Tower D: Striking Tilburg landmark on waterfront

Under the project name Aan de Waterkant, Piushaven in Tilburg was recently transformed from a former industrial harbor into a versatile and lively waterfront residential and commercial area. Commissioned by Triborgh Area Development, the developed and realized plan included the realization of some 300 homes in several blocks. One of these blocks is Tower D, a real eye-catcher that is also the first all-electric residential tower in Tilburg. In anticipation of the obligation to build without gas, Remmers Bouwgroep took care of the complete construction of this striking object.

Tower D is not only a fantastic place to live, the structure is also a future-proof addition to the city. The characteristic new building and its perfect location in relation to Tilburg's city center, amenities and arterial roads make the tower and the rest of the area a tremendously beautiful location.

Spread over thirteen floors, Tower D offers a wide variety of apartments with balconies or loggias, sublime views and private parking in the basement. The sizes of the 34 owner-occupied apartments range from 90 to 180 m². Under the basement, deep, sealed wells have been drilled between the pile foundations for the benefit of the CHP system. The roof is equipped with heat pumps and solar panels.

Facade fragment.

Split

Remmers Bouwgroep of Tilburg, active with the Housing & Care, Sports & Education and Business Housing market windows, started the work as general contractor in the summer of 2018. Last March, the project was delivered. Director Peter Picavet looks back on a successful and special construction project with great satisfaction. "This is the first all-electric tower in Tilburg," he says. "The fact that the building is completely gasless means that the generation of heat and cold must be fulfilled in an alternative way. In the end, we opted for a combination of thermal energy storage and heat pumps." For that first facility, Remmers created 26 wells in the basement that had to be installed at a certain distance from each other as well as from the piles. This posed a limitation in terms of the number of sealed wells that could be installed. To accommodate this, the company made a split. "While the first eight floors are heated and cooled with the WKO installation in the basement, the upper floors obtain their climate comfort from the heat pumps on the roof," says Picavet, who finally praises the aesthetic appearance of the tower. "Thanks to the special construction, façade structure and high quality masonry, we have put up a building that the residents of Tilburg will enjoy looking at. We are therefore proud of the final result."