Cookie factory transformed into housing

Punselie factory location in the old center of Gouda

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Since 1872 the Punselie family ran a cookie factory on this historical spot in the old center of Gouda. In 2024 the factory is relocated out of the city, to make place for housing. In close collaboration with architect Bart Duvekot and advised by historical experts, we analysed each building on the site to determine its cultural value, in order to come to a balanced combination of old and new architectural elements. Because of the depth of the urban building block and the sustainability goals of the municipality, our aim is to realise a semi-public accessible green inner court yard that gives access to four of the inner dwellings and connects all the apartments to this collective space.

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Location: Punselie factory complex between Spieringstraat and Tuinstraat in Gouda | Program: transformation from cookie factory containing several monuments to 19 apartments around a public accessible green court yard | Client: Punseliehof BV  | Architects: Menno Trautwein in collaboration with ir bart duvekot architecten | Period: 2021-current | Phase: building permit for phase 4 (court yard with four dwellings) pending, execution of renovation and rebuilding of phase 1+2+4 started in 2023