housing block, recently completed in Eilandje harbor district, in Antwerp, Belgium, by a team of emblematic Belgian offices.

Architecture offices META, advvt, noAarchitecten and OFFICE shared the design management of the block’s South side buildings, while the Northern part was designed by POLO Architects, PULS architects, Vermeiren – De Coster Architects et cuypers & Q architects.

The project is composed of 72 apartments and duplex apartments, 5 houses and 4 commercial spaces, organised around an internal garden. It is the first step of a passive grouped residences certified by the scientific research organisation Pixii, which dealing, among others, with zero-energy construction.

KAAI 37 © Filip Dujardin
KAAI 37 © Filip Dujardin

 

KAAI37 - noArchitecten © Filip Dujardin
KAAI37 – noArchitecten © Filip Dujardin

 

KAAI 37 - META © Filip Dujardin
KAAI 37 – META © Filip Dujardin

 

KAAI 37 - META © Filip Dujardin
KAAI 37 – META © Filip Dujardin

 

KAAI 37 - ADVVT © Filip Dujardin
KAAI 37 – ADVVT © Filip Dujardin

 

KAAI 37 - OFFICE © Filip Dujardin
KAAI 37 – OFFICE © Filip Dujardin

 

KAAI 37 - ADVVT © Filip Dujardin
KAAI 37 – ADVVT © Filip Dujardin

 

KAAI 37 - ADVVT © Filip Dujardin
KAAI 37 – ADVVT © Filip Dujardin

Program: 72 apartments and duplex apartments, 5 houses and 4 commercial spaces articulated around an interior garden
Architects: META architectuurbureau, noAarchitecten, advvt – architecten de vylder vinck taillieu, OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen

Clients: TV PROJECT² and BERMASO, ordered by Bouw en promotie KAAI 37
Landscape architects: Urban Design & Landscape Architecture West 8
Surface: 10100 sq.metres

Read more about advvt, OFFICE and noAarchitecten offices in our 425th issue, dedicated to the Belgian scene and available on our online shop.