Camden Town
Hoofddorp
5 buildings with
563 student flats
and common areas
2023 - 2025
applying an overall
plan to multi-level
housing
Camden Town project
Hyde Park is a redevelopment area where offices are giving way to a modern green residential area with 3,800 homes. Part of this district is Camden Town, where Dura Vermeer Zuid-West is developing and building five new residential blocks with 563 student rooms on behalf of DUWO. Installer Nexton - part of Dura Techniek - asked VentKlima to design and install the ventilation systems.
The buildings each have a different look and the apartments range in size from 18 to 32m2. Yet there is little difference between the ventilation systems. "For us, this is repetitive work," says fitter team leader Danny Egberts. That does not mean VentKlima is installing the same system everywhere: in two of the five residential buildings, the so-called CERA system (from the supplier HC Group) will be installed. That is a global solution that has been specially developed for multi-level housing.
Automatic setting thanks to a motorised valve
The CERA system consists of either separate units for each student flat, or one unit for two flats. They are fed by a central air treatment unit in the utility room. Danny: "It is an interesting system because it is controlled by pressure with a variable volume controller for the supply, with the extraction following along as a slave." If the most remote flat is correctly pre-pressurised, the other flats will also run. "The pre-programmed, motorised valve adjusts automatically. I think that's the major benefit of this system."
In the three other residential buildings, VentKlima is installing a traditional two-zone HRS system (Brink Flair, mainly one unit for every two student flats). In these flats, motor-controlled valves (Multi Room Controllers) ensure the right amount of ventilation per flat. Both systems control both the CO2 (using a room sensor) and humidity levels (with a humidistat in the extraction duct).
The power of collaboration
VentKlima is taking care of everything for the project in Hoofddorp: from the drawings, engineering, plan consultations and lean sessions to the implementation. Other companies from the Interduct family who are also involved are Robé - for the roof fittings, flat ducts and shaft ducts - and VentTrade, which supplies various fittings plus the circular ductwork. The manufacturer of the prefab shower cubicles is also playing a special role: they are pre-installing part of the ductwork into the shower cubicles before installing them into the flats. A raised edge on the cubicles makes the channels invisible. VentKlima then installs inducing diffuser grilles and extraction valves in this, so that the occupants are supplied with fresh air from the shower core. This is how we collaborate to create a sustainable, healthy and comfortable indoor climate in these 563 student flats.
Project Camden Town in photos
