amsterdam-1990~2000.projects 21

amsterdam-1990~2000 Projects 21 Created 03-May-11 By faye Chen, Shanghai, China IJ tower Neutelings Riedijk housing, fitness club The Funen Park Piraeus Sky Dome Three climates greenhouse Borneo Sporenburg Borneo Sling IJburg 7 Nemo Renzo Piano museum Film and Television Academy 14 ABN AMRO World HQ 15 Rembrandttower 16 WOZOCO 17 MVRDV housing 8 Van Gogh Museum Exposition wing 18 Kisho Kurokawa exposition space, museum 9 Eurotwin Business Park 19 Claus en Kaan en office 10 Schirmeister House 20 Herman Hertzberger private house 11 Project Bureau IJburg urban plan Peter de Clercq Zubli office De engroep apartment, dwellings 6 West 8 urban plan 13 Henry N Cobb office Zwarts & Jansma s greenhouse 5 Wiel Arets s housing Single family houses Koen van Velsen education Bastiaan Jongerius private house 4 Hans Kollhoff commercial space, housing Two Glass Houses Van Herk & de Kleijn dwellings de Architekten Cie park, urban plan 3 Piet Hein Tunnel Service Building 21 UNStudio industry, workshop 12 House Vos 22 Koen van Velsen http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 1

Zorro 23 TANGRAM Architekten housing http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 2

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 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/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 3

photo: Het Funen Park photo: Het Funen Park The Funen Park Funenpark 1 1018 AK Amsterdam http://wwwfunennl/ This is an innovative urban development concept that combines living and working in high city-centre densities with sufficient green space on Het Funen, a former industrial zone on the edge of Amsterdam s city centre It is a concept that incorporates the qualities of diverse typologies: the construction of perimeter blocks along two sides, with a novel interpretation of the garden city model to their rear The perimeter blocks shelter the inner grounds and simultaneously serve as a noise baffler for the railway behind them The inner space is composed of a park landscape with a great diversity of smaller building types, each with a distinctive identity and programme These Hidden Delights were designed by various architects The contributing architects are: de Architekten Cie, De architectengroep, NL s, Geurts en Schulze, Claus en Kaan architecten, DKV Architekten, Architektenburo L Lafour & R Wijk, Van Sambeek en Van Veen architecten photo: Gemeente Amsterdam Project is public! 1999 35000 m², Urban planner de Architekten Cie IBC Het Funen Park, Almere MI_MOA Take bus 22 from the Central Station to the Indische Buurt Stop at Oostenburgergracht Walk in the direction the bus is heading, and cross the street at the first crossing, this is the Cruquiuskade At the other side of the railwaytracks you've reached the Funen Park http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 4

Piraeus Levantkade 127 1019 MJ Amsterdam The masterplan for the conversion of KNSM-island consists of a central boulevard, along which large residential blocks are aligned, interspersed with some old buildings, such as a former harbour canteen Housing block Piraeus, recognizable from afar due to its sloping roof, measures 170 by 57 meters It comprises 330 apartments, commercial spaces, an underground parking garage and two enclosed public spaces It is wrapped around a 19th century office building, which now contains appartments The south side of Piraeus is 4 stories high, the north 8 The block counts 150 different types of apartments, 95 % of which are social housing All façades are different in rhythm, details and openings 1994 Main designer, Artist Contractor Hans Kollhoff Rapp + Rapp Arno van der Mark Slokker Bouwmaatschappij bv De Doelen, woningbouwvereniging, Amsterdam MI_MOA Tram 10 to Azartplein Bus 41 / 42 to Azartplein http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 5

photo: Bastiaan Jongerius photo: Bastiaan Jongerius Two Glass Houses Eerste Goudsbloemdwarsstraat 7 1015 JV Amsterdam All houses in the Jordaan (a former working-class neighbourhood in the centre of Amsterdam) are very small, and so is the site of this smart urban plot At this petite area the two glass houses have an open floor plan with the service-zone in the centre The large transparent façade and small elevations and see-through views in the interior, give the apartments a broad perspective The living room is situated at the front When the large glass folding elements in the façade are opened, the room transforms into a free outside-space The perforated wooden panels provide a mobile sunscreen The ground floor has a high story and is divided into a souterrain for storage and a bel-etage with the actual entrances Together with the segmented façade and articulation of space the two apartments correspond to their old neighbours, in a both a modern and traditional way photo: Bastiaan Jongerius 1999 140 m² Structural engineer Contractor Building costs consultant Bastiaan Jongerius ABT Houtman, Gouda Swets en van Voorden Niels Bon, Amsterdam bastiaanjongerius From Central Station take bus 18 or 21 (direction East), stop at Buiten Oranjestraat http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 6

