Residential Complex, Zeeburger Island Building, Amsterdam Housing, Netherlands Architecture, Images
Residential Complex on Zeeburger Island Amsterdam
New Housing in Holland: Dutch Apartment Property – design by Studioninedots
10 Nov 2017
Zeeburger Island Residential Complex
Architects: Studioninedots
Location: Zeeburger Island, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Residential Complex on Zeeburger Island Amsterdam

Images: Peter Cuypers
On the northern tip of the rapidly developing Zeeburger Island in Amsterdam Studioninedots, commissioned by de Alliantie and Lingotto, designed two striking volumes. Due to their stepped profiles and changing facade rhythms they appear different depending on the viewing angle. All 142 residences plus the shared outdoor spaces on the deck are orientated towards the magnificent views.
Studioninedots recognises a growing need for better collective and public spaces for cities, which are densifying at an increasing rate. On the site where the rapidly developing Zeeburger Island meets the calm of the water and the low, clouded skies, the practice conceived a spatial intervention that functions as a catalyst for meeting and connection between residents.

Instead of a massive block, the design houses the required functions in two slender, high buildings resting atop a shared, semi-underground car park. This creates a roof deck between the buildings for shared use, and the building?s open profile frames wide views of the Buiten-IJ for the neighbourho...