Amsterdam Projects 24 Created 25-Feb-16 By Ana Martín, Madrid, Spain The Whale de Architekten Cie housing Studio Thonik IJ tower UVA Dek Housing Sarphatistraat Stadgenoot pavilion Borneo Sporenburg Bridges Borneo Sporenburg Nemo 7 Silodam Toyo Ito 14 Hervormd Lyceum West 15 Hermitage Amsterdam 16 WOZOCO 17 MVRDV housing 8 Van Gogh Museum 18 Gerrit Rietveld museum 9 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 19 David Chipperfield s office 10 Cancer Center Amsterdam 20 MVRDV health care, hospital 11 Renzo Piano museum Hans van Heeswijk architecten museum West 8 urban plan 6 West 8 bridge 13 TANGRAM Architekten secondary school Steven Holl auditorium, pavilion 5 VMX s student housing, commercial space, apartment Waternet Toyo Ito office Claus en Kaan en commercial space, student housing 4 Neutelings Riedijk housing, fitness club Herman Hertzberger office MVRDV atelier, private house 3 Municipal Orphanage 21 Aldo van Eyck education, kindergarten 12 MVRDV housing http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ Library of special collection 22 Atelier PRO library 1
Crystal Court TANGRAM Architekten housing 23 Hubertushuis Apolloschool 25 Herman Hertzberger primary school 24 Aldo van Eyck monument, social housing http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ Six Dwellings in Borneo Eiland 26 Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT dwellings 2
photo: architour photo: Allard van der Hoek The Whale Baron G A Tindalplein 1 1019 TW Amsterdam The Whale is one of three big meteorites which have landed in-between the lowrise row houses on the Islands of Borneo and Sporenburg Thanks to its sculptural shape, this building by Frits van Dongen is a real landmark Inside are 194 apartments and 1100 m2 office and retail space Underneath is a large parking garage with 179 places The traditional closed block (100 by 60 m) has been transformed by lifting the two, so the public space flows through underneath Inside the block is a private garden, designed by West 8 The apartments are accessed from galleries running along the inner façade Floor area/size 2000 35800 m² Main designer, Landscape architect Contractor Supplier Structural engineer de Architekten Cie West 8 Heijmans NedZink NTV Pieters Bouwtechniek Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij New Deal MI_MOA photo: Luis Monteiro http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 3
photo: Maarten Helle Studio Thonik Weesperzijde 79d 1091 EJ Amsterdam In this inner city courtyard the Amsterdam-based studio for visual communication, Thonik, has its atelier and house The two storey volume is wrapped by a polyurethane coating, a material that mergers the volume into a homogeneous building without details To emphasise on the 'plastic' effect of the material, originally bright orange had been chosen for the colour, a favourite colour from the palette of the users, Studio Thonik, graphic designers But, the inhabitants of the surrounding houses claimed they experienced serious nuisance from this colour Quote: ''The doctor had ordered me not to be preoccupied with it anymore It has given me so much private misery Orange does something to you It does not really hurt the eyes, it injures the mind" Part of the interior is designed bij Richard Hutten 2001 Main designer, Interior architect MVRDV Richard Hutten Thonik MI_MOA You can visit the inner courtyard throughout the day Tram 3, subway 51, 53, 54 stop at Wibautstraat http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 4
IJ tower Oostelijke Handelskade 1213 1019 DN Amsterdam This seventy meters high, 20 stories apartment tower is situated on the dam towards the KNSM Island, in the former docklands, east of the centre of Amsterdam The tower has a regular facade composition with a diagonal window pattern Several 'holes' in the building give it a strong sculpturally and generate a variety of 20 different dwelling types The tower has been sculpted differently at each side The building works as an orientating element in the new dockland area The 3 stories plinth of the tower consists of a fitness club, roof garden, commercial retail spaces and a parking garage Floor area/size 1998 11500 m² Structural engineer Contractor Neutelings Riedijk Ingenieursbureau Zonneveld Dura Vermeer Blauwhoed Eurowoningen, Rotterdam Naomi Tram 10 passes by Stop at Van Eesterenlaan http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 5