Sky Dome KNSM-laan 327 1019 LG Amsterdam http://wwwskydomenl/ The only real high building on the KNSM-island is that of Wiel Arets, and with 60m it is not even that high It was one of the last additions to the new housing district of the island and appears to be four towers in one since the block has been cut The different apartment types have simply been stacked and each stacked tower is fixed to the other with balconies The facades are not of stone, but anthracite colored concrete that was cast into rubber elements of 2 by 2 meter The same façade-system was used in apartment-tower De Hoge Heren in Rotterdam 1995 Wiel Arets s Wilma Bouw MI_MOA Bus 42 to KNSM Eiland and tram 10 to Azartplein http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 7

Three climates greenhouse Plantage Middenlaan 2a 1018 DD Amsterdam http://wwwdehortusnl/ The Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is one of the oldest botanic gardens in the world Today, there are more than 6,000 plants (>4,000 species) growing in the garden and greenhouses The eye-catcher is the ultramodern construction of the three-climate greenhouse designed by Zwarts and Jansma The greenhouse is subdivided into 3 zones for different types of climates: a tropical, a subtropical and a desert climate, separated by glass walls A computer system automatically controls the temperature and humidity in the 3 different areas To reduce costs, the façade was made with mass-production greenhouse components The main load-bearing structure was designed as slender as possible for optimum daylight in the greenhouse High up in the glasshouse there is a steel walkway with a glazed floor, offering a view of the treetops The bridge structure consists of a round tube, which also supports the handrails and the supports for the glass floor Project is public! 1992 1500 m² Technical engineer Zwarts & Jansma s ABT Stichting Interim Beheer Hortus Botanicus MI_MOA Monday to Friday: 900-1700 h Saturday: 1000-1700 h Sun and Holidays: 1000-1700 h In December and Januari the garden closes at 16:00 h In July and August the Hortus is open till 21:00 h daily The restaurant in the Orangerie is also open during summer Tram 9 and 14: stop at mr Visserplein Subway: stop at Waterlooplein (exit at the Hortusplantsoen) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 8

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/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 9

photo: Bastiaan Vlierboom photo: Bastiaan Vlierboom Borneo Sling P Dijkstraplein 2 1019 WE Amsterdam At the end of a row-housing with patios and an internal corridor with garages, this 3 storey apartment block is made by using the ending of the concrete tunnel structure The concrete tunnel construction is a very common way to built series of row-housing in the This project is an atypical solution to the inevitably end of such a row The block of dwellings has been cut of at the end of the line, and here 3 spacious apartments with terraces have been built The apartments have their façade over the full width of the block, giving them a panoramic view over the IJ The space in-between the balconies is filled with several glazed rooms, executed in different colors, symbolizing the functions and giving the spectator a view of what could be inside photo: Christian Richters 1999 450 m² Main designer, De engroep search Smit's Bouwbedrijf Bastiaan_E_Vlierboom The the Borneo Bus 43 from Central Station to the island Walk all the way to the end of the island http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 10

photo: City of Amsterdam, Archives photo: Projectbureau IJburg IJburg IJburglaan 648 1087 CE Amsterdam http://wwwijburgnl/ The first design for this new-land-neighbourhood dates from 1965, when Van den Broek and Bakema designed a City on the island Pampus, inside the lake the IJmeer In the eighties the province of North Holland once again saw possibilities for reclaiming land in this former sea, next to Amsterdam After 1990 the first urban plans were made for (the now still targeted) 18,000 houses IN 1996 the final decision was made to start the process of developing one of Amsterdam s largest housing expansions The city designed the infrastructure and public space and allocated the different plots to all kinds of buildings: private investors, individuals, large corporate housing developers, developers etc 30% Of all houses will be social rent, another 30% is private property and 40 % will be rented to middle-class incomes The seven reclaimed land islands are developed in phases and during 2007 the first part Steigereiland will not even be finished yet photo: Dirk Verwoerd Project is public! 1996 10000000 m² Urban planner Project Bureau IJburg Dienst Ruimtelijke Ordening Amsterdam Naomi 24/7 urban plan public transport: Tram 26 from central station Bus 37 and 245 Nightbus 359 Car: take exit S 114 from ring-way east Amsterdam, go right at the traffic lights and cros the white bridge: you are now on IJburg Or rent a bike, from the city centre http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 11

