Maastricht Projects 8 Created 18-Apr-16 By Claudio Ruscitto, Pesaro, Italy Indigo Maastricht, Wiel Arets s office Dwellings Vroendaal Tower of Siza 3 La Fortezza Offices and Housing Maastricht Fire Station 6 Bonnefanten Museum 7 Maastricht, Aldo Rossi museum 4 Maastricht, Alvaro Siza Vieira housing Maastricht, Neutelings Riedijk fire station Maastricht, Teeken Beckers en BV dwellings 2 Arets-Sijstermans House + Studio 8 Maastricht, Wiel Arets s atelier, private house 5 Maastricht, Mario Botta housing, office http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudio1001/guides/maastricht/ Piazza Céramique 9 Maastricht, Jo Janssen en atelier, housing, office 1
photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Indigo Limburgplein 5 6221 Maastricht This office building on the south side of the Céramique area in Maastricht lies parallel to the Kennedy Bridge The building consists of two 'slipped disc-shaped' volumes, placed against each other The north façade has horizontal window strips in a dark brick façade, while the south facade is built of glass bricks with horizontal window bands The entrance is dominated by a large overhang on one of the discs Public access unknown! 1995 2370 m² Wiel Arets s Wilma Vastgoed jpmm photo: Jeroen Meijer http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudio1001/guides/maastricht/ 2
photo: Philip Driessen photo: Philip Driessen Dwellings Vroendaal Eijsderbosch 2 6228 SE Maastricht The terraced houses are situated on relatively small plots in the Vroendaal district on the periphery of Maastricht The site was an important source of inspiration for the design of the villas By encompassing the residential functions in a U-shaped monumental, practically closed wall, the dwellings have two aspects Seen from the district, they are closed with optimal privacy for residents; seen from the landscape, they are open with a view of that landscape The shifting of the façade lines gives this hybridity extra impact photo: Philip Driessen 2006 Teeken Beckers en BV Grouwels Daelmans Teeken_Beckers_en_BV http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudio1001/guides/maastricht/ 3
photo: HJ Imhoff photo: HJ Imhoff Tower of Siza Avenue Céramique 22-26 6221 KV Maastricht http://wwwmaastrichtnl/maastricht/show/id=60403/notext only=42282 Residential tower in Maastricht, near Plein 1992 (urban plan by Jo Coenen), the Ceramique district The tower's facade is partly clad with white marble, partly with zinc The 16 storeys make it a 54 meter high building At the end of the central avenue this is a central landmark, forming the link between the old town and the new Céramique-project Because of this relation Alvaro Siza has project the three building volumes apart from each other, but still they are situated on the same spot The volumes are turned towards the different angles of the streets and this way the building works as a hinge in the urban fabric 2001 4800 m² Structural engineer Alvaro Siza Vieira Ingenieursbureau Zonneveld Vesteda HJI photo: HJ Imhoff http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudio1001/guides/maastricht/ 4
La Fortezza Offices and Housing Avenue Ceramique 1 6221 KV Maastricht The site of La Fortezza Offices and Housing is located at a turning point on the central axis of a newly built area The lot is triangular, one side of which is formed by a street in a residential area and the other by a motorway The issue of the corner is dealt with by use of a cylinder which, placed in the middle, articulates two linear volumes The determination of uses is expressed by the volumetric composition Hence the apartments are located in the cylindrical volume, while the offices are located in the two linear ones In its tripartite articulation of surface, the design features deep cuts that reveal loggias and an ordered repetition of windows The cylinder, being almost double the height of the linear volumes, becomes the focal point A square courtyard is delineated within the cylinder and two large portals in front and a generous cut at the rear reveal the courtyard to the exterior 2000 8000 m² Structural engineer Mario Botta Büro Hoen architecten Wilma Vastgoed Sahil_Latheef http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudio1001/guides/maastricht/ 5
