AMSTERDAM - 2013

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Practical information
Hostel
Public transport
About Amsterdam
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Project map
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Program Monday 23rd of September
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Program Tuesday 24th of September
Keetwonen / Ijburg
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Program Wednesday 25th of September
Rotterdam / MVRDV
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Program Thursday 26th of September
Ter Apel / Groningen
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Additional program
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Practical information
Our hostel
Except for the bus trip on Thursday we expect
you to Ànd your way to our meeting points on
your own. You can either rent bikes or go by
public transport.
St Christopher’s Inn - The Winston
The Winston
Warmoesstraat 129
1012JA Amsterdam
The app ¶Trip AdYisor· has a Yery good ofÁine
city guide for Amsterdam where you will have
access to maps and travel recommendations
for free.
Arcam have an architectural guide for
Amsterdam called ¶8AR·. You can Ànd it from
this page:
www.arcam.nl/default.lhtml?lang=uk&
Public transport: 9292.nl/en# or www.gvb.nl
Trains: www.ns.nl/en/travellers/home
Bike rental: www.yellowbike.nl
or www.macbike.nl
Teachers
Eli Støa: +47 932 09 345
Stein Audun Jenssen: +47 982 56 817
Ingrid T. Ødegård: +47 480 34 233
Students
Julie Bueide
Viktoria Hamran Fjellbekk
Stine Glennås
Kristine Gulliksen
Marie Lowosow
Giang Chau Catherine Nguyen Do
Arnheidur Ofeigsdottir
Walter Radl
Gubghild Tverdal
Sara Karine G. Warloe
Sissel Ellingsen Westvig
Karine Elise Winther
Camilla Åseng
Tel: +31 206 231 380
[email protected]
Booking number: 6043522
Information from the hostel:
When you stay at the St Christopher’s
Amsterdam Hostel not only are you in the most
central city location, next to all of the best
attractions, you also have access to our very
own private beer garden, attached to the
Belushi’s bar. Add to that a built in nightclub
at the famous Winston Kingdom next door and
you can’t go wrong.
We have booked rooms with 6 and 8 beds at
the hostel. The students organize who will share
rooms themselves.
Breakfast is served from 08:00-10:00
Check in after 14.00. Check out before 11.00.
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IdentiÀcation: A valid passport is reTuired
for check-in
Free Continental Beakfast
Clean fresh bed linen provided and beds
made before arrival
Travel and sightseeing tips at reception
Free Wi-Fi Internet Access
Free city walking tour
24-hour reception
All night security staff and doormen
Electronic key cards for hostel area
Credit cards accepted
Free lockers available in the rooms only:
A padlock is reTuired. These can be
bought at reception
Secure luggage storage with coin
operated lockers available
Bring your own towel. Travel towel
purchase available at reception
Beer garden
Pool table
2-for-1 drink specials in the bar
Guests receive a 25% discount on food
in the bar
Bar, restaurant and nightclub on-site
60 themed art rooms
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St Christopher’s Inn
From Schipol Airport
50 min
Take a train shuttle to Amsterdam Central Train Station. Buy a ticket from a machine or at the
desk (more expensive). This train ride will cost around €3.80 (one-way ticket). Trains leave every
10-minutes between 06.00 and 01.00. The journey takes approximately 12-minutes.
Exit the station into the large sTuare and head toward the Victoria Hotel.
Follow Damrak Avenue for about 200-metres.
At the end of the cruise boat harbour turn left into Oudebrugsteeg.
Then turn right onto Warmoesstraat at the Chikita Shop. Walk for approximately 150-metres until
you reach St Christopher’s at the Winston.
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a disposable one (€2.60, good for one
hour) when you board. Some trams have
conductors responsible for ticketing, while on
others the drivers handle tickets. If transferring
from another line, show your ticket to the
conductor or driver as you board. Buses are
more conventional, with drivers stamping the
tickets as you board. When you enter and exit
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entrance, and attached to the VVV tourist
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The ride to Buiksloterweg is the most direct
(Àve minutes) and runs 24 hours. Another boat
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another goes to IJplein (6.30am to midnight).
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are much lower than the
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best seen on foot or by bicycle. The public
transport system is a mix of tram, bus, metro
and ferry. Visitors will Ànd the trams the most
useful option. The excellent Journey Planner
(www.9292ov.nl) calculates routes, costs
and travel times, and will get you from door
to door, wherever you’re going in the city.
It even offers a car versus public transport
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About Amsterdam
Seventeenth-century buildings. Joint-smoking
alien sculptures. Few cities meld history with
modern urban Áair like Amsterdam.
Admire Art
You can’t walk a kilometre without bumping
into a masterpiece in the city. The Van
Gogh Museum hangs the world’s largest
collection by tortured native son Vincent. A
few blocks away, Vermeer’s Kitchen Maid,
Rembrandt’s Night Watch and other Golden
Age treasures Àll the Rijksmuseum. The Museum
het Rembrandthuis offers more of Rembrandt
via his atmospheric, etching-packed studio
and the Stedelijk pulls out Mondrian among
its modern stock. And when the urge strikes
for something blockbuster, the Hermitage
Amsterdam delivers: the outpost of Russia’s
State Hermitage Museum picks from its threemillion-piece home trove to mount mega
exhibits.