photo: Maarten Helle UVA Dek Sarphatistraat 143 1018 GD Amsterdam These student houses are pretty small: 35 to 55 m2 To compensate their lack of physical space they get a large window on the street The windows are set, not in a conventional matrix, but move from side to side The ground floor is reserved for commercial space and large entrée halls with big glass façades The choice of materials is based upon the old monumental canal-facing warehouses The glass windows are enclosed with metal, a modern version of the wooden frames surrounding the windows on the canal houses The brick is painted black This way the façade is perceived as a flat stretch instead of separate bricks This is an effect often seen at the canals in Amsterdam Floor area/size 9-2002 3700 m² Claus en Kaan en Woonstichting De Key, De Principaal, Amsterdam MI_MOA tram 10 and 7 and subway 53 stop at Weesperplein http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 6
photo: Maarten Helle Housing Sarphatistraat Sarphatistraat 141 1018 GD Amsterdam These apartments are designed as units with a large open space with open kitchen and enclosed bathroom They are built for the visiting scholars of the University of Amsterdam The only fixed elements are the service ducts, thus providing a large freedom in the configuration of the service-elements Each apartment had one huge oval window, cut out of the concrete These prefabricated concrete elements are made out of polyester-concrete Floor area/size 2002 6000 m² VMX s Universiteit van Amsterdam MI_MOA tram 10 and 7 and subway 53 stop at Weesperplein http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 7
Stadgenoot pavilion Sarphatistraat 370 1018 GW Amsterdam http://wwwstadgenootnl/ This pavilion is part of a renovation Steven Holl did for Het Oosten, a housing developer in Amsterdam Since a merger in 2008 Het Oosten is part of StadgenootThe old brick building (1889) on the De Singel canal in Amsterdam was originally built as a storage for medicine With this pavilion the housing developer wanted to explain its views on sustainable building with the use of ornaments The pavilion is 285 m2 big, and 7 meter high It can house gatherings from 20 up to 280 persons The pavilion is not open to the public and is currently used by the people who work at Stadgenoot, for their lunch breaks photo: Maarten Thewissen Floor area/size 2000 330 m², Interior architect Structural engineer Lighting designer Associate architect Steven Holl MI_MOA Ingenieursgroep Van Rossum L'Observatoire International Rappange & Partners en bv Woningcorporatie Stadgenoot, Amsterdam public transport: tram 6, 7 and 10 stop at 's-gravezandestaat, or take the subway, nr 51, 53, 54 to Weesperplein http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 8
photo: architour Borneo Sporenburg Bridges Panamakade 144 1019 AX Amsterdam http://wwwamsterdamdocklandscom Two red steel bridges span the water between the residential islands Sporenburg and Borneo The pedestrian bridge is very high and designed as an architectural walk, taking pedestrians to a height where they have a spectacular view over the surrounding patio houses and also allowing sail boats to access a small marina The lower bridge at the opposite end of the harbour is made for disabled persons, buggies and bikes photo: Matthijs Borghgraef Project is public! 2000 Landscape architect West 8 Ontwikkelingsbedrijf Amsterdam Naomi 24/7 in public space The nicest way to go to the Eastern Docklands, is to take the boat from the Central Station to the Java-island It leaves from behind the central station, at pier 7 It's a free ride, and takes about 10 min, to the head of the Java-island From there it's about 15 min walking to the KNSM-island and 20 min to Sporenburg and Borneo http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 9
photo: architour photo: City of Amsterdam, Archives Borneo Sporenburg C van Eesterenlaan 41 1019 JK Amsterdam http://wwwamsterdamdocklandscom A total of 2500 dwellings have been built on the two former harbour peninsulas Borneo and Sporenburg The area was covered with a carpet of low-rise/high-density back-to-back patio houses, interrupted by 3 large landmark buildings Various architects each designed a type of patio house, which were grouped in small clusters and re-appear in several places on the islands The main challenge was to develop a typology in which a small patio provides daylight and private outdoor space for the inhabitants photo: City of Amsterdam, Archives Project is public! 1997 Urban planner West 8 City of Amsterdam Naomi The nicest way to go to the Eastern Docklands, is to take the boat from the Central Station to the Java-island It leaves from behind the central station, at pier 7 It's a free ride, and takes about 10 min, to the head of the Java-island From there it's about 15 min walking to the KNSM-island and 20 min to Sporenburg and Borneo You can also take tram 10 or 26 from Central Station Or rent a bike http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 10
