Commissioned by BPD and De Nijs Projectontwikkeling, LEVS designs circa 150 homes in the new ensemble Klaasje in Amstelveen. The new residential park with five urban villas near the town centre is very dense compared to its neighbourhood. And yet the buildings stand with their white brick façades serenely in the greenery.

Coherence

This new build was given a chic architectural character, drawing in part from the architecture of the surrounding 1960s buildings. Stark horizontal lines and simple materialization unify the ensemble of buildings. A horizontally transposable strip subtly accentuates the buildings’ heights and keeps it visually low by a change of materials on the third, fourth or sixth floor. Above that, the façades give the ensemble a warm atmosphere with bronze aluminium panels.

Programme

The design makes use of a highly flexible structure in order to enable the variation of 3 to 8 apartments per storey in the plan. An underground parking stretches out underneath the entire location. The landscape in between the buildings is public greenery and flows seamlessly into the previously realized plan with three care home buildings.