V23K16 / Pasel.Kuenzel
Architects: Pasel.Kuenzel Architects
Location: Leiden, The Netherlands
Project Area: 170 sqm
Project year: 2004-2009
Photographer: Marcel van der Burg
OMA wins competition for Stadskantoor building at Rotterdam’s City Hall
A month ago we presented you the finalist entries for Stadskantoor, a new mixed used building at Rotterdam’s City Hall. After a process of public feedback and a presentation to the professional jury, OMA‘s entry was awarded with the 1st prize.
The strategy of the project is very simple: a modular flexible structure spans between existing buildings, supporting the mixed use program, while freeing the space below for public use. The axonometric shown below shows this rich public realm that the offers back to the city.
With this modular structure, units can be added or even dismounted from the structure as demands on the building change over time, and can adapt to either office space or residential parameters as desired. Green terraces on higher levels provide the possibility of an apartment with a garden in the heart of urban Rotterdam.
Rien ne va Plus, an exhibition by Powerhouse Company
Over the last few months architectural firm Powerhouse Company have been working on the project Rien ne va Plus. This project consists of a research on the economic crisis and its intricate relation with architecture. This research resulted in an exhibition, that takes place at the architectural instute NAiM/Bureau Europa in Maastricht (The Netherlands), a reader that was published in collaboration with the magazine A10 and a series of debates.
You can also find the architect’s description after the break, along with photos of the exhibition taken by Johannes Schwartz and Christiaan van der Kooy, and a video created by Powerhouse Company.
V23K18 / Pasel.Kuenzel
Architects: Pasel.Kuenzel Architects
Location: Leiden, The Netherlands
Project Area: 130 sqm building + 60 sqm garden
Project year: 2005-2009
Photographer: Marcel van der Burg
Merry go Round / Ira Koers
Architects: Bureau Ira Koers
Location: Bungalowpark Lanka, Anholt 11, Ruinen, The Netherlands
Client: Stichting Arthouses
Program: Rentable holiday home on the Dutch heath
Contractor: Bouwbedrijf Geerts
Engineers: Kr8 architecten
Constructed area: 55 sqm
Budget: $100,000 Euro
Project year: 2005-2009
Photographs: Bureau Ira Koers
Bruggen de President / Drost + van Veen architecten
Architects: Drost + van Veen architecten
Location: Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands
Project Architects: Evelien van Veen, Simone Drost
Client: Gemeente Haarlemmermeer
Structural Engineer: ABT Delft
Project year: 2006
Photographs: Jeroen Musch
Dwelling transformation / Inarchitecten
Architects: Inarchitecten / Ruben van den Boogaard and Mark Hekkert
Location: Entrepotdok, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Site area: 400 sqm
Budget: 1,15 million Euro
Photographs: Rutger Vos
Quay-house / Inarchitecten
Architects: Inarchitecten / Mark Hekkert and Ruben van den Boogaard
Location: Woerden, The Netherlands
Collaborators: Jamal Azzouz and Joel Langeveld
Site area: 112 sqm
Project Area: 200 sqm
Project year: 2007
Photographs: Rutger Vos
De Oostvaarders / Drost + van Veen architecten
Architects: Drost + van Veen architecten
Location: Alemere, The Netherlands
Project Architects: Evelien van Veen, Simone Drost
Collaborators: Onno Groen, Kees de Wit, Jos Lafeber, Bernhard Jaarsma, Perry Klootwijk
Client: Gemeente Almere
Contractor: Reimert Bouw
Structural Engineer: ABT Delft
Project year: 2009
Photographs: John Lewis Marshall, Ben te Raa & Roos Aldershoff
House Bierings / Rocha Tombal Architecten
Architects: Rocha Tombal Architecten / Ana Rocha, Michel Tombal
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Project team: Iwona Wozniakowska, Enrique Otero Neira, Elena Cabrera Vacas
Client: Fam. De Haas-Bierings
Construction: Pieters Bouwtechniek Delft bv
Contractor: Aannemingsbedrijf de Hek bv, Giessen/Oudekerk
Constructed Area: 239 sqm
Budget: $1,716 Euro/sqm
Project year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Hennie Raaymakers from DAPh & Ana Rocha
De Eekenhof / Claus en Kaan Architekten
Architects: Claus en Kaan Architekten/ Felix Claus & Dick van Wageningen
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Design team: Jan Gerrit Wessels, James Webb, Kerstin Hartmann, Anne Holtrop, Romy Schneider
Client: Woningcorporatie Domijn, Enschede
Constructed area:10,900 sqm
Budget:$791 Euro / sqm
Project year:2008
Photographs: Luuk Kramer
Beach house / Inarchitecten
Architects: Inarchitecten / Mark Hekkert and Ruben van den Boogaard
Location: Ijburg, The Netherlands
Collaborators: Jamal Azzouz and Joel Langeveld
Site area: 165 sqm
Project Area: 240 sqm
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Rutger Vos
Day care centre de kleine Kikker / Drost + van Veen architecten
Architects: Drost + van Veen architecten
Location: De Uithof, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Client: Skohold BV
Project Area: 520 sqm
Project year: 2003
Photographs: Rob ‘t Hart
Sponge, Module Ark / Sponge Architects
The MODULE ARK, by Sponge Architects, is a design for an autarkic (=self-sufficient) ark to live and/or work on. The design is modern, modular and sustainable. Surrounding the ark with glass facades ensures a maximal openness. Despite of these big glass surfaces, the MODULE ARK stays sustainable because of the low energy consumption, realized by means of a simple mechanical principle consisting of individual façade parts that can be closed and opened separately. These parts are utilized in extreme weather conditions against overheating and hypothermia. More after the break.
