Gemeenteflat Housing, Maastricht Sustainable Building, Dutch Architecture Photos
Gemeenteflat Housing in Maastricht
29 Oct 2021
Design: Humblé Martens & Willems Architecten
Location: Maastricht, province of Limburg, The Netherlands

Gemeenteflat Housing
The initial intentions of the so-called municipal flat on Koningsplein by the city architect F.C.J. Dingemans (1905-1961) have come under pressure over the years due to the adjecent highway A2. Now that the tunneling of the A2 traverse has been completed, we have wanted to restore the municipal flat, which has since been declared a ‘National Monument of Younger Architecture’.

Making this national monument more sustainable was an important starting point and through a combination of measures, the Gemeenteflat was even upgraded from energy-label G/H to A.
However, by also making an integrated plan for the surrounding, we have, in combination with the renovation of the adjacent AH Supermarket, a upgrade to the entire area. This was partly achieved through co-design sessions with the environment and stakeholders.

The flat, built in the 1950s, was the first high-rise flat in Maastricht. This differs from the well-known gallery flat because a continuous repetition of the same floor plan is not yet an issue here. The residential building is a total composition with a classic beginning, middle and end, with different building heights and nuances in the plinth and the crowning.

The head and the ‘jointsR...