Colorful Affordable Housing Complex Looks Like It Came Straight From A Wes Anderson Movie

Colorful Affordable Housing Complex Looks Like It Came Straight From A Wes Anderson Movie

Colorful Affordable Housing Complex Looks Like It Came Straight From A Wes Anderson Movie When people think of affordable or social housing, they might often picture dull, dilapidated buildings, or tiny homes with bare minimum essentials.  But a new social housing project in the city of Hilversum, located southeast of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, has some serious curb appeal. A side-view of Volante. Photo by Stjin Bollaert Designed by Dutch architecture studio Monadnock, the project, named Volante, features up to seven stories of colorful, pastel perfection that appears to be “accidentally Wes Anderson.”  The new residential development takes the place of a former care facility, with an additional wing built on the deck of a new parking lot. It includes 108 “social rent” apartments, a term that refers to rent that is significantly lower than market rates, often set by a government formula tied to local incomes, which makes it easier for low-income residents to afford housing.  A close-up o…