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Architects: Peter Geusebroek
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Photographs:Thomas Mayer
Text description provided by the architects. In 2007, as part of an overall renewal plan for the Indian neighbourhood, the municipality of Amsterdam East decided to run-down a structural sound block. The 230 small houses were to be replaced by new housing. This radical operation had to pave the way to transform the bad functioning square into the vivid heart of the Indian neighbourhood. The building was to have an underground parking garage, to be able to lower the parking density at the square and surrounding streets. Rebuilding also brought the opportunity to offer more diversity in housing, such as care-adjusted houses. Furthermore, socio-cultural facilities were added in the plinth to strengthen the central position.