Bike & Boat
Two wheeling is a way of life here. It’s how
Amsterdammers commute to work, go to the
shop and meet a date for dinner. With all the
bike rental shops around, it’s easy to gear up
and take a spin. If locals aren’t on a bike, they
may well be in a boat. With its canals and its
massive harbour, this city reclaimed from the
sea offers countless opportunities to drift. Hop
in a canal boat (preferably an open-air one)
or one of the free ferries behind Centraal
Station for a wind-in-your-hair ride.
Feel Gezellig
Amsterdam is famously gezellig, a Dutch
Tuality that translates as convivial or cosy. It’s
more easily experienced than deÀned. There’s
a sense of time stopping, an intimacy of the
here and now that leaves all your troubles
behind, at least until tomorrow. You can get
that warm, fuzzy feeling in many situations,
but the easiest place is a traditional brown
cafe. Named for their wood panelling and
walls stained by smoke over the centuries,
brown cafes practically have gezelligheid on
tap, alongside good beer. You can also feel
gezellig at any restaurant after dinner, when
you’re welcome to linger and chat after your
meal while the candles burn low.
Wander into the Past
Amsterdam is ripe for rambling, its compact
core laced by atmospheric lanes and
Tuarters. You never know what you’ll Ànd: a
hidden garden, a shop selling velvet ribbon, a
jenever (Dutch gin) distillery, an old monastery
turned classical music venue. Wherever you
end up, it’s probably by a canal. And a cafe.
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And a gabled building that looks like a Golden
Age painting.
Why I Love Amsterdam
By Karla Zimmerman, Author
I love walking around Prinsengracht in the
morning. Houseboats bob, bike bells cling
cling, Áower sellers la\ out their wares. 7he old
merchants houses tilt at impossible angles,
and it·s eas\ to imagine an era when boats
unloaded spices out front.
I love that the beer in $msterdam is perfectl\
frothed, and \ou can drink under a windmill
without affectation in the cit\. I love that even
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care with their product, and it tastes richer
because of it. I love that the Red Light District
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Lunch
Fix your lunch individually
before we meet again
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Keetwonen
Studenthousing in
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All rent bikes at the station
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Mothers’ House - Van Eyck
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Transformation project
Time to walk around in the
Eastern Harbour district on
your own, visit Lloyd Hotel
and have something to
eat before we meet again
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Breakfast
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Guided tour in Eastern
Harbour with ArchEX
Meeting place - Azartplein
Finsihes at 14:30
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Guided tour by Rotterdam
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Lunch
Fix your lunch individually
before we meet again for a
guided tour.
Netherland’s Architecture
Institute - Jo Coenen
Museumpark 25
Nice place for lunch?
Kunsthal - Rem Koolhaas
Museumpark 25
The Muesumspark - Oma
Kubuswoningen - Piet Blom
Overblaak 70
Rotterdam / MVRDV
Keetwonen / VMX / Ijburg
Eastern Harbour / Silodam
Wednesday 25th sept.
Tuesday 24th sept.
Monday 23rd sept.
16:30-18:30
Bus return to Amsterdam
Patio villas
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Super-shell houses
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Hybrid Apartment Block
Van Starkenborghkanaal
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Lunch 13:30-14:30
Fix your lunch individually
before we meet again.
Time to check out Schots
1 + 2, The CiBoGa Terrain
Europan3 Winner project
12:30-13:30
Bus from Ter Apel to
Groningen
11:00-12:30
Visit at Ter Apel Reception
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08:30
Bus transfer from the Central
Station
Breakfast
Ter Apel / Groeningen
Thursday 26th sept.
Feel free to visit additional
program!
Have a nice day, see you
back in Trondheim!
11.00 - Check out of hostel
Breakfast
Free disposal
Friday 27th sept.
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Double decker bus with guide
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15,30/17 euros (internet price/on the bus)
www.citysightseeingamsterdam.nl
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C ru i s e s
Boat trip on the canal
every day
13 euros
www.amsterdamcanalcruises.nl
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Monday 23rd sept.
Eastern Harbour / Silodam
12:00
1. Guided tour in Eastern
Harbour with ArchEX
Meeting place - Azartplein
Finsihes at 14:30
Time to walk around in the
Eastern Harbour district on your
own, visit Lloyd Hotel (2) and
have something to eat before
we meet again at Silodam.
17:00
3. Guided tour of Silodam
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City planning
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2000 - today
From the Central Station tram 26 direction Ijburg, the stop is
called’Kattenburgerstraat’
www.archex.info
The Eastern Docklands (Dutch: Oostelijk Havengebied) is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands, located between
the IJ and the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal. The harbor area was constructed in the late nineteenth century to allow for
increasing trade with the Dutch East Indies; a new location was necessitated by the construction of the Amsterdam
Centraal railway station, which replaced the old Tuays. East of the new station was a marshy area called De Rietlanden,
with the Zeeburgerdijk (then called Sint Antoniesdijk), running via the Zeeburch, a fort, to the Zuiderzee. The neighborhood
consists of the districts: KNSM Island, Java-eiland, Oostelijke Handelskade, CruTuiuseiland, Borneo-eiland and Sporenburg.
