Het Platform Community Building in Utrecht
Het Platform Community Building, Holland, Utrecht Mixed-Use Development, Dutch Building Architecture Images
Het Platform Community Building in Utrecht
3 July 2020
Het Platform Community Building
Architects: VenhoevenCS architecture+urbanism
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Het Platform, a mixed-use community building right next to Utrecht Central station, was recently completed and all new residents have moved in. The building combines 201 rental apartments with a large number of collective facilities, including a bike parking, commercial spaces for fitness and a restaurant, and many ?sticky spaces? for social encounters.
The building has been designed as a MicroCity; an innovative concept for buildings and neighborhoods. By offering a mix of complementary functions it creates opportunities to enhance the post-carbon circular economy. By reducing mobility needs as well, the MicroCity concept contributes strongly to making cities truly sustainable. Nature-inclusive
Het Platform is one of the first realized nature-inclusive residential buildings at this scale in the Netherlands. It is like a natural landscape within the city: with a wide variety of plants and trees in its façade planters and four different roof gardens, the building strengthens local biodiversity. The planting plan by Studio LandLab is based on landscapes in the province of Utrecht. With a rich floral mix and successively flowering trees, such as the honey tree and the magnolia, the building is in bloom ...
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