LEVS Robijnhof16 min

Robijnhof

Residential ensemble for the ages

Robijnhof, Leiden

The Robijnhofensemble is located in the Hoge Mors district of Leiden. Besides 120 life-proof flats with a communal area and underground parking, five psychogeriatric residential groups with room for 40 elderly people in need of care and 15 single-family houses have been built.

Life-proof

The villas stand in a park-like setting on an underground car park. The flats are spread over three staggered, villa-like volumes of five and six layers with views to the water beyond. The floorplans are designed to provide a comfortable home on the one hand and, on the other, to be easily adapted for when residents need care. This makes the design life-proof.

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Dynamic and all-sided

The facades of the flat villas are dynamic. They have staggered balconies and special brickwork dressings that enhance the al-sided character.

The ensemble

The design for Robijnhof has three architectural spheres with warm-coloured brick as a connecting element: the flat villas on the water in the greenery, a residential neighbourhood with ground-level houses and the care building on a protected court in the middle of the neighbourhood.

Residential care as part of the neighbourhood

The care groups are situated around a protected courtyard. At the same time, each group has an outdoor space adjacent to the public area. In this way, the residents do not become isolated and naturally remain part of neighbourhood life. Subtle volume jumps, small height differences and rounded corners make the low building soft and dynamic.

Info

Client
Design & Build met M.J. de Nijs Projectontwikkeling voor Altera Vastgoed en Stichting Libertas Leiden
Program
120 life-course apartments, 15 single family homes, 5 psychogeriatric residential groups for 40 elderly, underground parking garage
Design
Adriaan Mout, Jurriaan van Stigt, Marianne Loof
Projectteam
Marco Rats, Ingeborg van Lent, Mark Gijsbers, Olga Pedryc, Daan Goedhart, Ilias Kerkeni
Location
Leiden
Year
2017 – 2024