The area, about 2/3 water and 1/3 land, consists of an extension of the Oostelijke Handelskade, east of the center of town,
and four artiÀcial ´islandsµ (peninsulas), all of which were former industrial and harbor locations. In the early 2000s, after a
large-scale reorganization, the city’s biggest post-World War II building project, the Eastern Docklands was home to some
17,000 people living in some the highest population densities in the Netherlands.
(www.wikipedia.com)
KNSM Jo Coenens’ Masterplan for KNSM-island- provided big buildings, referring to the harbour scale. The buildings
which accord to one block are among others the ‘Piraeus’ from Hans Kollhoff and Christian Rapp and the ‘SkyDome’
from Wiel Arets. At KNSM one can still Ànd traces of the old harbour history. Apart from houses for retired captains and
former administration buildings of the shipping companies also a passengers-terminal dating from the sixties is still to be
seen. Additional to the predominating housing small galleries, shops, cafés and boot-workshops can be found on the
restructured island.
JAVA-EILAND On the eastern part of the island a different strategy has been followed. The old houses were entirely torn
down, after which an urban and small scale housing district - based on an urban design by Sjoerd Soeters - was built. The
big housing blocks with intimate yards are structured by small canals referring to the Áair of the historic Amsterdam city
centre. The buildings designed by different architects are repeated in each of the urban blocks, in varying positions. The
housing project of the Swiss architects Diener and Diener links Java and KNSM within the urban plan. The Jan Schaefer
bridge from Venhoeven CS connects Java island to the city centre.
BORNEO-SPORENBURG For the two peninsulas Borneo and Sporenburg West 8 made a striped, three layered housing
proposal, which reminds of long warehouses. The narrow housing types are conceived as introverted patio’s. All private
outside spaces as well as parking places are to be found within the plot. All involved architects interpreted these rules
differently. On Borneo the ‘Architects-houses’ show an even wider range. This ‘sea of houses’ is relaxed by big city blocks
such as ‘the Whale’ as most prominent example. Red, waving bridges connect the two islands.
(www. archex.info)
Meeting point: on Jan Schaeferbrug between Java Eiland and the Piet-Hein - kade, on the side of the Eastern Harbour
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Hotel and cultural embasy
MVRDV
Woonstichting De Key and Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam NL
1999-2004
8.300 m2
EUR 10.5 Million
www.lloydhotel.com/en
Built in the 1920s as a hotel for emigrants, then a long-time prison, and now in a third transition, the Lloyd Hotel is located in
the recently redeveloped eastern harbor area of Amsterdam. Whilst the meaning of the word guest has changed several
times, it now offers comfort for travelers and provides a public dining room for guests and the neighbors in the adjacent
new housing area.
Within the protected exterior of this national monument a void was carved through the volume to open up the
claustrophobic interior and to create a communal area for guests. It combines intimate spaces, used for meetings,
reading, working, dining and drinking, with an open plan and a feeling of togetherness. The void also houses the so-called
Cultural Embassy, which links all guests to a network of art and artists in Amsterdam - the specialty of the hotel.
The Cultural Embassy is surrounded by 120 rooms. They are all different. Varying from one to Àve stars. From cheap to
expensive. From neat to exuberant. From working space to romantic shelter. From Spartan to Biedermeier. From classic
to modern. From single to triple rooms. With single beds to giant ten-person beds. With hammock or normal beds. With
separate bathrooms or with baths next to the beds. With separate showers or open showers in the middle of the rooms.
With dark basement locations to attic rooms. And so on. It seeks to attract people too curious to resist returning.
(www.mvrdv.nl)
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Conversion of a silo into housing, 165 dwellings
MVRDV
Rabo Vastgoed, Utrecht NL and De Principaal B.V, Amsterdam
1995-2003
9,500 m2
EUR 16.8 million (EUR 861/ m2)
In the western part of the Amsterdam harbor an extensive urban operation has been undertaken in order to densify
the city and to meet the demands of the market, even on one of the more vulnerable areas. A former dam with
a silo building on top has been transformed into a new neighbourhood that consists of a series of relatively costly
components: a dam with a sunken parking lot, renovation of the old silo buildings, the reTuired mix of less expensive
social housing, the underwater protection barrier against oil tankers, the reTuired deep piling foundation and the
expensive temporary drydock constructions. To help pay for parts of this operation, a new housing block at the end of
the dam was proposed. Timing helped. The Dutch real estate boom in the nineties allowed for higher proÀts. By waiting
some years, additional income could be generated. How could MVRDV design a building that would wait?
The problem of a fast changing housing market was approached with a series of different housing types. The
demand for a big variety of living spaces on the one hand led to different typologies but on the other hand, as a
counterbalance to the increasing individuality. A mixed program of 157 houses (for rent or for sale), ofÀces, work
spaces, commercial spaces and public spaces had to be arranged in a 20 meter deep and ten-story-high urban
envelope. The apartments differ in size, cost and organization. In order to accommodate this process in time, a series
of neighbourhoods of 8 to 12 apartments were created. Blocks of apartments which surround a corridor, a garden, a
gallery and a hall. As a counter-form these organizations lead to speciÀc apartments: apartments with a panoramic
view, with views on both sides, double-height apartments, apartments with a patio, apartments with a view to the
harbour. The daylight reTuirements caused different amounts of windows for these types. The economic reTuirements
added a differentiation in facade material and outside spaces. In time these blocks were offered for discussion. It lead
to both political and economical negotiations, that could span the given time. Based on a four tower organization,
these blocks could be shifted. In the political discussions, a mix had to be achieved over separations, stratiÀcation or
apartheid constellations. In the economic discussions, Gauss curves accompanied the changes in demand. Up until
that moment the discussions had to be frozen. The existing situation was maintained in place.
