De Vallei Tilburg

Located in the ‘Donge Valley’, an ecological corridor, “De Vallei” is a compact, clever and efficient retail and residential building, with no closed backsides and no exterior storage. Highland cows are literally roaming around the building. Slightly lifting the structure above the surrounding landscape and parking lot emphasizes its autonomy. The dark brick façade connects head and body of the building, which contains shops, supermarket, restaurant and 58 private and rental apartments. Windows and exterior spaces are carved out of the powerful main volumes by means of sharp incisions and deep cavities.   

Data

Client

Volker Wessels

Budget

€ 12.000.000

Surface m2

4000 m2

Period

2004 - 2007

City

Tilburg, The Netherlands

Disciplines

Architecture

Projectteam

Sander Smit, Barbara Meijer, Ronald Ubels, Marc Dings, Pedro Pinto de sa Borges, Paul Schiereck, Herman Roelofs, Frans Blok