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AD Classics: Almere House / Benthem Crouwel Architects

16:30 - 25 January, 2019
AD Classics: Almere House / Benthem Crouwel Architects

AD Classics: Almere House / Benthem Crouwel Architects AD Classics: Almere House / Benthem Crouwel Architects AD Classics: Almere House / Benthem Crouwel Architects AD Classics: Almere House / Benthem Crouwel Architects + 12

  • Architects

    Benthem Crouwel Architekten

  • Location

    Almere, The Netherlands

  • Category

    Houses

  • Area

    65.0 m2

  • Project Year

    1984

How Could Modern Self-Build Communities Challenge the Role of the Architect?

09:30 - 7 July, 2018
How Could Modern Self-Build Communities Challenge the Role of the Architect?, via Graven Hill Village Development Company
via Graven Hill Village Development Company

“Self-build”: no mention of an architect, or anyone else for that matter. Maybe it’s a prehistoric urge that makes this idea so enticing; our earliest ancestors constructed their primitive huts to suit their unique needs and reflect their status or style. “Self-build” promises to physically re-connect people to the homes they live in.

However, the romantic notion of "self-build" housing is rarely compatible with the modern reality we live in. Building has become increasingly clouded by the difficulty of procuring land, excessive governmental red-tape, and an increase in building complexity. While self-build remains the purest form of this dream, there are now a series of nuanced processes that can help us achieve similar results. As a new generation of communities that encourage this dream emerges, we must look at the role the architect plays within them.

via Graven Hill Village Development Company via Graven Hill Village Development Company via Graven Hill Village Development Company via Graven Hill Village Development Company + 9

Micro House Slim Fit / ANA ROCHA architecture

00:00 - 1 March, 2018
© Christiane Wirth
© Christiane Wirth

© Christiane Wirth © Christiane Wirth © Christiane Wirth © Christiane Wirth + 42

House with 11 Views / Marc Koehler Architects

03:00 - 16 May, 2017
House with 11 Views / Marc Koehler Architects, © Filip Dujardin
© Filip Dujardin

© Filip Dujardin © Filip Dujardin © Filip Dujardin © Filip Dujardin + 19

Sports Complex Olympiakwartier / Slangen+Koenis Architects

06:00 - 4 December, 2016
Sports Complex Olympiakwartier / Slangen+Koenis Architects, Courtesy of Slangen + Koenis Architects
Courtesy of Slangen + Koenis Architects

Courtesy of Slangen + Koenis Architects Courtesy of Slangen + Koenis Architects Courtesy of Slangen + Koenis Architects Courtesy of Slangen + Koenis Architects + 21

Innovative Self-Sustaining Village Model Could Be the Future of Semi-Urban Living

08:00 - 31 August, 2016

An innovative new housing model dubbed ReGen Villages (short for regenerative) has been developed in response to some of the world's most pressing environmental, social and economic issues. Helmed by Dutch holding firm ReGen Villages B.V. and Copenhagen-based architecture firm EFFEKT, the new model facilitates off-the-grid, self-sustaining communal neighborhoods that can be deployed across the globe. The first project site will be in Almere, the Netherlands, with work starting this year.

Courtesy of EFFEKT Courtesy of EFFEKT Courtesy of EFFEKT Courtesy of EFFEKT + 57

Rebel House / Atelier van Wengerden

01:00 - 18 January, 2014
Rebel House / Atelier van Wengerden, © Yvonne Brandwijk
© Yvonne Brandwijk

© Yvonne Brandwijk © Yvonne Brandwijk © Yvonne Brandwijk © Yvonne Brandwijk + 8

Mirror House, Almere / Johan Selbing + Anouk Vogel

01:00 - 14 January, 2014
Mirror House, Almere / Johan Selbing + Anouk Vogel, © Jeroen Musch
© Jeroen Musch

© Jeroen Musch © Jeroen Musch © Jeroen Musch © Jeroen Musch + 13

Gnome Parking Garage / Mei Architecten

01:00 - 30 October, 2013
© Jeroen Musch
© Jeroen Musch

  • Architects

    Mei Architecten

  • Location

    Straat van Florida, 1334 Almere, The Netherlands

  • Category

    Parking

  • Design Team

    Robert Winkel, Menno van der Woude, Hennie Dankers, Robert Platje, Pepijn Berghout, Maurice de Ruijter, Nars Broekharst

  • Area

    14500.0 sqm

  • Project Year

    2011

  • Photographs

    Jeroen Musch

© Jeroen Musch © Jeroen Musch © Jeroen Musch © Jeroen Musch + 17

Block 13-14 / Burton Hamfelt Architectuur Stedebouw Prototypes

01:00 - 5 September, 2013
Block 13-14 / Burton Hamfelt Architectuur Stedebouw Prototypes , © Jan Bitter
© Jan Bitter

© Jan Bitter © Jan Bitter © Jan Bitter © Jan Bitter + 17

Clearing Almere / Frank Goerge

01:00 - 15 May, 2013
Clearing Almere / Frank Goerge, Courtesy of Frank Goerge
Courtesy of Frank Goerge

