Dutch studio Martens Willems & Humblé Architecten has adorned the Miller Apartment Building in Maastricht with red brickwork to reference the city's Amsterdam School style of architecture.
The block of 38 apartments stands alongside a new boulevard in the neighbourhood of Wyckerpoort, which reconnects an area of the city formerly isolated between a motorway and a railway.
The Miller Apartment Building abuts two lower blocks of social housing that were previously completed by Martens Willems & Humblé Architecten, with the three forms enclosing a courtyard-like parking area at their centre.
Martens Willems & Humblé Architecten has clad an apartment block with red brickwork in Maastricht
"The core concept is that the building is a pivotal point between different spatial conditions," partner Maikel Willems told Dezeen. "It had to connect to the neighbourhood as a continuous ensemble, but it also had to form a strong impetus for the new boulevard," he added.
The block is bookended by the cylindrical form of two staircases, and to the east meets the scale of the lower housing blocks with a smaller, projecting volume.
The block is bookended by cylindrical staircases
At the side facing the motorway, Martens Willems & Humblé Architecten were required to balance noise reduction with a desire for dual-aspect spaces.
This lead to the creation of two layers of large windows that provide views through the circulation corridor, or "gallery"...