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Author
DE ARCHITEKTENCIE
City
Amsterdam
Country
The Netherlands
Year
2005
Program
Residential development
Technical Info
Site area
60000 sqm
Gfa
0
sqm
Density
0 far
Population density
1200
inh/ha
Home Units:
565
Jobs
0
Streetsroad:
0
%
Buildup:
0
%
NonBuild-up:
0 %
Residential
0 %
Business
0
%
Commercial
0
%
Civic
0
%
Description
- The triangular site is bordered by:
- Existing neighborhood on one side.
- Nieuwevaart canal along the south side.
- Curving elevated railroad tracks on the east side.
- The design combines principles from perimeter block and garden city typologies.
- The south and east sides are lined with “ell”-shaped brick slabs, enclosing an interior park area.
- A discontinuous grid of 16 free-standing urban villas is aligned with Cruquiustraat.
- Cars are parked in the basement of the perimeter slab, leaving the landscaped interior entirely for pedestrians.
- A wider swath of park is left between the existing buildings on the west side and the edge of the urban villas.
- The site is expressed as four distinct components:
- Funenpark: A shared public open space along the west side.
- Het Funen: The zone of urban villas.
- Sporenboog: The slab curving along the east edge.
- Cruquiustkade: The slab facing the canal along the south side.
- De Architekten Cie designed the two perimeter slabs, while 9 other architects designed the urban villas.
- The villas follow a fixed grid, but vary in design, materials, and height, ranging from 10 to 24 dwellings each.
- The design references a rational order but follows the model of free-standing elements in a garden setting.
- All villas are entered from the public garden space, with ground-floor dwellings enabled by the strategy of parking cars under the perimeter block.
- A continuous landscape mat between the buildings features a zig-zag pattern of paved walkways that define odd-shaped planters and lawns.
- The roofs are terraced, with 50% of the roof space used, creating sculptural objects in the landscape when viewed from upper levels.
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