New Amsterdam Harbor Building, Netherlands Architecture, Architect
Jonas Kavel 42A IJburg Amsterdam
Kavel 42A Building, Holland – design by Orange Architects in collaboration with Amvest
21 Jul 2017
Jonas Kavel 42A IJburg Building in Amsterdam
Design: Orange Architects
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Jonas is at home on IJburg
Orange Architects has won the tender for Plot 42A, located in the heart of the harbour on IJburg in Amsterdam.

With this winning scheme, called ?Jonas?, the city has chosen a highly innovative residential building that has achieved the highest possible level of sustainability: BREEAM Outstanding.

The design for the 29,000-m2 mixed-use programme was commissioned by Amvest and developed in collaboration with Site urban development, ABT, Felixx landscape architects and Floor Ziegler.
The name Jonas is a reference to the legend Jonas and the Whale, a tale about adventure and intimacy, and about shelter, security and homeliness inside a ?big body?.

Jonas is a sturdy building with a warm heart. Jonas is also an iconic, sustainable and attractive structure that stands out from the surrounding buildings – even by virtue of its special siting on the strip of land and the remarkable programme it contains.

The building shapes themes that matter here: water, quayside and maritime craft. At the same time, by embracing the ?soul of the site? and rendering it visible, Jonas looks like it belongs here.

The irregular composition of window ope...