PATCHWORK Building Sluisbuurt, Amsterdam Harbour Architecture, Netherlands Waterfront plot 5A1, Architect
PATCHWORK Sluisbuurt Building in Amsterdam
5 July 2021
Barcode Architects and krft present PATCHWORK, the new cornerstone of the Amsterdam Sluisbuurt
Design: Barcode Architects / krft
Location: Sluisbuurt, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

PATCHWORK Building in Sluisbuurt
PATCHWORK, designed by Barcode Architects and krft, will be one of the first developments in the future sustainable Sluisbuurt area in Amsterdam. For the design, the architectural offices joined forces and won the tender for Sluisbuurt plot 5A1 in cooperation with ABC Planontwikkeling, EarthY, DGMR, and Buro Sant en Co.
The building is the cornerstone in the heart of the Sluisbuurt, at the pivot point where the main axes from the neighbourhood to the city and surroundings intersect. For the purpose of the future and healthy living, the central location of PATCHWORK turned into the inspiration for the architects to design a unique building concept in which physical activity and cycling play a key role.
The low and medium-height volumes of PATCHWORK bring a mid-size grain and human scale to the cityscape of the Sluisbuurt, in which high towers and larger blocks will be dominant. The ‘orchestrated diversity’ of the eight blocks is the result of the collaboration between Barcode Architects and krft ? two offices with their own signature, but with a shared vision on architectural quality and sustai...