Four Towers
Wiel Arets Architects | |
| location | Amsterdam |
| function | housing |
| contributed by | jpmm |
In Osdorp, SW of Amsterdam, major changes are under way to transform a currently vacant zone into a residential district connected to the existing housing area alongside it. All towers are sited according to the given urban footprint and take up the maximum envelope, giving a total of 390 apartments evenly distributed over 11 levels. The plan allows for a high degree of interchangeability of layouts so as to offer a diversity of apartment types. A central core and a number of strategically positioned service shafts enable the different types to mirror and shift not only with regard to each other but also in terms of the spatial configuration within one apartment. An aluminum cladding indicates the separation between the apartments, while the mirroring concept of the plan results in a playful façade pattern ranging between alteration and iteration, between standardizing and individualizing. The twofold elements bring about a subtle discontinuation within the unitized surface.
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