commercial space, housing, retail 8 Almere, Netherlands Borren Staalenhoef Architecten leisure, sport

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1 Almere Projects 10 Created 16-Jan-10 By Alexandra de la Cruz, Québec, Canada La Defense Almere, UNStudio office De Kunstlinie Block 16 De Citadel Project X The Angle 7 Almeerse Hockey Club 8 Almere, Borren Staalenhoef en leisure, sport 4 Blok 5 9 Almere, search cafe, housing, shopping centre 5 Almere, Christian de Portzamparc commercial space, housing 3 Almere, René van Zuuk Architekten housing Almere, S333 commercial space, housing, retail Almere, SANAA theatre, music theatre 2 Villa Kroos 10 Almere, Mieke Vullings private house 6 Almere, René van Zuuk Architekten private house Brandboxx 11 Almere, KOW commercial space, showroom 1

2 photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Dirk Verwoerd La Defense W Dreesweg CL Almere La Defense office complex exists out of two volumes that surround a inner courtyard The exterior façade reflects the larger urban condition, with silver-colored aluminium panels, while the interior façades of the courtyards have been designed with the office tenants in mind These façades are clad with glass panels in which a multi-colored foil is integrated and, depending on the time of day and the angle of incidence, a variety of different colours are reflected, animating the courtyards photo: Dirk Verwoerd m² Contractor Structural engineer UNStudio Hegeman Bouwgroep JVZ Ingenieurs Eurocommerce Bjorn_Utpott Office hours The office building is situated in the business centre of Almere, on walking distance from the Central Station 2

3 photo: Frank van Dam photo: Frank van Dam De Kunstlinie Esplanade TA Almere Designed by Japanse Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa on the shore (and partly on top) of the "Weerwater" lake that borders Almere's city center, the theatre is part of Rem Koolhaas master plan It has two large theaters, offices and a number of smaller performance, rehearsal, administrative, and support spaces "Even the small spaces need to have their own comfort The big theater is of course important, but the piano studio is just as important to the person who comes for a piano lesson" These spaces connect through each other, without corridors or hallways This said Kazuyo Sejima, "allows people to choose their own experience and enjoy the other functions of the building" All external facades are made of glass Throughout the building one finds light effects and views over the water Thin walls, roofs and floors complete the design Schouwburg Almere and Kunstencentrum de Kunstlinie share the same complex and must be able to function simultaneously and independently Project is public! m² Roof & facade consultant Theatre consultant Acoustics consultant Project manager Structural engineer SANAA Van Dool Geveltechniek Janssen-Motosugi Theatre Consultants DHV Ballast Nedam ABT Gemeente Almere MI_MOA photo: Frank van Dam Daily, depending on classes, expositions and concerts From Almere Central Station take bus 1 to eilandenbuurt, stop at Esplanade Or take bus 2 with direction Gooise Kant and stop at Esplanade 3

4 photo: Christian Richters photo: Christian Richters Block 16 Koetsierbaan Almere Block 16 is part of the masterplan designed by OMA for a new prestigious city centre in Almere The autonomous expressive block reacts on two conditions: the billowing end marks as a kind of gatekeeper and the building fits in with the right angled grid of the adjacent glass high-rise housing blocks The clock is sited on a basement car park (design OMA) serving as a pedestal The elevated deck level is half occupied by the common entrance and the storerooms The other part is a gym which continued on the parking level below where it ends in the fitness-café, an autonomous pavilion The design of Block 16 is largely based on an analysis of tunnel formwork constructions Implementation of this mode of construction is financially attractive in developing major housing projects Variation in the length of adjacent tunnels breaks the monotonous structure The result is a wavy facade surface providing the block with a dynamic quality (Maarten Willems for René van Zuuk Architekten) m² Contractor Roof & facade consultant Structural engineer René van Zuuk Architekten Dura Vermeer Metaalbouw TSV Pieters Bouwtechniek Ontwikkelingscombinatie Almere Hart cv Rene_van_Zuuk photo: DJ Hoogerdijk 4

5 photo: Dan Bagnall De Citadel Bordes 1 NL-1020 Almere The beginning idea of the plan of OMA for the Almere centre, 1994, was based on the superposition of uses, with an emphasis on pedestrians and the buildings This block, which is home to the main commercial centre is paradigmatic regarding its variety of uses, from the car park and the underground infrastructures up to the inhabited green covering Portzamparc's development of the Master Plan guidelines has a few changes and the deck is, after all, not a public space, but a bonus for the residents of the terraced houses and the tower The plan's proposal to recreate the density of a medieval city with regard to population and combination of uses has not quite been materialised In the first images of the project there were cows grazing on the deck and the slab of dwelling floated over the commercial streets It is, however, an example of how the uses of urban centres can be combined in many different ways photo: Luuk Kramer Project is public! m², Urban planner Structural engineer Christian de Portzamparc Boele & van Eesteren Eurowoningen aplust 5

