Archinect
Wiel Arets Architects

Wiel Arets Architects

Amsterdam, NL | Berlin, DE | Maastricht, NL | Zürich, CH

anchor

Four Towers Osdorp

Built at the edge of a new park and small lake in the southwest of Amsterdam, the four slab-like towers each cantilever out over the public street, allowing the street to pass under the building at the entry, and they cantilever over the lake at the other end, where they face the park. Between the four towers, the naturally-lit and ventilated parking is placed underground, with plantings on the roof so that the landscape of the housing site is joined with that of the public park, and the glazed entry lobbies are experienced as being surrounded by nature. Unlike typical low-cost housing, the plans of the 11-story towers allow a wide variety of layouts, with the apartments able to be mirrored and shifted. Each apartment has covered outdoor patio that can be opened across the width of the living room, and in some cases, the living rooms are extended vertically into a double-height space. The façades of the four towers present the subtle overlapping patterns of the domestic spaces inside.

 
 Read more

Status: Built
Location: Amsterdam, NL

 

Back to Top  ↑Back to Project List...

Please wait... loading