photo: Martin Alberts Nemo Oosterdok 2 1011 VX Amsterdam http://wwwe-nemonl/ 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 11
Silodam Silodam 1 1013 AL Amsterdam http://wwwsilodamorg/ 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 photo: Bjorn Utpott Floor area/size 2002 26000 m² Contractor Structural engineer Structural engineer MVRDV 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 12
photo: Bjorn Utpott Waternet Spaklerweg 16 1096 BA Amsterdam http://wwwwaternetnl/ The Water Management and Sewerage Service is the ' first wastewater chain company The Waternet Double Tower head office now stands at a bend in the River Amstel in Amsterdam The open workplace, social space, the building as urban object, the building's capacity to accept change, and Structuralism are themes found throughout Hertzberger's office designs A number of bridges link the two tower components, forging them into a single organic and organizational whole This happens most literally at the eighth and ninth storey Here is the building's heart, where a restaurant and a meeting centre with a large congress hall, a foyer and a café will draw to them all those working in the building This is the place with the best views It is also the most arresting part of the building seen from outside, certainly when lit up at night Each storey has a straight side ideal for furnishing with traditional office rooms, and a curved side inviting a more open planning photo: Bjorn Utpott Floor area/size 2005 28500 m² Structural engineer Contractor Herman Hertzberger Royal Haskoning Ballast Nedam Dienst Waterbeheer en Riolering Waternet Bjorn_Utpott At walking distance from Spakleweg-station To reach this stop, take Subway line 51, 53 or 54 From Amstel Station its about 10 min walking http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 13
photo: Gijs photo: Gijs Toyo Ito Gustav Mahlerplein 117 1082 MS Amsterdam http://wwwmahler4nl The tower Toyo Ito (the building is named after its designer) is part of the Mahler 4 complex on the international business centre the Zuidas in Amsterdam Together with its neighbor Viñoly it is one of the most striking and recognizable buildings so far The building has several glass windows or holes in it The idea behind these voids is to enter the outside life into the building and to add light and space to the interior The first 6 floors are mainly occupied with offices, for the 370 employees The upper floors, in the second part of the building are reserved for meeting rooms This way the employees can reach their workspace faster, while meetings are held in the most elevated spaces Floor area/size 2005 34600 m² Main designer, Interior architect Technical engineer Toyo Ito Ontwerpgroep Trude Hooykaas Deerns Raadgevende Ingenieurs ING Real Estate Gijs photo: Gijs http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 14
photo: John Lewis Marshall photo: John Lewis Marshall Hervormd Lyceum West Hemsterhuisstraat 79 1065 JX Amsterdam http://wwwhlwnl The use of light in architecture has long been confined to the interior where it remained largely invisible to passers-by Tangram s have succeeded in abolishing the barrier between the illuminated inner world of the building and the city outside with their translucent extension of a secondary school The architects wanted their extension to give new impetus to the school as a whole and to the use of the outdoor space around it Colour and light are crucial ingredients for the new wing and give the school a new identity The lighting, integrated with the internal walls, ceilings and furniture, defines routes through the building and its different functions At night the multicoloured areas of light lend the gardens and the school yard a theatrical quality photo: John Lewis Marshall Public access unknown! 2006 Contractor TANGRAM Architekten Bouwbedrijf MJ de Nijs en Zn Stichting Ceder Groep Kirsten_Hannema http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 15
photo: Luuk Kramer photo: Luuk Kramer Hermitage Amsterdam Amstel 51 1018 DP Amsterdam http://wwwhermitagenl/ photo: Luuk Kramer The Amstelhof building, which was built in the 17th century as a home for the elderly, has been renovated and refurbished to house a branch of the Hermitage Museum from St Petersburg The Hermitage has a collection of three million works of art, far more than can ever be shown in St Petersburg Pieces from the collection were first shown in the Nieuwe Kerk After several successful exhibitions of Russian art, the idea was born to establish an annex of the Hermitage here in Amsterdam Besides fine arts, this centre of Russian culture is used as a venue for concerts and symposiums, houses a library, a documentation centre and shops Project is public! 1-2009 Hans van Heeswijk architecten Stichting Hermitage Amsterdam Hans_van_Heeswijk_s Mon-Sun: 1000-1700 Wed: 1000-2000 In Amsterdam: From Central Station: tram 4 (Rembrandtplein), 9 (Waterlooplein) and subway (Waterlooplein) From Zuid/WTC: metro 51 to Waterlooplein From Sloterdijk Station: metro 50 to Zuid/WTC, from there metro 51 to Waterlooplein From Amstel Station: metro 51, 52, 53 to Waterlooplein The Hermitage Amsterdam is also accessible by the Museum boat (Stopera) Wheelchair Access: All the galleries and facilities are accessible for wheelchair users http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 16
photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd WOZOCO Reimerswaalstraat 1 1069 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 Floor area/size 1997 10000 m² Structural engineer Contractor Structural engineer MVRDV 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 17
photo: Luuk Kramer photo: Luuk Kramer Van Gogh Museum Paulus Potterstraat 7 1071 CX Amsterdam http://wwwvangoghmuseumnl 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 1963-64 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 10-18 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 18
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Strawinskylaan 10 1077 XZ Amsterdam http://wwwfreshfieldscom/locations/netherlands/offices/ The new offices for this law firm are located in an existing freestanding building It's located between the new Amsterdam WTC, a dynamic cluster of new towers, and a residential neighbourhood of modest mid-century villas The project was initially only office interior design and grew into an architectural project The existing building had a strongly articulated façade of tinted glass, bow windows, reverse ziggurat corners, and pale cladding While impractical to reclad, it was important to renovate the base building architecture to some degree to improve its presence whilst emphasising its new life The architectural modifications concentrated on a clearly delineated T section through the building plan which encompasses all of the public environment of the building The new façade, whilst being much more transparent, has an integral strength in its finish and construction, respecting the structural matrix of the existing building Floor area/size 2006 7000 m² David Chipperfield s Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Naomi Take subway/tram or train to 'Amsterdam Zuid WTC', and walk for another 2 minutes http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 19
photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Maarten Helle Cancer Center Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1118 1081 HZ Amsterdam http://wwwcancercenteramsterdamnl/ 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 6-2006 Structural engineer MVRDV De Meeuw Bouwsystemen Cancer Center Amsterdam Bjorn_Utpott photo: 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 20
photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Municipal Orphanage IJsbaanpad 3 1076 Amsterdam The layout reconciles the advantages of a centralized structure with those of a decentralizes pattern of pavilions The pavilions system is transformed into a continuous but perforated built volume within which both the pavilions and the main block are identifiable The entrance court is the heart of the building, it's adjoined by a spacious lobby where the building s two internal streets intersect The residential units are arranged in a staggered formation, giving each of them a communication with an individual outdoor space and with the internal street The result is a poly centric building, with an articulation of large and small, inside and outside, in a successions of units, each defined in its own right, while interlocking rhythmically Underlying this balance is a strictly upheld architectural order, consisting of columns, load-bearing walls and architraves which combine to form a square grid of beams The roof domes on top of the grid provide a continuous spatial articulation photo: José F García Martín Public access unknown! 1960 Aldo van Eyck Frans van Meurs Burgerweeshuis Jose_Garcia Ijsbaanpad -Tram: 16, 24 -Bus: 62, 170, 172, N372 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 21
