2024-05-06T08:22:52-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150326237/construction-to-begin-on-energy-positive-brick-tower-by-mecanoo-in-amsterdam Niall Patrick Walsh 2022-10-07T12:07:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/15/1542fa02c91a028f8259fad5b0ab7496.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/mecanoo" target="_blank">Mecanoo</a> is moving ahead with a 28-story tower in north <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/6768/amsterdam" target="_blank">Amsterdam</a>. The <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/238888/mixed-use" target="_blank">mixed-use</a> residential and commercial tower, whose inception we covered <a href="https://archinect.com/news/bustler/7903/mecanoo-team-to-design-a-28-story-brick-tower-in-amsterdam" target="_blank">in 2020</a>, has been formally approved by city officials and will now move forward to construction later this month. Completion is expected in 2025.</p> <p>Named the Brink Tower after the Dutch word for open green space, the scheme is imagined as a &lsquo;visual and social link&rsquo; between two existing residential neighborhoods in north Amsterdam. </p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/68/6862675e2a750d5239e20278dbb6530f.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/68/6862675e2a750d5239e20278dbb6530f.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Image courtesy of Mecanoo</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The concept is defined by its rounded corners along the entirety of its 90-meter (295-foot) height. Clad in a warm red <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/60134/brick" target="_blank">brick</a> to reference the influential Amsterdam School of the 1920s, the tower&rsquo;s 28 stories are interspersed on the fa&ccedil;ade by brick and concrete bands. Between the bands, each level benefits from full-height glazing broken by slender brick elements. </p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/62/62d1cb966f2e7473c958be61b6077b70.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/62/62d1cb966f2e7473c958be61b6077b70.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Image courtesy of Mecanoo</figcaption></figure></figure><p>When viewed from the north, the tower adopts a wide, robust form in response to neighboring towers in Amste...</p>