As a result, an unexpected seTuence of semi-public routes appeared: from galleries on one side one can walk via
slits and corridors to galleries on the other side and higher up. Connecting all the houses with the hall, the public
balcony, the harbour, the barbeTue area and garden, the library, Àtness area and toy exchange, a three-dimensional
neighbourhood materializes. It became a container of houses, literally interpreting the surrounding harbour. Adding a
21st-century silo of houses to the adjacent 19th- and 20th-century silos. One of the blocks contains a restaurant, pushed
outside of the volume. The dam has been bent through the volume. It creates a public plaza with a panoramic view
over the river. It compensates for the loss of the view at the former dam. Below the balcony there is an ofÀce with
almost the same magniÀcent view.
(www.mvrdv.nl)
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Tuesday 24th sept.
Keetwonen / VMX / Ijburg
Breakfast
09:00
4. Mothers’ House - Van Eyck
Plantage Middenlaan 33
Transformation project
10:00
5. Keetwonen
Studenthousing in containers
Lunch
Fix your lunch individually before
we meet again at VMX ofÀce.
14:00
6. Ijburg
Guided tour of VMX projects in
Ijburg by Shaya Fallahi, project
architect at VMX.
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Plantage Middenlaan 33
Tram 9, direction Diemen (Sneip) from Dam STuare (3 min from the hostel)
the stop is called ‘Plantage Kerklaan’
Housing for unmarried women and their children
A. E. van Eyck
Hubertusvereniging
1973-1978
A boarding house for ‘fallen women’ (unmarried mothers) providing temporary lodgings for 16 parents and some 78
children pluss staff and administrative spaces was to Àll a gap in a 19th-century street wall and restore two neighbouring
historical houses at the same time. The inÀll conforms in terms of height, general vertical subdivision and basement to
the existing fabric, yet deviates radically from it in other ways. Its entrance and stairhouse are so positioned as to create
two buildings: a tall, entirely new block and a less-tall extension to the existing houses, with colour and material acting
as unifying elements.
The existing premises contain staffrooms and parents’ living and sleeping Tuarters, with their terraces in the new-build.
The all-new block contains storage space, a canteen and kitchen and a day nursery for children aged one to six.
The two uppermost levels, high up and isolated, are for babies. A low-rise portion on an inner court has two storeys of
dwelling units; each unit houses ten children and consists of a bedroom, toilet and washroom, kitchen and living room
with a veranda. A tiny passage upstairs links the dwellings to a roof terrace. The structure is a regular concrete frame
of columns and Áoor slabs with a core of toilets and lift. Non-loadbearing walls are for the most part glazed so that the
space throughout is easy to read. Both plans and facades eschew geometric regularity in favour of even distribution of
speciÀc geometries: rectangular spaces, 45 degree angles, circles and segments, and free-form curves in the children’s
living Tuarters.
During the construction stage, Van Eyck decided to supplement the intended colour scheme of the low-rise (purple,
red, orange, yellow and green) by painting successive sections of the high-rise facade in different colours to lend
weight to the rythm of the facade. ´I don’t choose colours,µ van Eyck wrote, ´the rainbow is my favorite colour.µ The
rainbow motif can be found here more than once.
(Hans von Dijk, Architectural Guide to the Netherlands, 2006)
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H. J. E. Wenckebachweg 49
Tram 14, direction Slotermeer from ‘Plantage Kerklaan’ to the stop
Waterlooplein’. 3 min walk to Metro Station ‘Waterlooplein’. Metro 54
direction Geim to the stop ‘Spaklerweg’.
Studenthousing
Tempohousing
De Key
2005-2006
Keetwonen is the name of the biggest container city in the world (we know of no other village of shipping containers of
this size: do you?). Living in a converted shipping container was a new concept in the Netherlands when launched by
Tempohousing, but the city of Amsterdam took the courageous step to contract Tempohousing to go and realize it. It
turned out to be a big success among students in Amsterdam and it is now the second most popular student dormitory
offered by the student housing corporation ´De Keyµ (www.dekey.nl) in Amsterdam (and they have many). The initial
fears of some people that the container homes would be too small, too noisy, too cold or too hot, all turned out to be
unfounded: : they turned out to be spacious, Tuiet and well insulated and certainly offer value for money, compared to
other student homes in the city.
They also come complete with amenities often missing in other student dormitories: your own bathroom and kitchen,
balcony, separate sleeping and study room, large windows that provide daylight and a view and even an automatic
ventilation system with variable speeds. The heating is from a central natural gas boiler system. The hot water is supplied
by one 50 liter tank per home and a high speed internet connection is included, as well as a central audio phone
system for visitors at the main door downstairs. The whole project was designed with an eye on how students like to live:
a place for yourself, not having to share the shower and the toilet with strangers, but at the same time lots of possibilities
to participate in the social life of the dormitory, including the many parties that come with being a student. The blocks
have a closed off internal area for safe bicycle parking.
