Urban living in Almere

The 157 flats are all for rent and are of various sizes. There are flats from 45 to 60 m2, from 60 to 70 m2 and 67 'Friendshomes' with a surface area of 65 to 100 m2. HighNote is a 19-storey residential tower. It has adaptive capacity: there is flexibility in spatial design and programming. Thus, homes can be adapted or merged in the future.

What is special about this project is that the chosen method of construction immediately reveals the appearance of the building. Whereas a more traditional form of construction often involves working from the inside out and applying the cladding later, in HighNote it is exactly the other way round.

HighNote's façade is constructed almost entirely of prefabricated elements. Before installation, the top of each element is fitted with a specially developed safety fence that also serves as an edge box and brace. A number of elements were fitted with the balconies on site, including panel fencing with glass infill, before being mounted on the building.

The use of safety fences at the top of the concrete sandwich elements ensures safety and makes it possible to work entirely without scaffolding. After the façade elements have been placed, the walls, with steel wall boxes, and the floors can be poured, after which finishing work coud start quickly.