photo: Ger van der Vlugt photo: Ger van der Vlugt Library of special collection Oude Turfmarkt 129 1012 GC Amsterdam The complex houses the University of Amsterdam's museum and the special collection belonging to the university library All other library components are located in the grounds of the former hospital (Binnengasthuis) backing onto it The entire site has listed status The crux of the plan is an interior street which gives the complex a new main structure This central passage runs parallel with Oude Turfmarkt and is also to be reached from the old hospital grounds by way of a solar court This last-named feature is to endow the cluttered rear of the buildings on the side of the Binnengasthuis grounds with an ambience worthy of a traditional court or hofje The solar court doubles as a glass case for displaying the obliquely placed back section of the building a physical reminder of the site s medieval land division photo: Jeroen Musch Project is public! Floor area/size 2007 6151 m² Main designer, Interior architect Atelier PRO Merkx + Girod en University of Amsterdam Atelier_PRO Special Collections Monday - Friday: 0930-1700 hr Exhibition spaces Monday - Friday: 1000 1700 hr, Saturday, Sunday and Holidays: 1300 1700 uur Contact Specialcollections-uba@uvanl or ub-baliebc@uvanl Tel reception: 020 525 7300 tram lines 4, 9, 16, 24 en 25, stop at the Munt http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 22
photo: Jeroen Apers photo: Jeroen Apers Crystal Court Willem van Weldammelaan 99 1082 KT Amsterdam http://wwwcrystal-courtnl/ Crystal Court is located in Buitenveldert, next to the Gijsbrecht van Aemstelpark To keep a connection between the neighbourhood and the park and not to be a barrier, it was designed as an accumulation of square volumes with big openings in between As a result of the concept, all apartments have different plans and fascinating views through the building The basin around the building floats through the open spaces between the pile of housing volumes, marking the entrances with a clear relation between inside and outside These entrances can also be seen as the winter garden as it is designed as a hothouse photo: Matthijs Borghgraef Floor area/size 2008 8000 m² TANGRAM Architekten Hillen & Roosen Apers http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 23
Hubertushuis Plantage Middenlaan 33-35 1018 DB Amsterdam Van Eyck's work lies in line with that important tradition of humanitarian modernism central to 20th century Dutch architecture The 6-storey Hubertus House cannot be viewed in isolation, although its social success is clearly a result of the way its particular design was carried out It is concerned with the spirit and the establishment of a comfortable scale for the building of this type and size (an open 'home' for single parents and their children) with the creation of a non-stressful environment, in a block that seems to say 'house' Like so many of Van Eyck's schemes, it was a cooperative effort with contributions from Hannie van Eyck and Theo Bosch in particular ( text from Dennis Sharp Twentieth Century ure: a Visual History p363) Project is public! Floor area/size 1978 1200 m² Aldo van Eyck Hubertus Vereniging Wing-Ni photo: Wing-Ni Lam http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 24
Apolloschool Willem Witsenstraat 12-14 1077AZ Amsterdam In the 1980s, Hertzberger designed the Apollo School, a combination of two different schools with two different educational systems He organized all the classrooms around an internal space, an amphitheatre-like organization that has been wholeheartedly emulated since There are smaller corridors and blocked-out areas that allow students to work outside the classrooms The 1990s were a time of shrinking budgets for school construction in the, said Hertzberger To stretch the money, he spent it on creating cohesive organization This tactic was also a response to the wave of immigration: by organizing space well, students of all languages and levels of understanding could feel comfortable photo: Wing-Ni Lam 1983 Herman Hertzberger Wing-Ni http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 25
photo: Adrian Welch Six Dwellings in Borneo Eiland Scheepstimmermanstraat 39 1019 WT Amsterdam The Borneo project is a large scale intervention, in the central harbour at Amsterdam The Six Dwellings are a very small part of it EMBT depart from the existing planning conditions; a house on each side of the street and they transformed it into a single long house that faces both streets The first hypothesis is the abstract planning; a single long house from street to street Then, the small street that existed in the planning becomes an empty house EMBT wanted to investigate the Dutch tradition about single room constructions From this abstract hypothesis, a much more intuitive way of working with living conditions is developed The architect like to play with abstract dimensions that later will become living conditions photo: Adrian Welch Project is public! 8-2000 Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT Smit's Bouwberdrijf BV juan-andres http://wwwmimoaeu/users/ane/guides/amsterdam/ 26