osdorp canw , amsterdam

location
hvdn architecten
osdorp canw, amsterdam
58 houses and 41 apartments with parking
Osdorp’s town centre is to be renovated and in
the coming years it will form the new centre of
Amsterdam’s Western Garden City expansions. The
development will commence with the construction
of an open, transparent block in the ‘SUHA’
neighbourhood while, simultaneously, the adjacent
Nieuwe Gracht Zuid project will start. The latter
comprises a quiet residential environment that
links the new town centre to the existing garden city
structure. This first phase entails the construction of
235 apartments and 22 single-family houses, designed
by five different architects.
transparency
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The Wibohuis is part of the block in the ‘SUHA’
neighbourhood. In order to generate an open
and friendly atmosphere, it was decided to open
the building’s ground floor. By making the base
transparent and doubling its height, views are created
towards the sunny communal garden located behind
the building. Family housing, a community space
and a large crèche add further to the open and lively
environment. A four-bay brick finished structure
above the plinth houses 40 WiBo units (housing in a
controlled environment) for the elderly.
incisions
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The design for De Nieuwe Gracht Zuid comprises a
series of three low-rise blocks. Each block consists of
two linear volumes terminated by a taller apartment
building, all above a half-underground garage. The
blocks are designed by two architectural practices
with the form and external materialisation being
predetermined. The apartment building will be
designed by EN architects with hvdn completing the
ground-connected housing and the garage.
The incisions into the block are articulated by turning
the yellow brickwork back-to-front and exposing its
white colour. A communal garden above the garage
separates the two rows of private gardens and reduces
the often untidy visual impact of the garden fencing.
By adopting a similar form to the existing structures,
the new buildings attach themselves seamlessly to the
existing garden city layout.
project information
osdorp canw, amsterdam
address: hoekenespad, v. suchtelen v.d. haarestraat
extra function: coordinating architect for the Nieuwe Gracht Zuid development
design team: albert herder, arie van der neut, sabine heine, dirk schlebusch
project team: albert herder, sabine heine, ard hoksbergen
client: far west / de principaal amsterdam
design-completion: 2005building costs: € 10.500.000
hvdn architecten
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