2024-11-21T08:48:07-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150453037/mvrdv-adds-a-protective-design-to-aldo-van-eyck-s-tripolis-complex-in-amsterdam Josh Niland 2024-11-05T15:41:00-05:00 >2024-11-06T13:48:05-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e0/e00b13e06abe3dca06bc272c268b2497.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/327/mvrdv" target="_blank">MVRDV</a> has completed the restoration of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1447716/aldo-van-eyck" target="_blank">Aldo Van Eyck</a>&rsquo;s Tripolis Park office complex in Amsterdam.&nbsp;</p> <p>The project, which founder <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1962758/winy-maas" target="_blank">Winy Maas</a> says was deeply personal to him as a fan of the eccentric late Structuralist master, re-establishes two buildings within the monumental original design to cater to Uber and other high-end tenants while greening the site and constructing a new 12-story 'landscraper' to protect against vehicular noise pollution.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7a/7a608f03a76aa138db6ae530f74b0097.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7a/7a608f03a76aa138db6ae530f74b0097.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: &copy; Ossip van Duivenbode</figcaption></figure><p>The complex links to one of Van Eyck&rsquo;s most beloved designs, the Amsterdam Orphanage from 1960. MVRDV felt it was their responsibility to protect both its future and the architectural character of the Tripolis buildings&rsquo; facades&mdash;an act which required careful research done in unison with surviving Van Eyck family members and his available archives.&nbsp;<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6f/6f1d8f097d37be77d157e6f0fb06fcbe.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6f/6f1d8f097d37be77d157e6f0fb06fcbe.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: &copy; Ossip van Duivenbode</figcaption></figure><p>The work they performed thereafter included adding an all-wood cladding material outside, while designing a more usable office environment i...</p>