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/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 12

Single family houses Borneokade 102 1019 AW Amsterdam These are 28 single family houses, all situated on the ground floor They all have their entrance on the street side (Borneokade) but when you walk by, you would hardly see that there are indeed 28 front doors Half of them lay behind the first row of houses, reached through a sort of alley These houses have their backside on the waterfront of the canal Go see the satellite images to get an idea of the composition 1999 Van Herk & de Kleijn Bouwbedrijf MJ de Nijs Naomi Take the Borneo Island bus number 43 from Amsterdam Central Station, and walk all the way to the end of the island http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 13

photo: Christian Richters photo: Christian Richters Film and Television Academy Markenplein 1 1011 MV Amsterdam http://wwwfilmacademienl/ The Film and Television Academy (NFTA) is one of the leading international schools for professional training in film and quality television The NFTA differs from other audiovisual courses in that it trains specialists to make productions in a team Specialisation is possible in fiction directing, documentary directing, screen writing, editing, producing, sound design, cinematography, production design, and interactive multimedia/visual effects The four floor-building offers studios, ateliers, offices, a large cinema and all other functions for all these different uses The entrance to the building is at the back, on the small square The façade which is viewed most of the time, the front side, seen from busy Meester Visserplein, has hardly any openings in the closed glass façade: the interiors need not have daylight The glass is framed in grey concrete photo: Christian Richters Project is public! 1999 Koen van Velsen Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Naomi Tram 9-14; Subway 51-53-54, stop at Waterlooplein http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 14

photo: Gijs photo: Gijs ABN AMRO World HQ Gustav Mahlerlaan 10 1082 PP Amsterdam http://wwwabnamrocom The Headquarters of the international bank ABN AMRO is situated on the Amsterdam Zuidas (south-axe) It is one of 10 highest buildings of Amsterdam, with 105 m height and 24 storeys It was the first major work in the development of this new area The design responds to a request by the Board of Managers to reinforce the image of the bank as "powerful, reliable, experienced" and also "professional, dynamic and international" photo: Gijs 1999 90000 m² Main designer, Associate architect Structural engineer Associate architect Henry N Cobb Yvonne Szeto en Cie Aronsohn Merkx + Girod en ABN AMRO Bank NV Gijs http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 15

Rembrandttower Amstelplein 1 1096 HA Amsterdam De Rembrandttoren is the highest skyscraper of Amsterdam and is named after the famous Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn The tower is situated at the Omval, in the Amstel, just south of the Amstelstation The tower is 149,85 m high, including the 15 m antenna The 35 storeys house 56 different companies In 2002 the tower was in the national news, when a 59 year old man entered the building and took several hostages, trying to indicate his displeasure with "manipulation by resellers of widescreen televisions" The man claimed they are guilty of selling "creative nonsense" He felt he was forced to buy a widescreen TV because movies showed black borders on old TV s photo: Gijs 1995 52000 m² Main designer, Structural engineer Structural engineer Contractor Peter de Clercq Zubli Tom van der Put Ingenieursgroep Van Rossum Lichtveld Buis & Partners Strukton Sedijko Gijs http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 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 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/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 17

photo: Jannes Linders photo: Jannes Linders Van Gogh Museum Exposition wing Paulus Potterstraat 7 1071 CX Amsterdam http://wwwvangoghmuseumnl The exposition wing of the Van Gogh Museum is designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa He is mainly known for his original design for several Japanese museum, and for the airport in Kuala Lumpur Characteristic for his work is the use of simple geometric shapes, like cones, ellipses and squares The buildings embody the symbioses between the eastern and western principles of philosophy and architecture For the extension to the Van Gogh museum he started with a very sober design, which joins the existing museum perfectly The rational (western) geometry joins the eastern asymmetry photo: Jannes Linders Project is public! 1999 Kisho Kurokawa Van Gogh Museum MI_MOA 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/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 18

photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Eurotwin Business Park Papaverweg 1032 Amsterdam Eurotwin Business Park is located in one the many, somewhat unorganized business parks that can be found in Amsterdam The twins consist of two mirrored buildings, each comprising a five-storey office tower with adjoining warehouses The façades of the two buildings are largely clad in wood, with which a simple but effective composition of linear boxes has been made Subtlety in this linearity can be found in the detailled window casings, the corners, and the accentuated borders between the different offices The formal simplicity of the buildings finds its counterpart in the spatial complexity of the office building entrances (text from website Claus en Kaan architects) photo: Maarten Helle 1995 2400 m² Claus en Kaan en Stadsdeel Amsterdam-Noord HelleBeelden http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 19

photo: Piotr Krajewski Schirmeister House Scheepstimmermanstraat 56 1019 Amsterdam Investor budget could only cover 50% of the available volume, meaning that roughly half of the lot would have to be left unbuilt Theoretically, this could only be achieved in one of two ways The architect could make an internal court, dividing the house into something resembling the traditional front and back sections, or he could develop only half the depth of the six-metre-wide lot, leaving an alleyway of sorts As it happens, this second strategy was perfect for parking the client's three cars in procession on his own property as requested The result was an ultra-slender (270m clear), relatively deep house with an adjoining open space that so widened the view from the property that the head elevations could be blankwalled save for a few low-lying horizontal slits The long, freestanding sidewall on the other hand sports mainly tall narrow windows that permit a sidelong view of things All this together stitches the undeveloped area to the house (text from architect's website) 1999 Herman Hertzberger pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 20

photo: Julie Fuchs photo: Julie Fuchs Piet Hein Tunnel Service Building C van Eesterenlaan 1011KD Amsterdam The Piet Hein Tunnel is part of the continuing development of the eastern area of Amsterdam and is situated in the midst of several new building projects This project consists of two small service buildings These technical constructions each have a concrete core, enveloped by an asymmetrical skin of perforated steel plates and tilted roof planes In conjunction with the general asymmetry, this emphasizes the 'non-architectural', object-like character of the inaccessible service structures Rather than real, lived-in buildings, these structures function as urban signposts for the tunnel entrances These entrances are characterized by the simple application of profiled aluminium cladding Steel beams are placed crossways over the sober concrete tunnel mouths (text from architect's website) photo: Julie Fuchs 1997 100 m² UNStudio Stedelijk Beheer Amsterdam / Projectbureau Piet Hein Tunnel jfuchs Bus 41 or 43 and tram 10 or 26 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 21

photo: Duccio Malagamba photo: Duccio Malagamba House Vos Scheepstimmermanstraat 120 1019 Amsterdam The Scheepstimmermansstraat in Amsterdam consists of row houses designed by different architects and realized for private clients To the south, the houses directly face the water This house was designed for mountaineer Bart Vos and was built in a black concrete frame On the street side, there is parking space for a car and a patio with an acacia tree Behind this lies the four-storey high dwelling Glass for the façade and the roof was extensively used 1999 140 m² Contractor Koen van Velsen Visser en Mol Bart Vos jpmm photo: Duccio Malagamba http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 22

photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Zorro Ecuplein 5 1060 RN Amsterdam The residential tower 'Zorro' has 18 storeys and a car park and power station below ground level The figure of Zorro was used as a symbol: straight-backed, yet cloaked in a dashing cape The imagery of Zorro's cape has been literally applied The idea was to truly let the building's 'cloak' hang: there is only one apartment on the ground floor, so the elevation immediately above ground level remains open and the 'cloaked façade' hangs above the ground The 54 metres of the tower seem to hover above the surroundings This was achieved by collecting the forces of the floors and walls in a metre-thick first-floor slab of concrete which then redistributes the forces to conical columns that are flared beneath the 'cloak' In order to achieve abstractness, the window frames spiral up the building to the 17th storey The façade was constructed with a wooden structure, making Zorro the first high-rise building of its kind in the to employ this technique photo: Dirk Verwoerd Project is public! 1999 TANGRAM Architekten Delta roa, Amsterdam; SBDN vof, Beverwijk/Warmenhuizen; Woningstichting Zomers Buiten, Amsterdam construction dirkverwoerd http://wwwmimoaeu/users/faye/guides/amsterdam-1990~2000/ 23