Description
The project is the culmination of investigations that started with the Lox Building; London (1995) and developed through, among others, the Westerdokseiland plan (1997) and the essay, ‘Adaptability’ (see a+t 12, 1998). That essay proposed a concept for an ‘transfunctional and multifunctional building that could ailovv the possibility of changing use; living into working, working into leisure or be a container of severai
uses simultaneously’. lt expresses activity; whether living or working is not our concern. Units are typically 7.5 m wide, 3.2 m floor to ceiling and 22 m deep. Each unit is entered at ground level, from the street side rather than the kade side and each unit has a central void giving light into the middle of the deep floor plan, thereby allowing many variations in internal layout.
People
Architect
Civil Engineer
Client
Owner
Time & Place
Status
built
Date
01/01/2003
Address
IJburglaan 500, Amsterdam, Niederlande
Specifications
Floors
Floors: 4
Height
Height: 14
Staircases
Staircases: 11
Units per Staircase
Units per staircase: 2
Units per Floor
Units per floor: 22
Units
Unit Area
Plot Area
Floor Area Typical
Area Total
Podium Area
Courtyard Area
Ground floor Area
Residents
Parking Spaces
Taxonomy
Organisation
Material
Structure
Usage
Housing, shops
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