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Four Towers in Osdorp, Netherlands by Wiel Arets Architects

Sunday, September 29th, 2013

Article source: Wiel Arets Architects

In Osdorp, southwest of Amsterdam, major changes took place to transform a vacant zone into a residential district connected to the existing housing area alongside it. One part of the residential district is a public garden, Jan van Zutphenplantsoen, where the four towers stand along a newly created water-park. All four towers are sited according to the given urban footprint and take up the maximum envelope, giving a total of 390 apartments evenly distributed over 11 levels.

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Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
Project: Four Towers
Location: Osdorp, Netherlands
Program: Housing
Size: 59.000 m2
Date of design: 2002-2007
Date of completion: 2010
Project team: Wiel Arets, Bettina Kraus, Mai Henriksen, Jacques van Eyck
Collaborators: Arthur Claassens, Phillip Dirix, Harold Hermans, Rob Willemse
Client: Bouwbedrijf M.J. De Nijs en Zonen BV, Fortis, Rochdale, Eigen Haard
Consultants: Van Rossum, Wetering Raadgevende Ingenieurs, Hiensch, Bouwbedrijf M.J. De Nijs en Zonen BV, Permasteelisa

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Osdorp Multi-Functional School in The Netherlands by Mecanoo architecten

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Article source: Mecanoo architecten

Urban renewal plan

A large-scale urban renewal project is in progress in the Reimerswaalbuurt in Osdorp, a neighborhood situated at the periphery of Amsterdam. The ambitious plan was made under the supervision of the Architecten Cie. Nine building complexes will be realized with broad streets and auto-free squares. Mecanoo designed the first complex which includes a school, sports hall, pre-school playrooms, a children’s day-care center, a community center, 51 apartments and 21 single family homes. The neighborhood will be enriched with good social housing situated in a network of pleasant and safe streets, squares and public green space with gathering places to socialize in. The result of the fruitful cooperation between the developer Ymere, the school board, design studio Makkink & Bey and artist Elspeth Pikaar is a richly detailed social housing and multi-functional education complex. Mecanoo’s design example will set the stage for the other eight residential complexes.

Exterior View

Architect: Mecanoo architecten
Name of Project: Osdorp Multi-Functional School
Location: Osdorp, The Netherlands
Design: 2005-2007
Realisation: 2007-2011
Developer: Ymere Ontwikkeling, Amsterdam; Amsterdamse Stichting voor Katholiek Onderwijs (ASKO), Amsterdam