KLEINE CIRCUS STREET BLOCK
Maastricht, Netherlands
Habitatge / Edifici residencial
(Urban development, Public space, )
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Authors  
Oriol Bohigas Guardiola
David John Mackay Goodchild
Josep Martorell Codina
Collaborators:
Carles Olmo, Paul Kuitenbrauer, Buro Boosten Rats,
Client
privat
1998
Professional comission  Constructed work
Built surface area:
 24000 m2
Urbanised surface area:
 10500 m²
Tendering:
 Encàrrec directe
Year:
 1994
 
Preliminary project date:
 1994
Completion of work date:
 1996
 
MBM designed an entire street block, the Kleine Circus, that forms part of the operation to extend Maastricht’s city centre, known as Ceramique Project, the work of architect Jo Coenen. The project sought two specific objectives. Firstly, to improve its relation with the environment, it opens up the block in a U-shape towards Heugemerweg (a nearby old district) and introduces a cylindrical building at the rear to maintain the spatial atmosphere of the U. The height of the buildings decreases towards Heugemerweg in order to connect with the scale of building in the old neighbourhood. The second aim was to create a contrast between the architectural character of the solid street façades with regular windows and the façades of the interior of the block, which are dynamic with alternating horizontal strips of solids and glass. To further highlight this contrast, the south-east wing was turned around to open it up to the south and the new Heugemerweg park.
 
Bibliography:
PUBLICATIONS
- Vrijuit. LIMBURGS DAGBLAD. Maastricht, 20 January 1996
- ÓCULUM no. 10-11. Jo Coenen monographic. ‘Céramique’. Sao Paulo, November 1997
- ARQUITECTURA: IDEA + FUNCIÓN. Course of lectures from 23 to 27 March 1998. ETS Arquitectura de Valencia. Colegio Mayor Universitario Albalat. Grupo Carduche, Valencia, 1999
- BARCELONA METRÒPOLIS MEDITERRÀNIA no. 50. Barcelona, January-March 2000
- AREA no. 54, Milan, January-February 2001
- ARIAN MOSTAEDI. NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. Links international. Barcelona, 2001
- THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW no. 1252. London, June 2001
- CON ARQUITECTURA no. 2. Madrid, June 2001
- ON DISEÑO no. 228. Barcelona, 2002
- VIVIENDA COLECTIVA II. 23 PROYECTOS. Various authors, Catálogos de Arquitectura, Editorial Munilla-Lería, Madrid, March 2003
- ‘Oriol Bohigas. Realismo, urbanidad y fracasos. 3 conferencias en la Universidad de Navarra. Diciembre 1999.’ LECCIONES/DOCUMENTOS DE ARQUITECTURA. ETS de Arquitectura. Universidad de Navarra. Pamplona, June 2003
   Edició: 2002

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