photo: João Morgado photo: João Morgado Maastricht Fire Station Willem Alexanderweg 101 6222 Maastricht To strengthen the robust image of this fire station along the ring road of Maastricht, the façades are made from green-pigmented concrete panels with a relief pattern of car tire imprints The large garage dominates the front façade as a stage set for the fire trucks, while at the rear one finds the training grounds and the supply areas The top floor is an attractive living quarter organized around a large reflective water pond and roof terrace The pond stores rainwater to fill up the trucks and generates a quiet and relaxing atmosphere, compensating for the hectic life of the fire fighters photo: João Morgado Public access unknown! 1999 4000 m² Neutelings Riedijk City of Maastricht JMMM By bicycle from the city centre: 5 minutes http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudio1001/guides/maastricht/ 6
photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Bonnefanten Museum Avenue Ceramique 250 NL-6221 KX Maastricht http://wwwbonnefantennl/ This is the foremost museum for old masters and contemporary fine art in the province of Limburg It has a mixture of the old paintings (including Pieter Breughel the Younger and Giovanni del Biondo) as well as a modern art collection The museum is housed in a building designed by Italian architect Aldo Rossi With a central street, covered in daylight, all 4 storeys in the wings of this E-shaped building are reached At the water edge is the strange looking tower, which houses a bar and restaurant on the ground floor Together with the Cupola on the River Maas, it is one of Maastricht's most prominent landmarks The late Aldo Rossi has achieved international distinction as a theorist, an author, an artist, a teacher and as an architect He has been compared to LeCorbusier as a painter-architect and described as "a poet who happens to be an architect" He met with a fatal accident on 4 September 1997 photo: Naomi Schiphorst Project is public! 1992 14000 m² Aldo Rossi Province of Limburg Marieke_Mannens Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am - 5 pm Last entrance at 430 pm On Mondays the museum, café Ipanema and the offices are closed Also closed on January 1st, December 25th and during Carnival (please check dates) café Ipanema: Tuesday to Sunday from 1030 am - 530 pm Approximately 15 minutes walking distance from the central station and city centre Bus: 1, 3, 50, 53, 54, 57 departure: central station stop Bonnefantenmuseum Car: from highway A2, take exit Europaplein, follow signs to Wijk 21 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudio1001/guides/maastricht/ 7
Arets-Sijstermans House + Studio D' Artagnanlaan 29/31 6213 CH Maastricht Set in an area of Maastricht that is dominated by villa's and suburban houses, the Arets-Sijstermans House + Studio appears, when seen from a distance, as a rectangular wooden box implanted into the ground Only the immediate surroundings and interior unveil it's complexity The complex nature of the building is due to the architectural manipulation but within a host of restrictive laws imposed on constructional projects at the site It's richness is brought to light by the complex arrangement of the terrain and the interior spaces The term 'ground floor' is abstract in this design since half of the three-storey volume is below ground For the actual ground level, the term 'garden level' is more appropiate The levels thus include the top level, the garden level and the lower level Not only is the building vertically divided into technical spaces for living and working, but horizontally as well, as it is divided into two equal halves at street level 1997 Wiel Arets s Arets + Sijstermans Sahil_Latheef http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudio1001/guides/maastricht/ 8
photo: Atelier Kim Zwarts photo: Atelier Kim Zwarts Piazza Céramique Mosalunet 6221 JM Maastricht http://wwwpiazzaceramiquenl As one of the last urban blocks to be realized in the 'Ceramique Area' of Maastricht the scheme does not opt for the here common solution of the closed perimeter block, but employs a spatial strategy in which urban space is opened up Through strategically placing 3 volumes it not only makes that the public space flows though the site, but it also involves the triangular green area to its east into this interlinking of urban spaces The program within the block was that of an integrated form of dwellings and working space In terms of typology the project tries to revive the 19th century type of mansion annex practice usually inhabited by lawyers, doctors, architects etc Characteristic for this type of integrated house and practice was the separation of entrances, leading to the public practice and the private house Via an a glassed atrium that acts as a sort of public lobby for both the apartments and the workspaces one enters one of these spaces photo: Atelier Kim Zwarts 2006 Main designer,, Urban planner Jo Janssen en studioivo Wim van den Bergh Vesteda http://wwwmimoaeu/users/claudio1001/guides/maastricht/ 9