EENDRACHTSPARKBUUR
The project is in the Geuzenveld district in western Amsterdam, in/part of Van Eesteren's famous expansion plan of 1934.
The houses are a response and continuation of the initial desires of the plan. The proposal employs environmental improvement strategies, such as control of the shape factor; the use of prefabricated materials and standard construction elements; the use of demolition waste; subsoil treatment for the absorption of rainwater; the design of the section to provide natural ventilation and a good orientation with views; among others.
The project also has a social dimension, producing relationships and functional spaces and proposing a mix of private and social housing.
Dwellings are organized into 29 single-family houses on the ground floor, 146 apartments (T1 - T4) and 8 large duplexes that complete the building. The blocks are treated in their architectural language as a unit. An articulation of the façade is achieved through the variety in heights and setbacks. Each house has an individual outdoor space, whether it is a private garden for the houses on the ground floor, large balconies for the flats and upper terraces for the duplexes.
The selection of typologies and materials used came from the analysis of the immediate surroundings and projects in similar environments/contexts. We are interested in an architecture that is robust, generous, and rooted in the fabric of the place and in the broader context of the city. The building is made of a concrete structure, with an outer skin in two shades of brick (half dark red and half brown). White brick is also used in some areas/spots to illuminate certain dark corners.
The project is in the Geuzenveld district in western Amsterdam, in/part of Van Eesteren’s famous expansion plan of 1934.
The houses are a response and continuation of the initial desires of the plan. The proposal employs environmental improvement strategies, such as control of the shape factor; the use of prefabricated materials and standard construction elements; the use of demolition waste; subsoil treatment for the absorption of rainwater; the design of the section to provide natural ventilation and a good orientation with views; among others.
The project also has a social dimension, producing relationships and functional spaces and proposing a mix of private and social housing.
Dwellings are organized into 29 single-family houses on the ground floor, 146 apartments (T1 – T4) and 8 large duplexes that complete the building. The blocks are treated in their architectural language as a unit. An articulation of the façade is achieved through the variety in heights and setbacks. Each house has an individual outdoor space, whether it is a private garden for the houses on the ground floor, large balconies for the flats and upper terraces for the duplexes.
The selection of typologies and materials used came from the analysis of the immediate surroundings and projects in similar environments/contexts. We are interested in an architecture that is robust, generous, and rooted in the fabric of the place and in the broader context of the city. The building is made of a concrete structure, with an outer skin in two shades of brick (half dark red and half brown). White brick is also used in some areas/spots to illuminate certain dark corners.