{"id":11037,"date":"2024-11-17T16:07:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T15:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ana.nl\/portfolio-items\/the-family-families-in-the-city\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T14:19:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:19:25","slug":"the-family-families-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ana.nl\/en\/portfolio-items\/the-family-families-in-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"The Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Families stay in the city<\/h1><\/div>

The Family offers the space and security that households with children desire in an urban environment. A residential complex with 94 affordable family apartments within walking distance of the centre of Delft. The design responds to different housing needs per type of family. Residents use facilities such as the slide to the play deck, the roof garden, a communal living room and a bicycle shed.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Project<\/strong>
\nThe Family<\/p>\n

Client<\/strong>
\nBPD<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>
\nDelft<\/p>\n

Program<\/strong>
\nResidential building with 94 apartments for families<\/p>\n

Period<\/strong>
\n2017-2023<\/p>\n

Status<\/strong>
\nBuilt<\/p>\n

Photography<\/strong>
\nLuuk Kramer, Laurens Kuipers (communal spaces)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Family
\nDelft
\nBPD
\nResidential building with 94 apartments for families
\n2017-2023
\nBuilt
\nLuuk Kramer, Laurens Kuipers (communal spaces)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Railway zone Delft<\/strong><\/p>\n

The location on the Delft railway zone connects to the water of the Nieuwe Gracht. On the north side there is a cycle route that connects the TU district with the Voorhof. The Family responds to the context by being the final piece of the Nieuwe Gracht and the formal outer shell matches the architecture of the adjacent X-ray building. The building thus forms a coherent ensemble with its context.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Recognizable living environments<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Formal and informal<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Collective domain<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Variation in housing types<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Residential building for city families<\/strong><\/p>\n

A residential building for urban families requires, on the one hand, sufficient (collective) facilities, and, on the other hand, a diverse range of housing typologies that are suitable for families in all phases. By including collective spaces in the design, more space is created in the compact city homes. The different housing types are connected to the collective living spaces in and around the building. There are homes in different sizes, for starting families, regular families, single-parent families and large blended families and they are carefully tailored to the different housing needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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1st floor, play deck and living gallery<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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2nd floor, living gallery<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Part-time family 55 m2<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Young family 75 m2<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Teenage family 88 m2<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Child’s range of action<\/strong><\/p>\n

The building takes into account the growing child and how it can increasingly increase its range of action. By creating many different play areas for children that are connected to each other and to the home and the environment, children of different ages can all play outside. Small children within sight of the home and slightly older children, less directly visible, in the building. The older children take the step outside the building. These transitions are designed very gradually.<\/p>\n<\/div>