A europan 10 winner, Suture is a project that provided a solution to the problem of a fractured site, the ownership of which was irregularly and inconveniently divided between the Municipality of Emmen and the housing corporation Lefier.

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Architects: DROM

Location: The Netherlands, Emmen, Netherlands

Design Team: Timur Shabaev, Marco Galasso

Area: 2550.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

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Local Architect: Detail10

Clients: Lefier

General Contractor: Zomers

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A europan 10 winner, Suture is a project that provided a solution to the problem of a fractured site, the ownership of which was irregularly and inconveniently divided between the Municipality of Emmen and the housing corporation Lefier.
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Masterplan

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The project called on the owners to exchange the land in a way that allowed for a fully usable and useful community space to emerge in the center of the project site. This newly injected garden space worked as glue that bound the pieces of the fractured site to form a whole. The garden also formed the second facade for the privately owned housing lots arranged at the perimeter of the block. The project took into account the existing pa...