Rizoem

The problem

Rizoem is an area development firm in Groningen. They work on places where people live, work and meet, and they often help others carry out their plans: housing corporations, municipalities, care providers and groups of residents. Their projects are as much about people as about buildings, and the site had to tell them that way.

Approach

Idee-fix made the concept and the design. I built the site in WordPress. The homepage opens with a full-width photo slider, with short lines like 'Droom over mooie plekken' in a purple block. The about page introduces the team as a grid of portraits with a name and a link per person. The portfolio is a mosaic of photos and renders in different sizes, with a 'show more' button underneath. A project page starts with a large photo and a title, then a short intro and a contact person with a photo. 'Read more' folds out the full story, with quotes from residents and more photos between the paragraphs. News and blog posts have a sidebar with search, recent items and categories. Address, phone number and email sit in the purple footer on every page.

Outcome

Rizoem got a site where a project reads as a story with people in it, and where each project names the person to call about it.

What changed

• Portfolio as a photo mosaic with a 'show more' button.
• Project pages with a fold-out story and a named contact person.
• Team page with a portrait and link for each person.
• News and blog with search and categories.