Waterfront Mixed-Use Transformation
A former dock area along the banks of Amsterdam’s IJ waterway is transformed into a high-density residential and business area. On the site known as 'De Pakhuysen' (The Warehouses), gigantic warehouses are a reminder of the time when the area was still a functioning port. Some have fallen into disuse and are dilapidated, while others have been thoroughly renovated and given a new lease on life.
In between these historic warehouses, new blocks form a differentiated complex of interlocking buildings that maintain the views through to the IJ. The complex accommodates a mixed programme, ra...
- Location
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Client
- Oosterveem, Almere (urban plan), Heijmans IBC Vastgoedontwikkeling, Almere-Stad (architecture)
- Year
- 1998 - 2009
- Status
- Completed
- Program
- 9.100 m2 urban plan area 10.000 m2 office building B "Huys Azië" 7.350 m2 apartment building D (52 residences) "Huys Afrika" 11.500 m2 parking garage
- Disciplines
- Architecture
- Supervision
- Urban Planning
- Collaborators
- Claus en Kaan Architecten, Amsterdam
- Blok A+C: De Architecten Cie., Amsterdam
- Renovation: Villa Nova, Rotterdam
- Open space: Juurlink & Geluk, Rotterdam
- Publications
- Architectenweb
- Architecturelab
- Architecture Culture, nr. 391, December 2013
- E-Architect
- Stedenbouw, nr. 666, November 2008
- World Architecture Review, nr 10, May 2006