Red Ruby, Amsterdam Apartment Building
Red Ruby Amsterdam Mixed-Use Building, Holland Commercial Architecture Photos
Red Ruby in Amsterdam
20 Jun 2022
Design: Bureau Fraai
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Photos © Studio de Nooyer
Red Ruby, Holland
Bureau Fraai was appointed by Stadgenoot Development to design a residential building with 21 middle income rental apartments on Island Oostenburg that for the last four centuries had been known as an industrial area. After it started four centuries ago as home of the shipyards of the Dutch East India company, it remained an industrial area for the major part of the 19th and 20th century when among others heavy machinery and locomotives were produced in the still existing iconic Van Gendthallen. As the city centre of Amsterdam is densifying, Island Oostenburg is now transformed into a lively high-density and mixed-use neighbourhood.
For the design of the red unicoloured building Red Ruby, Bureau Fraai took inspiration from the existing Van Gendthallen, which are characterized by red-brown masonry and gable roofs. For that reason, much attention has been paid to Red Ruby?s masonry with a focus on a balanced composition of masonry patterns, directions and staggered depths.
The combination of the red grouted brickwork, the red window frames, fences and cladding has resulted in rich and refined unicoloured facades. This, combined with the archetypal gable roof, thus fits seamlessly into the brief of the urban designers of the area, in which solid buildings ?out ...
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