Article source: Burton Hamfelt Architectuur Stedebouw Prototypes 

In the coming years the centre of Almere Buiten, a small satellite city just west of Almere Centre in Flevoland, the Netherlands is being upgraded to function as a renewed commercial core serving 50,000 inhabitants. The basis of this renewal is to regenerate the existing post war commercial centre as a coherent whole through a series of large scale multi-functional blocks and renewed public spaces.These blocks define clear zones for public space while at the same time upgrade the centre with higher quality shops, more parking facilities and more dwellings.

Image Courtesy © Jan Bitter

• Architects: Burton Hamfelt Architectuur Stedebouw Prototypes
• Project: Block 13 + 14
• Location: Almere Buiten, Netherlands
• Photography: Jan Bitter (Berlin, D)
• Design: 2006
• Completion: 2010
• Site: 1.6 ha
• Program: ca 30.000 m2 where in: 6,500 m2 commercial space, 53 dwellings, 660 parking places
• Client: Multi Vastgoed BV, Gouda
• Associate architects: BD Architectuur, Arnhem
• Urban concept: T+T Design, Gouda
• Engineers: Steens BV, Zoetemeer
• Service engineers: DGMR, Arnhem
• Building Costs: Euro 24,200,000