AMSTERDAM.Projects 8. Lloyd Hotel and Cultural Embassy Amsterdam, Netherlands MVRDV hotel, renovation, tourism WOZOCO. Nemo.

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1 AMSTERDAM Projects 8 Created 23-Nov-13 By Jose ignacio sarua, bordeaux, France Lloyd Hotel and Cultural Embassy hotel, renovation, tourism Nemo Silodam 3 Parkrand housing, kindergarten WOZOCO 6 Van Gogh Museum 7 Gerrit Rietveld museum 4 housing housing Renzo Piano museum 2 Cancer Center Amsterdam 8 health care, hospital 5 De Kameleon 9 NL s car park, commercial space, housing 1

2 photo: photo: Naomi Schiphorst Lloyd Hotel and Cultural Embassy Oostelijke Handelskade BN Amsterdam The Lloyd Hotel, a former immigrants hostel, is a new hotel centrally situated in the Amsterdam s Eastern Docklands area Several Dutch architects, designers and artists have transformed this monument dating from 1921 into a hotel were responsible for the design of the main hall, the heart of the building Here a new dining room is cut out of the existing structure, forming a 6-storey void with three boxes and platforms hanging inside it All 117 rooms - with ratings from one to five stars - differ in size and interior MVDRV and Joep van Lieshout, together with Bureau Lakenvelder, designed several rooms; furniture and interior objects were contributed by ao Claudy Jongstra, Hella Jongerius, Marcel Wanders and Richard Hutten photo: Allard van der Hoek Project is public! 2004 Main designer,, Interior architect Interior architect Interior architect Interior architect MI_MOA Bureau Lakenvelder Joep van Lieshout Richard Hutten Lloyd Hotel 24/7 Take tram 26 (IJtram) for a direct connection and get off at stop Rietlandpark 2

3 photo: Martin Alberts photo: Naomi Schiphorst Nemo Oosterdok VX Amsterdam NEMO is a science museum for children, located on a small plot in the old port of Amsterdam It is built on top of the IJtunnel, which connects Amsterdam Noord with the city centre Surrounded by water, the building has the shape of a ship s bow and a green copper façade The public roof is designed as a large grandstand and acts as a public piazza, offering a beautiful view over the old town photo: Wikipedia - Gamekeeper Project is public! 1997 Contractor Renzo Piano BAM Nederlands Instituut voor Nijverheid en Techniek (NINT) MI_MOA Tuesday to Sunday from 10 AM to 5 PM During Dutch school holidays and in June, July and August open every day Closed: New Years Day, 27 April (Kingsday), 25 December (Christmas) From Amsterdam Central Station, it is a five-minute walk to NEMO Leave the station on the south side and then turn left 3

4 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Silodam Silodam AL Amsterdam The Housing Silo is situated on the IJ River, at the tip of the pier, next to two former grain warehouses (silos) that have been converted into housing The 157 apartments, business units and public spaces, in the Housing Silo, are compressed within a 10 storey high and 20 meters deep urban envelope The apartments, rental and owner in different sizes, are stacked, legible on the façade, each of which is expressed differently The aim of mixing functions spatially (commercial units and semi-public spaces were not to be confined automatically to ground level but distributed throughout the complex) has not been realized All commercial units have been gathered in a clearly recognisable volume At the west side is a shared roof terrace for residents, and small boats can moor between the columns underneath Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Contractor Bouwbedrijf MJ de Nijs en Zn Cauberg-Huygen Pieters Bouwtechniek Rabo Vastgoed, De Principaal BV MI_MOA For more info about excursions in the Silodam (Costs: 3 Euro pp) or to make an appointment, please mail to: excursie at silodamorg Requests should be made 2 weeks prior to the requested excursion date Tram 3, stop at Planciusstraat / Zoutkeetsgracht, cross the bridge, go right, into the Barentszstraat Go to the end of the street, and then go left, onto the Barentszplein At the trafficlights, walk straight on, towards the Silodam Bus 48 from Central Station to stop Westerdoksdijk / Van Diemenstraat 4