Although the project was initially meant to only stay on this site for 5 years (and to be relocated after that – container
homes are ideal for that, you move and you take your house with you!), it is expected that the relocation will be
postponed until 2016. The project started at the end of 2005 (Àrst 60 homes commissioned) and was completed mid
2006.
(tempohousing.com)
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Tram 26 from the Central Station, direction Ijburg. Get off at the stop
‘Diemerparklaan’ where we will meet Shaya Fallahi, a project architect
from VMX.
Housing
VMX
2003www.vmxarchitects.nl
From their website:
The setting up of VMX Architects not only marked the beginning of an ambitious ofÀce, but also coincided with an
important political change in the conditions under which architecture was produced in the Netherlands. The Dutch
government’s hands on building programme was abandoned in the mid 1990’s which left an opening for privatisation
and a free market – a new context with new responsibilities for an architect. Educated in a period of social responsibility,
although fully aware of the current situation, VMX strives to give a new meaning and content to architecture. After the
Àrst exploratory years of studies and competitions, the ofÀce is now in a position where ideas are also tested in reality.
During the past years more than twenty projects have been realised. VMX approaches architecture from a pragmatic
and optimistic stance. The ofÀce develops designs on the basis of a given situation, bearing in mind economic and
cultural conditions. Practical issues such as programme, function and location are important elements in the design
process. VMX sees it as their task to search for strategies that reach a creative integration. The work of VMX Architects
expresses the option of architecture as custom made. Working under strict perimeters the ofÀce does not build ‘more of
the same’ but builds speciÀc and uniTue solutions.
The ofÀce was established after winning Europan 3, Den Bosch, 1994. Various projects have been worked on since
that time. These projects vary from the design of a table to the design of a temporary bicycle storage, and from the
complete modiÀcation of an existing house to the design of large, complex public buildings, hospitals, ofÀces and
schools.
VMX Architects consists of two partners: Don Murphy and Leon Teunissen. Don Murphy was one of the Àrst graduates of
the Berlage Institute. He is responsible for the architectural position of the ofÀce. Leon Teunissen graduated at TU Delft
in both Architecture and Building Management. He is responsible for the management of projects and the ofÀce as a
whole.
At this moment the ofÀce is consciously limited to 15 employees and a number of trainees. This enables the partners
to give optimum attention to all projects. Employees of the ofÀce are both Dutch and non-Dutch. The differences in
culture, education and technical experience is used to Tuestion and research Dutch building traditions. Apart from the
secretary, all employees are highly trained architects and technicians.
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Zeeburg Amsterdam
Steigereiland Amsterdam
2.400m2
2005-2007
2007-2008
3 million euros
W-House
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Fam WaltaElmers
IJburg
250 m2
2005-2006
2006-2007
305.000 Euro
S-House
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Fam Steen-Boas
IJburg, Amsterdam
225 m2
2004
2005-2006
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Client
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Vesteda Amsterdam
IJburg Amsterdam
2005 -2007
2007-2008
20 million euro
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J. Matser
Projectontwikkeling
6800 m2
1999-2002
2003 - 2005
5,2 million Euro
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Wednesday 25th sept.
Rotterdam / MVRDV
Breakfast
10:00
A. Arrival in Rotterdam
All rent bikes at the station
B. Kubuswoningen - Piet Blom
Overblaak 70
C. The Muesumspark - Oma
C. Kunsthal - Rem Koolhaas
Museumpark 25
C. Netherland’s Architecture
Institute - Jo Coenen
Museumpark 25
Nice place for lunch?
Lunch
Fix your lunch individually before
we meet again for a guided tour.
14:00
D. Kop van Zuid
Guided tour by Rotterdam
ArchiGuides
17:00
(095'9RIÀFH
Dunanstraat 10
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Overblaak 70
Housing
Piet Blom
By bike (follow map)
1984
www.kubuswoning.nl/introkubuseng.html
Architect Piet Blom’s group of pole houses form a pedestrian bridge across the Blaak. The complex includes several larger
cubes besides the Cube houses as well as the apartmentblock known as the Pencil-building.
The name of the complex refers to the vision of the architect: every house was a tree, the total complex a forest. You can
see what it’s like to live in a tilted cube, in the fully furnished Showcube.
An exhibition with i.e. photo’s and models will provide you with even more information.
Museum open from 11-17
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OMA
By bike (follow map)
1994
www.oma.eu/projects/1994/museumpark
The Museumpark and the Witte de Withstreet form a uniTue cultural area within the heart of Rotterdam. The Museumpark,
a special designed park, accommodates, because of the surrounding buildings like Coenens’ Netherlands Architecture
Institute, the Kunsthal by Rem Koolhaas, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, the Chabotmuseum and the Natural History
museum, a true sample-card of architectural styles and visions.
The adjacent Witte de Withstreet with it’s choice of art-galleries, cultural institutions and various restaurants show the
diversity of the cultural life of Rotterdam. This walk along the cultural axes of Rotterdam will show you how entwined art,
culture and architecture can be.
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Muesumpark 25
Gallery
Rem Koolhaas
By bike (follow map)
1992
www.kunsthal.nl
The Kunsthal Rotterdam stages some 25 exhibitions a year. The Kunsthal presents culture in the widest sense of the word:
old art, new art, design, photography - from elitist to popular.
