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380 Student Units and Public Space Design / Architectenbureau Marlies Rohmer

Andrew Rosenberg — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The building of student housing on the Utrecht University site turned De Uithof into a fully-fledged campus, simultanously tackling the chronic housing shortage for young people in this city. The new complex of 380 independent and clustered rooms manifests itself as a solitary mass in the ‘strip of objects’ of the OMA master plan (which also includes the Unnik tower and the Educatorium). A four-storey tall concrete ‘leg’, which projects by eight metres, shelters a range of communal and commercial spaces.

The Intense City / Architectenbureau Marlies Rohmer

Andrew Rosenberg — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The former water supply company site on Bloemsingel is part of the City of Groningen’s housing construction campaign The Intense City. This building festival covers multiple sites in the city centre, whose infill will enrich the diversity of functions. One theme of the festival is “parochial space”, a semi-public space inside an urban block. The location as a whole is typified by the adjacent electricity substation which is listed as an architectural monument, and the ample public green space on the banks of the Ooster Hamrikkanaal (canal).

Floating Houses in IJburg / Architectenbureau Marlies Rohmer

Andrew Rosenberg — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Is it a boat? Is it a house? Is it romantic or is it pragmatic? It is a hybrid. It is not what you think it is. Seventy-five floating homes and waterside dyke houses in the private (rental and owner-occupied) sector.Building on the water is a different story.