5 Parkrand Dr Colijnstraat CP Amsterdam The neighbourhood Geuzenveld is located in the western garden cities of Amsterdam There is plenty of public space available but most of these green spaces lack grandeur The project is regarded to be a 'key-operation within the urban renewal of Geuzeveld-Slotermeer The building should provide an iconographic quality to the neighbourhood which it was lacking before The housing block is situated at the edge of a park and consists out of 5 towers, positioned on a deck, carrying a two level roof plate The positioning of the towers provides a clear view from all apartments to the park Because of the holes, or empty spaces in-between, the dwellings behind the big block also still have a view on the park The title of the project - Parkrand means park-edge Project is not public! Developer Kristal Het Oosten Bjorn_Utpott The Geuzenveld neighbourhood is west of the city centre of Amsterdam Tram line 13 takes you from the Central Train Station to the neighbourhood Geuzenveld Stop at Dhr H Colijnstraat You can also take bus number 21 and 192 from the centre Stop at Dhr H Colijnstraat 5

6 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd WOZOCO Reimerswaalstraat AE Amsterdam This housing for elderly people is probably one of the most published architecture projects of its times and also from Holland Its very powerful image is the result of urban policy: the architects couldn't place all the 100 apartments in a linear building, because there was a height restriction Thus the overhang volumes: all the apartments that couldn't fit into the linear volume where hang on the northern side, with a east-west orientation photo: Dirk Verwoerd Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Contractor Arup Intervam Noordwest Pieters Bouwtechniek Woningbouwvereniging Het Oosten (Stadgenoot) stefan_tuchila Bus 23; from Central Station bus 19 and 64 The interior is not open for the public 6

7 photo: Luuk Kramer photo: Luuk Kramer Van Gogh Museum Paulus Potterstraat CX Amsterdam The main building of the Van Gogh Museum is located at the Paulus Potterstraat, and was the first building of the museum, where both the collection was house and the varying expositions took place Now this part is only used for the presentation of the permanent collection The building was designed in by Dutch architect and furniture designer Gerrit Rietveld After he died, his companions completed the building Rietveld was an important member of De Stijl, a group of progressive artiest and architects who where active during the 1920s and published their own magazine From his modernist vision, Rietveld emphasized in his designs on the geometric shapes with light and open spaces The most striking part of this museum are the stairs in the central hall The daylight enters the hall from above, through the large hall and pours into the adjacent galleries Project is public! 1973 Gerrit Rietveld Van Gogh Museum MI_MOA photo: Luuk Kramer Museum: daily hr, Friday until 22 hr Buy your ticket online, to skip the large waiting cues The Van Gogh Museum is parked at the Museumplein in Amsterdam, in-between the Rijksmuseum the Stedelijk Museum From Central Station take tram 2 (direction Nieuw Sloten) or 5 (direction Amstelveen Binnenhof) stop at Van Baerlestraat From train Station Zuid WTC take tram 5 (direction Centraal Station) and stop at Van Baerlestraat Or take tram 3 or 12 and stop at Van Baerlestraat, or bus 145, 170 & 172 and stop at Museumplein 7

8 photo: Maarten Helle Cancer Center Amsterdam De Boelelaan HZ Amsterdam The Cancer Center Amsterdam (CCA) is part of and built in the direct vicinity of the VU Medical Centre (VUmc) It is an academical cancer expertise centre for research and treatment The CCA is financed mainly through private means and therefore built their semi-permanent housing with prefabricated building units that look like stacked containers The building has 7 storeys, each covering some 1425 m2 The whole complex was built within a year The team of project members supported the CCA by delivering the building system and their services for cost-price Project is not public! De Meeuw Bouwsystemen Cancer Center Amsterdam Bjorn_Utpott The closest train station is Zuid-WTC, from which it is about 15 minutes walking You can also take tram/subway 50 to the stop at Amstelveenseweg From here it's about 10 minutes walking Tram 16 and 24 leave from Central Station and stop directly at the Vumc 8

9 photo: Paulo dos Sousa photo: Paulo dos Sousa De Kameleon Kraaiennest CB Amsterdam De Kameleon is a 180m long building located in the problematic area of Bijlmer in the surroundings of Amsterdam This project is part of an urban program that tries to revitalize this area The building combines housing with commercial spaces and public car parking Above the commercial space and the parking a roof garden creates a special calm place for the residents The garden is oriented towards an elevated metro station at the same level From here a wide opening in the building allows an unique visual connection from outside-in and inside-out Project is public! Floor area/size m² NL s Paulo_dos_Sousa photo: Paulo dos Sousa It is possible to take from the Central Station the Metro Line 53 to the Kraaienneststation 9