The Kunsthal freTuently experiments with themes which in many cases provide the Àrst impulse for an exhibition. This
approach has resulted in an exciting and varied exhibition repertoire highlighting Impressionism, lingerie, Leonardo da
Vinci, Blackfoot Indians, Jewels of the Orient, Pop-art. More than 3300 sTuare metres of exhibition space are available in
the striking building designed by Rotterdam architect Rem Koolhaas - a work of art in its own right, making a visit to the
Kunsthal well worth your while.
(www.kunsthal.nl)
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Museum
Jo Coenen
By bike (follow map)
1988
en.nai.nl
Museum open from 10-17
Exhibition, café and the Sonneveld House Museum is one of the best-preserved houses in the Nieuwe Bouwen style, the
Dutch branch of the International School of Modernism.
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City planning
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2000 - today
By bike (follow map)
www.rotterdam-archiguides.nl/en/architectural-excursions/kop-van-zuidsouthbank
14-16pm / Guided tour – Rotterdam ArchiGuides
The most interesting city development besides the innercity and the LloydTuarter can be found along the river Maas.
With the disappearance of the harbor functions on the southbank, a lot of space has been created alongside attractive
waterlocations to foresee the waterfront of the Kop van Zuid of new functions.
In the past few years several interesting housingprojects have been realized, but also a lot of administrative functions
have found a new location over here. Because of the energetic reconstruction of the Southbank, the centre of the city
has been moved towards the river.
The walk passes a.o. along recent projects like the Erasmusbridge by Ben van Berkel and the new Luxor by Peter Wilson
the renovated Las Palmas building, the Montevideo by Mecanoo and the highest apartmentbuilding of Rotterdam, the
New Orleans by Alvaro Siza.
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Residential district on Kop van Zuid development area
Housing
KCAP
Part of the guided tour
1996-2002
www.kcap.eu/en/projects/v/stadstuinen/
The ‘Stadstuinen’ (City Gardens) area of Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid (a massive redevelopment of the former docklands
on the southern banks of the River Maas) is a residential enclave that combines the advantages of suburban and urban
lifestyles. The project comprises a total of approx. 570 residential units in 10 urban blocks set around an elongated sTuare.
The outer edge is determined by apartment buildings of 7-9 storeys with urban functions in the plinth. The inner area is a
garden district with mainly ground-accessed dwellings. The corners of the sTuare are marked by urban villas, one of which
is occupied by primary school De Pijler.
The blocks have been designed by four different architects who produced their schemes in consultation with each
other. The predominant material is brick, applied in various mixtures and in four different colour tones. The consistent use
of materials gives the neighborhood a sense of architectural unity. The positioning of the blocks and the introduction of
different kinds of outdoor space, such as winter gardens and galleries, serve to optimise the sense of spaciousness.
KCAP designed the four corner blocks. These blocks are characterised by a variety of housing types and different access
principles which accompany the transition from the dwelling to the collective area. All the exterior spaces have been
executed as cantilevered, projecting glazed-in balconies.
Client
Stadstuinen CV, Rotterdam
Estrade Wonen, Rotterdam
Leyten & Partners, Rotterdam
Woonzorg Nederland, Amstelveen
Program
570 residences with total 70.000 m2 of which 100 units designed by KCAP, sheltered housing, primary school, commercial
and parking facilities, outdoor space
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Dunantstraat 10
By bike (see map)
www.mvrdv.nl
We are invited to visit the architects of MVRDV at their ofÀce in Rotterdam at 17:00 hours.
From their website:
MVRDV was founded in 1993 by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The
practice engages globally in providing solutions to contemporary architectural and urban issues. A highly collaborative,
research-based design method involves clients, stakeholders and experts from a wide range of Àelds from early on in
the creative process. The results are exemplary, outspoken projects, which enable our cities and landscapes to develop
towards a better future.
The products of MVRDV’s uniTue approach to design vary, ranging from buildings of all types and sizes, to urban plans
and visions, numerous publications, installations and exhibitions. Built projects include the Netherlands Pavilion for the
World EXPO 2000 in Hannover; ‘Flight Forum’, an innovative business park in Eindhoven; the Silodam Housing complex
in Amsterdam; the Matsudai Cultural Centre in Japan; the Unterf|hring ofÀce campus near Munich; the Lloyd Hotel
in Amsterdam; the Ypenburg housing and urban plan in The Hague; the Didden Village rooftop housing extension in
Rotterdam; the music centre De Effenaar in Eindhoven; the Gyre boutiTue shopping center in Tokyo; a public library in
Spijkenisse; an international bank headTuarters in Oslo, Norway; and the iconic Mirador and Celosia housing in Madrid.
Current projects include a variety of housing projects in the Netherlands, Spain, China, France, the US, India, Korea and
other countries; an energy efÀcient ofÀce building in Paris, France; a central market hall for Rotterdam, the Netherlands;
a culture plaza in Nanjing and museums in Hangzhou, China and Roskilde, Denmark. MVRDV is also working on large
scale urban masterplans in Bordeaux and Caen, France and the masterplan for an eco-city in Logroño, Spain. Larger
scale visions for the future of greater Paris, greater Oslo, and the doubling in size of the Dutch new town Almere are also
in development.
