In contrast with urban plans where the structure is rigid and predictable, the proposal for the development of Almere Oosterwold is based on freedom of both individual and collective initiatives. The area of 43 square kilometers, located at the edge
The city of Almere, within the metropolitan area of Amsterdam, is on the verge of experiencing a large population growth geered by urban plans like that of Oosterwold or Almere 2030, which foresees the construction of 60,000 new homes. In this contex
Regulated by Rem Koolhaas’s master plan for the urban center of Almere, the De Kunstlinie building offers large and small-scale cultural equipments scattered on a tray that hovers over the surface of Weerwater Lake. This horizontal piece of 100 x 100
Commissioned by the municipality of Almere and built upon the concrete foundation of a farm that burned down in the 1980s, the project consists of a wooden box designed with facade shutters that open automatically with sunlight.
Facing the artificial Ijssel lake and on reclaimed land, the four front pieces make up the dwellings, while the rear piece, which wraps around them, conforms the social center in a private-public gradient, from water to earth. The same building, whi
Located in a small peninsula in the Dutch city of Almere, the project proposes – under the theoretical frame of the pedagogical system of the Italian educator Maria Montessori –, a program of opposites: a school and social club for the elderly. The d
La ciudad de Almere tiene más de cien mil habitantes y una historia de dos décadas. Es una aglomeración polinuclear, en la que las distintas zonas y el tráfico se han configurado jerárquicamente. La separación funcional se mantiene en el centro, cuya
Este encargo residencial localizado en el límite del Regenboogbuurt o Barrio del Arcoiris, en la localidad holandesa de Almere, incluye 56 viviendas en propiedad y 28 en régimen de alquiler, situadas a la orilla de uno de los innumerables canales que
The project has a decidely urban vocation. It is based around the concept of ‘highness’ and vertically houses a program which allows the merging of a local tradition with a universal model...