Stadsdeelkantoor Zuideramstel / Claus en Kaan Architekten
Architects: Claus en Kaan Architekten/ Felix Claus & Jaap Gräber
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Design team: Jan Kerkhoff, Mike Heemrood, Emal Karanzai, Hilmar Goedhart, James Webb
Client: Dura Vermeer Vastgoed BV
Constructed area:10,000 sqm
Budget:$1,215 Euro / sqm
Project year:2008
Photographs: Luuk Kramer
Roof garden pavilion / Hoogte Twee Architecten
Architects: Hoogte Twee Architecten – Arnhem
Location: Arnhem, The Netherlands
Client: GB family
Project team: Peter Groot, Martin-Paul Neys
Contractor: Kuijpers Bouw Heteren bv.
Structural Engineer: Krekon bv
Project year: 2004-2005
Photographs: Hoogte Twee Architecten
Rotterdam City Hall Extension entries
In a previous post I told you about the competition held by the City of Rotterdam for a mixed used building to accommodate public services and a residential program, and we presented OMA’s entry.
After the break, find the entries by the five finalists: Claus en Kaan Architecten, Mecanoo Architecten, Meyer en van Schooten Architecten, OMA and SeARCH.
Rotterdam City Hall Competition Proposal by OMA
The City of Rotterdam held a competition for a mixed-use extension for the City Hall, accommodating public and administrative facilities and a residential program. The competition requests that the mixed-use building becomes “the most sustainable in the Netherlands”.
Five designs were presented by the City, and they will be on public display at the NAI until Sept 13th to receive public feedback, which can also be made through the website. The teams will present to the jury on Septh 23th, and the winner will be announced sometime in October.
The 5 finalists are: Claus en Kaan Architecten, Mecanoo Architecten, Meyer en van Schooten Architecten, OMA and SeARCH.
OMA shared with us their finalist entry, in collaboration with ABT and Werner Sobek Green Technolgies. The project adheres to the highest energy efficiency requirements, and it also considers a sustainable approach in terms of speed of construction and future flexibility of the building through a repeated and flexible structural system.
Images from the other proposals will be featured on another article. Rem Koolhaas’ statement and more images after the break.
Savannah house / LAM Architects
Architects: LAM Architects
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Program: Giraffe-house and visitor centre
Structural Engineer: CAE Nederland
Wooden Frames: Heko Spanten
Building Contractor: Dura Vermeer Heyma Rotterdam
E-Contractor: Electro-Four
Client: Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde, Rotterdam Zoo
Constructed Area: 570 sqm
Project year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Franken Architecturalphotography
Beachclub / Spanjers Architect
Architect: Spanjers Architect
Location: Westkapelle, The Netherlands
Client: Fletcher Hotel Group
Footprint: 370 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Spanjers Architect
Rotterdam Cube Houses become new Stayokay hostel
Rotterdam’s Cube Houses, an iconic building designed in 1984 by Dutch architect Piet Blom, has been renewed and transformed into a new Stayokay hostel. The building consists in 38 small cubes and two bigger ones all attached to each other.
The expressive and colorful cube-shaped houses on concrete pillars are located right in the heart of the city, near the ‘Old Harbour’. Spending the night in a tilted cube is quite a unique experience. In addition to the 49 spacious rooms, Stayokay Rotterdam also has a restaurant, bar and two rooms for meetings and workshops. The interior concept of Dutch designer Edward van Vliet (SEVV) was used as a starting point. Kees van Lamoen and Personal Architecture were the rebuilding architects. More images, after the break.
PS: In the last Mark Magazine there’s an article with interviews to people who have lived in remarkable buildings, and the cube house was included.