MVRDV Àrst published a manifesto of its work and ideas in FARMAX (1998), followed by MetaCity/Datatown (1999), Costa
Iberica (2000), Regionmaker (2002), 5 Minutes City (2003), KM3 (2005), SpaceÀghter (2007) and Skycar City (2007), and
more recently The Vertical Village (with The Why Factory, 2012). MVRDV deals with issues ranging from global sustainability
in large scale studies such as Pig City, to small, pragmatic architectural solutions for devastated areas such as New
Orleans.
The work of MVRDV is exhibited and published worldwide and has received numerous international awards. Seventy
architects, designers and other staff develop projects in a multi-disciplinary, collaborative design process which involves
rigorous technical and creative investigation. MVRDV works with BIM and has ofÀcial in-house BREEAM and LEED assessors.
Together with Delft University of Technology, MVRDV runs The Why Factory, an independent think tank and research
institute providing an agenda for architecture and urbanism by envisioning the city of the future. (The Why Factory
Website)
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Thursday 26th sept.
Ter Apel / Groningen
Breakfast
08:30
Bus transfer from the Central
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11:00-12:30
I. Visit at Ter Apel Reception
Center
12:30-13:30
Bus from Ter Apel to Groningen
Lunch 13:30-14:30
Fix your lunch individually before
we meet again.
Time to check out Schots 1 + 2,
The CiBoGa Terrain Europan3
Winner project by S333
15:00-16:30
II. Hybrid Apartment Block
Van Starkenborghkanaal
Europan6 Winner project by
Casanova+Hernandez
II. Super-shell houses
Casanova+Hernandez
II. Patio villas
Casanova+Hernandez
16:30-18:30
Bus return to Amsterdam
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Ter Apel
Reception center for asylum seekers
Geurst and Schulze
Rijksgebouwendienst Directie Oost Arnhem
2000-2001
www.geurst-schulze.nl
From the architect:
In this building the initial interviews take place with asylum-seekers applying for a Dutch residence permit. The building
has two parts: an existing building housing the management and a new building where the asylum-seekers spend a few
days. During this period they have a number of interviews with the staff of the Immigration and Naturalisation Service
(IND).The building has waiting rooms and sleeping areas for asylum-seekers, interview rooms and ofÀces for ofÀcials of
the Aliens Department, Royal Netherlands Military Constabulary, the Dutch Refugee Council and the Immigration and
Naturalisation Service (IND).
The building is located just outside Ter Apel on the site of a former NATO storage depot. The new building was inspired
by the layout of a monastery and has a sTuare ground plan with four patios and two storeys. The introvert outside
appearance of the building was in response to the desire not to make it too inviting. The interior by contrast is open and
light to make the stay of the asylum-seekers as pleasant as possible. Owing to the short design period of 2 months and
the very short construction time of 11 months, it was decided to use a pre-fabricated system comprising a steel frame,
concrete channel Áoor units and prefab wooden inner leaves. The faoade is Ànished in ceramic tiles with aluminium
window frames.
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145 houses and apartments 4,500 m2 retail and commercial space
300 underground parking places
S333
Development Consortium IMA: ING Vastgoed, Amstelland Ontwikkeling,
Bouwbedrijf Moes BVwith Nijestee Vastgoed, Amvest Vastgoed
2003
1.3 ha
25,000,000 euros
www.s333.org
From the architect:
Following its Europan 3 win, S333 was commissioned to develop the urban principles for a mixed-use regeneration project
at CiBoGa, a 14 ha post-industrial site on the edge of the city centre. Then in 1998, we were commissioned as architect
for Schots 1 + 2, the Àrst phase of the new development.
In this work, we addressed the following Tuestions: How can context, nature and urban ecology become more
instrumental in the re-evaluation, re-interpretation and re-organisation of dense, residential neighbourhoods within our
cities? How can the multi-layering of activities and landscape set up a viable alternative to the hermetic world of the
traditional urban block?
S333’s research into housing typologies, local ecological conditions and alternative energy use has led to the proposals
becoming a national pilot scheme and demonstration project for sustainable urban renewal in the Netherlands.
S333 identiÀed the site as part of a larger urban ring of strategic importance for the city’s ecological structure. This was
supported by the municipality’s decision to establish a car-free zone throughout the site, its policy of having only one carparking space for every two new dwellings, and its ambition to cap all polluted ground with underground car parking.
The urban plan adopted by the city proposes 13 ‘schotsen’ – compact building blocks eroded by new forms of semipublic space – that Áoat in an open landscape which operates as a Àlter zone between the city centre and the 20th
Century housing extensions.
S333’s Schots 1 + 2 create a ‘volumetric landscape’ or megaform which both acts as a continuation of the existing
landscape, and densiÀes the urban fabric to include 105 apartments, 44 houses, 110 winter gardens, 14 patios, 8 shops, 4
vertical gardens, 3 collective roof gardens, 2 courtyards, 2 supermarkets, 1 medical centre and 300 car-parking spaces.
The supermarkets and smaller shops create a uniÀed streetscape, allowing the buildings above to evolve independently.
Schots 1 is clad entirely in glass and Schots 2 entirely in wood. With just a basic house and basic apartment type, the
project creates a wide range of possibilities with variations coming through position on the site, orientation to sunlight and
access, and the relationship to existing buildings.
