Location: Amsterdam, NL
Year: 2020
Site Footprint: 1.142 m2
FSI Netto: 4.1
Gross Floor Area: 4.655 m2 (incl. underground parking)
Total Number of Apartments: 68
ranging in sizes from 65 m2, 35 m2 and 27 m2
Program: Residential, Social amenties
Client: Rochdale
Sustainabilty: -
Structural Engineer: -
Installations: -
Landscape: -
Associates: VDNDP

The purpose of the new residential area in Amsterdam, the Weespertrekvaart is to create a new mixed residential-work city district with an industrial theme. As part of a mixed-use block, Kavel 1b is characterized by a busy street on the long elevation and two more quiet streets on the short sides. A double height plinth of 8 meters high, a requirement like all the other blocks in the urban plan enables work related functions that can change over time. 

The building envelope consists of a plinth of 8 meters, a common roof landscape and room for natural inclusion in the architecture. Kavel 1b is further broken down into distinct architectural expressions, one for each of the two buildings sharing a recognizable plinth with addresses on the street.

Our design concept, three buildings - one community, is inspired by the history and industrial urban quality of the location. Each building associates itself within the industrial heritage of the location, once and still being a place for low rise light industrial usage. The combination of a tough industrial building block and a metal silo tower on top of a brick warehouse pedestal forms the architectural community. A tactile detailing of brick stitching and gentle curving facade adulation makes the building attractive up close.