Maas Bank Apartments

An impressive example of urban projects in the Netherlands is the successful development of the former Sphinx-Céramique factory site on the eastern bank of the river Maas. The site measures 22 hectares in total. In less than 5 years, numerous buildings have arisen here: the Bonnefanten Museum with its Wiebenga hall, Het Vervolg theatre, Plein 1992, offices, apartments and the Centre Céramique with the municipal library, the municipal archives and the European Journalism Centre. Conceptually the apartment complex forms part of the staggered defensive walls – see the natural stone plinth (unpolished shell limestone) that even forms a ‘mock façade’ at the water’s edge as an extension of a quayside wall. The finishing of the interoir is luxurious: natural stone and stained high-grade veneer.