Courtesy of Frank Goerge Courtesy of Frank Goerge Courtesy of Frank Goerge Courtesy of Frank Goerge + 20

  • Architects

    Frank Goerge

  • Location

    Almere, The Netherlands

  • Category

    Houses

  • Architect in Charge

    Frank Goerge, Hamburg

  • Structural Design

    Carola Goerge, Hamburg

  • Area

    130.0 sqm

  • Project Year

    2013

Block 3 / ZZDP Architecten

01:00 - 14 May, 2013
Block 3 / ZZDP Architecten, Courtesy of ZZDP Architecten
Courtesy of ZZDP Architecten

Courtesy of ZZDP Architecten Courtesy of ZZDP Architecten Courtesy of ZZDP Architecten Courtesy of ZZDP Architecten + 14

  • Architects

    ZZDP Architecten

  • Location

    Almere Buiten, The Netherlands

  • Category

    Mixed Use Architecture

  • Architects In Charge

    Joris Deur, Adam Smit

  • Project Team

    Lysann Theiler, Jeroen Nieuwenhuizen, Ramon Gianotten

  • Roofscape Design

    Buro Sant en Co.

  • Area

    23300.0 sqm

  • Project Year

    2010

Almere with MVRDV selected for Floriade 2022!

13:00 - 24 September, 2012
© MVRDV
© MVRDV

Today the Nederlandse Tuinbouwraad (NTR) announced the City of Almere, along with it’s MVRDV-designed proposal, as winner of the prestigious world horticultural expo, Floriade 2022. The event takes place once every ten years in the Netherlands and is currently ending in Venlo.

The MVRDV plan for Almere is not a temporary expo site but a lasting green Cité Idéale as an extension to the existing city centre. The waterfront site opposite the city centre will be developed as a vibrant new urban neighborhood and also a giant plant library which will remain beyond the expo.

The ambition is to create a 300% greener exhibition than currently standard, both literally green and sustainable: each program on the site will be combined with plants which will create programmatic surprises, innovation and ecology. At the same time the site will be with a vast program such as a university, hotel, marina, offices and homes more urban than any other Floriade has ever been before, it is an exemplary green city. Continue after the break for more!

Homerus Kwartier

01:00 - 10 September, 2012
Homerus Kwartier, © Thomas Mayer
© Thomas Mayer

© Thomas Mayer © Thomas Mayer © Thomas Mayer © Thomas Mayer + 22

Floriade 2022 proposal for Almere / MVRDV

15:00 - 4 July, 2012
© MVRDV
© MVRDV

The City of Almere has revealed it’s MVRDV-designed proposal for the Floriade 2022 candidature! Almere is one of four Dutch cities competing to be the next location of the prestigious horticultural Expo, which takes place once every ten years in the Netherlands and is currently open in Venlo.

Rather than creating a temporary expo site, MVRDV has designed a lasting Cité Idéale, which would serve as a green extension to Almere’s city center. Drawing upon research from the radical DIY urbanism plan for Almere Oosterwold and the Almere 2030 master plan, MVRDV has designed an ambitious sustainable city that strives to be a 300% greener exhibition than the current standard.

Continue reading for more on this potential, exemplary green city!

© MVRDV © MVRDV © MVRDV © MVRDV + 12

Villa Hendrikx / 70F Architecture

00:00 - 14 June, 2012
Villa Hendrikx / 70F Architecture, © Luuk Kramer
© Luuk Kramer

© Luuk Kramer © Luuk Kramer © Luuk Kramer © Luuk Kramer + 23

Fabric Façade Studio House / Studio TX + Rob Veening + cc-studio

00:00 - 7 June, 2011
Fabric Façade Studio House / Studio TX + Rob Veening + cc-studio, © John Lewis Marshall
© John Lewis Marshall

© John Lewis Marshall © John Lewis Marshall © John Lewis Marshall © John Lewis Marshall + 27

  • Architects

    CC-Studio, Studio TX and Rob Veening

  • Location

    Almere, The Netherlands

  • Category

    Houses

  • Area

    190.0 m2

  • Photographs

    John Lewis Marshall

De Oostvaarders / Drost + van Veen architecten

00:00 - 5 October, 2009
De Oostvaarders / Drost + van Veen architecten, © John Lewis Marshall
© John Lewis Marshall

© John Lewis Marshall © John Lewis Marshall © John Lewis Marshall © John Lewis Marshall + 17

  • Architects

    Drost + van Veen architecten

  • Location

    VVV Almere, Stadhuispromenade 1, 1315 XP Almere, The Netherlands

  • Category

    Educational Architecture

  • Project Architects

    Evelien van Veen, Simone Drost

  • Collaborators

    Onno Groen, Kees de Wit, Jos Lafeber, Bernhard Jaarsma, Perry Klootwijk

  • Structural Engineer

    ABT Delft

  • Client

    Gemeente Almere

  • Contractor

    Reimert Bouw

  • Project Year

    2009

  • Photographs

    John Lewis Marshall