Almere Projects 6 Created 18-Nov-08 By Svinder Sidhu, London, United Kingdom The Angle S333 commercial space, housing, retail Block 16 Silverline Museum De Paviljoens 5 Robbrecht en Daem en art, culture, museum 3 René van Zuuk Architekten housing 2 De Kunstlinie 6 SANAA theatre, music theatre 4 Claus en Kaan en housing http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sssvinder/guides/almere/ La Defense 7 UNStudio office 1
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 S333 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sssvinder/guides/almere/ 2
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) 9-2004 8740 m² Contractor Roof & facade consultant René van Zuuk Architekten Dura Vermeer Metaalbouw TSV Pieters Bouwtechniek Ontwikkelingscombinatie Almere Hart cv Rene_van_Zuuk photo: DJ Hoogerdijk http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sssvinder/guides/almere/ 3
photo: Bjorn Utpott Silverline Hengelostraat 101 1324 Almere http://wwwstadshartalmeretk/ Built on the edge of the Weerwater lake, the artificial lake at the heart of this sprawling, polynuclear polder town (translated: again-water - since Almere is built on reclaimed land and after that, a new lake was planned), it contains 58 apartments, just outside Almere s town centre, which, two decades after its construction, is undergoing a major transformation orchestrated by Rem Koolhaas s Office for Metropolitan ure The façade is made with aluminum cladding, like a tight skin -hence the name The meander form reinforces the logo-like singularity of this building while at the same time catering to market practical demands: there are plenty of takers for the top and bottom levels, far fewer for the middle The middle has therefore been reduced to a minimum and the top and foot maximized An equally rigid logic informs the distribution of windows, which is a direct reflection of the rooms they serve Each window is positioned symmetrically in the central axis of a room 2001 12300 m² Contractor Claus en Kaan en Moes Bouwgroep Pieters Bouwtechniek Eurowoningen Bjorn_Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sssvinder/guides/almere/ 4
photo: Gert Jan van Rooij photo: Gert Jan van Rooij Museum De Paviljoens Odeonstraat 3 1325 AL Almere http://wwwdepaviljoensnl Originally designed as an exhibition space for Documenta IX in 1992, the building was moved from Kassel to Almere in 1994 where it still functions as the home of De Paviljoens, a museum for contemporary art and culture The building is an outstanding example of contemporary art-related architecture Many artists that were shown in the building (in Kassel and in Almere) related with their work to the architecture The building is also still the base for the structure of the website of the architects Robbrecht & Daem You can read more about the project on the website of Museum De Paviljoens photo: Alon Levin Project is public! 1992 900 m² Robbrecht en Daem en Documenta IX + Museum De Paviljoens martine wed & sat 12-17 thu & fri 12-21 sun 10-17 other hours and days on appointment 25 minutes by train from Amsterdam Central Station 5 minutes walk from Almere Centrum Station to the museum http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sssvinder/guides/almere/ 5
photo: Frank van Dam photo: Frank van Dam De Kunstlinie Esplanade 12 1315 TA Almere http://wwwdekunstlinienl/ 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! 12-2006 15500 m² Roof & facade consultant Theatre consultant Acoustics consultant Project manager 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sssvinder/guides/almere/ 6
photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Dirk Verwoerd La Defense W Dreesweg 14 1314 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 2-2004 22800 m² Contractor 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/sssvinder/guides/almere/ 7