Parmentier from street level
Parmentier

Stacking down as a layer cake with lush green for the local flora and fauna, paired with outdoor green space for residents with breathtaking views of the city, the Parmentier communicates on a city scale as well as on a neighborhood scale. 

The program of the tower is giving a new programmatic impulse for the now monofunctional Schipholweg. On the ground floor there will be art studios, a restaurant, a gym and an entrance lobby on top of the basement parking. Floor 2 and 3 will be commercial with a open office floor plan. Going further up there is space for affordable housing with gardens, mid income apartments and all the way in the top high end apartments with stunning views to the surrounding and the historic city center. 

The Parmentier
1:200 model
Project :  Parmentier (mixed use tower)
Location : Leiden, Netherlands
Program : Housing, offices, public green.
Size: 20.000 m2
Client : Urban Development Partners B.V., Citystone group
Status :  In progress (2025-current)
Design team : Matter Makers in collaboration with A-W-R and 
INBO. 

The design of the façade is inspired by minimalist artist Jan Schoonhoven, known for his papier-maché reliefs. Although the inspiration is from a minimalist, the execution of the design of the façade panels have a lot of dept and 3 dimensionality. The façade blocks will be made from recycled waste mixed in concrete and are designed to last for more than 100 years. The color of the façade is inspired by the color and richness of sandstone blocks and relate to the historical colors or Leiden. By stacking the façade blocks in an alternating rhythm the tower is 'dancing' from a distance and avoids being as straight forward and boring as the grid of the tower requires to be for its functionality. 
Relief work of Jan Schoonhoven (b. 1914, Delft, The Netherlands, d. 1994, Delft)
Parmentier from the Mare neighborhood
Street between 2 towers
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