6 photo: René van Zuuk photo: Christian Richters Project X De Fantasie HZ Almere Behind the somewhat mysterious name Project X, hides the design of René van Zuuk and his family s residence The villa with a small office space is located right next to the architect s former residence Psyche in Almere s The Fantasy district, an area for experimental housing Because the old house serves as his office since 2004, it occurred that the 2 plots could be consolidated into one garden The garden area is optimized by leaving only the width of a parking space between Project X and its neighbouring house From an urban point of view 3 major considerations were important: the box-shaped appearance of all the Fantasy dwellings, the fixed building line and the pattern of alternating building heights Placing the lower storey half below ground level resulted in House X being lower than the adjacent dwellings, thus fitting in the height sequence The distance to the water is reduced, creating a sense of living along the waterfront despite the rather modest size of the canal photo: Christian Richters m² René van Zuuk Architekten Rene van Zuuk en Marjo Korner Rene_van_Zuuk 6

7 photo: Jan Bitter photo: Jan Bitter The Angle Citadel Almere The Angle, Almere the is a four storey mixed use housing and retail project containing 54 dwellings and 3900 m2 of retail space completed in 2007 In 1996, Office of Metropolitan s (OMA) began developing a masterplan for Almere that would provide 1000 new housing units and a host of other cultural facilities such as shops, a museum, library and theatre S333 worked alongside internationally renowned architects including Rem Koolhaas, Kazuyo Sejima, Gigon and Geyer, MVRDV, UN Studio, SeArch, Christian Portzamparc, William Alsop and David Chipperfield The Angle (block 7 + 9) is the final project in OMA s masterplan to complete and it signifies the completed construction of Almere s brand new city centre that is expected to reach up to 250,000 inhabitants by 2010 photo: Jan Bitter 2007 Technical engineer S333 Pieters Bouwtechniek Almere Hart CV: Bouwfonds MAB, Euro Woningen S

8 photo: Pieter Kers photo: Pieter Kers Almeerse Hockey Club Tuinkruidenpad JW Almere The Almeerse Hockey Club is one of the fastest growing sports clubs in the new town of Almere Ten years after realizing its first pavilion (now demolished), this building has been realized with a clear vision on future development The club competes with older 'classical' hockey clubs in the Gooi region The building is designed to be extended in the future and incorporate a stand when the club reaches first division Now it is a transparent building, well protected by a steel clad base The pavilion has three floor levels in before coming to the first floor thus keeping the spectators in contact with the fields and each other All used materials are free of maintenance so volunteers can concentrate on sports photo: Pieter Kers m², Interior architect Borren Staalenhoef en yep Almeerse Hockey Club 8

9 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Fernando Miguel García Martín Blok 5 Flevostraat 1315 CC Almere Due to economic fluctuations, the components of Blok 5's original programme have been frequently changed, switched or moved In this final scheme, a high rise block is located on the banks of the Weerwater, the lake beside which the new town centre is located This tower consists of a rectilinear planned apartment block placed above a trapezium-shaped base that contains a Grand Café These two contrasting volumes are morphed together to form one continuous building At the other end of the site, a shopping 'warehouse' bridges over a new internal street The main shopping thoroughfare of the Diagonaal links the two While the long stretch of this street is subdivided into individual units, the flowing shop fronts and torqued surfaces of the elevations unite the long façade (text from architect's website) Project is public! 2008 search Almere Hart cv fotosvoladoras photo: Dirk Verwoerd 9

10 photo: Mieke Vullings photo: Irene van Hooff Villa Kroos Ludenbos EL Almere This villa is located in a new district called Almere Overgooi, characterized by large parcels and luxury villas, showing a rich mixture of architecture styles Contrary to common building rules in the, the municipality of Almere decided to not prescribe a particular architecture for this district's development plan It's astounding however that with so much freedom, a majority chooses for catalogue housing But not for this project! The clients were determined to build their modern dream-house on a plot of no less than 3000 sqm The concept is based on a zigzag plan turned 15 deg on its location, which arises from the orientation of the sun, direction of the wind and views from inside and when arriving at the villa The volume is split up in a higher block at the north and lower block at the south The living area for cooking, dining and relaxing forms the heart of the villa in one large open space, which stands in direct contact with the rest of the house and garden photo: Mieke Vullings m² Contractor Project manager Mieke Vullings Bouw2000 Vidazz private Mieke 10

11 photo: Herman van Doorn photo: Ronald Schlundt Bodien Brandboxx Veluwezoom AA Almere Nowadays the requirements for the location of a trade market are: accessibility and sufficient parking Cities cannot cope with the land prices as they are very high As said by the municipality of Amsterdam: "we can keep our strong position and keep expanding due to the possibilities of Almere" Brandboxx is built in the business area Veluwseside-West, located next to the A6 The location forms the entrance to Almere and therefore, it represents the city The Brandboxx building had to fulfill a number of strict requirements With its Modern look, it is the central meeting place for the fashion branch photo: Ronald Schlundt Bodien Project is public! m² Technical engineer KOW BAM BAM Utiliteitsbouw BV & TCN Property Projects KOW_ure Restricted access See the website for more information 11