In Schots 1, apartments positioned on top of retail space are arranged around a variety of open and semi-open collective
spaces. Access galleries open onto roof terraces.
In Schots 2, housing on top of retail space is accessed by a sloped ground surface that makes a seamless transition from
the ground to the Àrst level.
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Groningen
38 row houses. 40 social row-houses. 36 ‘Super-Shell’ Áexible houses (living
and working typology)
Casanova+Hernandez
Nijestee Vastgoed
2012
611 m2
15 490 000 euros
www.casanova-hernandez.com
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H y b r i d
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Groningen
41 apartments: 16 ‘Fokus’ housing for disabeled people, 25 apartments.
Casanova+Hernandez
Nijestee Vastgoed
2000-2012
10 400 m2
4 410 000 euros
www.casanova-hernandez.com
From the architect:
This hybrid apartment tower, eight-stories in height, is located along the Van Starkenborghkanaal, in an area under
renovation characterized by the mix og housing and industrial buildings.
The complete new urban development designed by Casanova+Hernandez architects consist of two main elements:
1. A massive plinth that uniÀes the whole urban intervention and deÀnes a new public space, sheltering living
and working dwellings and business units, storages and facilities.
2. Three ‘crystals’ on top of the plinth, composed of dwellings, designed as light and transparent volumes.
SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
The project explores the concept of social sustainability in residential areas by promoting the full integration of
handicapped people in our society. The Hybrid Apartment Block avoids the traditional physical and psychological
segregation of this group by experimenting with different strategies that can be summarized in the following concepts:
1. Mixing groups: spreading special apartments to avoid segregation.
The tower consists of 50 apartments from which 20 have been specially designed for handicapped people following the
design criteria of the Fokus program promoted by the Dutch government. The special apartments are spread throughout
the whole building avoiding their concentration on speciÀc levels and/or areas of the building.
2. A home is not a hospital room: hybrid building as a mix of independent dwellings and care centre.
This project allows independence of the handicapped residents and at the same time provides 24 hours care service
centre integrated in the building (ADL unit).
3. Living independent, but protected.
An intercom connects directly every special apartment with the ADL unit. Security and independence are the two
principles that have been combined in this project to improve social integration of handicapped people.
4. Architectural appearance: neutrality and no differentiation.
The architectural expression of the building does not show towards the exterior the existing difference in the interior
program. No hospital appearance.
5.Strong visual relations living space - street life.
Many residents living in the special apartments have serious mobility problems and lay in bed the whole day. The windows
of the apartment are designed as high openings from Áoor to ceiling, allowing visual contact with the exterior urban life.
6. Winter garden as semi-open space
The master bedroom is directly connected with the living room and both spaces have direct access to a winter-garden,
a comfortable semi-open space that can be completely open in summer.
7. Fluid circulation around the house
The design of the Fokus dwellings following a circular circulation scheme is based on extra large dimensions of circulations,
doors and rooms, assisted by home automation systems, allowing users to move easily through the whole house.
8. Chromatic differentiations of the collective areas and building levels.
The use of different colours, characterizes the collective spaces. This helps handicapped people to get better orientated
within the building.
9. Dwellings Interior differentiation as promoter of social interaction.
The changing position of the windows in relation with the interior spaces in the different apartments, combined with the
use of coloured glasses, following an aleatory pattern dispersed in the faoade, create interior spaces characterized by
very different chromatic conditions, something that incites the neighbours to visit other’s apartments, promoting the social
relations within the block.
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Groningen
Patio houses
Casanova+Hernandez
Nijestee Vastgoed
2005
611 m2
655 000 euros
www.casanova-hernandez.com
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1. NDSM Werf
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Kinetisch noord Neveritaweg 15
Former shipyard, now a centre for underground culture in Amsterdam.
www.ndsm.nl/en
2. Museum Het Schip
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Spaarndammerplantsoen 140
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Museum on the Amsterdam school and social housing
Architect:
Michel de Klerk
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1921
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Amsterdamse School
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www.hetschip.nl
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3. Bicycle Storage
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Central Station
Bicycle storage
VMX
1998-1999
4. Amrath Hotel
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Prins Hendrikkade 108
Hotel
Van der Meij
1913
Amsterdamse School
5. Arcam
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Prins Hendrikkade 600
Local architecture centre
René van Zuuk
2003
www.arcam.nl
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6. Rijksmuseum
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Museumstraat 1
Museum for art and history from the late Middle Ages to the present day.
Pierre Cuypers
1885
www.rijksmuseum.nl/en
7. The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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Museumplein 10
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International museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art and
design.
Architect:
Benthem Crouwel Architects (new extension)
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2003-2012 (new extension)
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www.stedelijk.nl/en
8. Orphanage
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IJsbaanpad 3
Orphanage
A. E. van Eyck
1955-1960
9. Wozoco
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Reimerswaalstraat 1
Housing for the elderly
MVRDV
1997
10. Parkrand
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Geuzenveld, Amsterdam
Housing
MVRDV
1999-2006
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Only for use at Amsterdam excursion.
Planned by Eli Støa and Ingrid T. Ødegård
Faculty of Architecture and Fine art - NTNU 2013
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