Structuralism
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News • News • 25 Nov 2024
MVRDV restores Aldo van Eyck’s Tripolis office buildings and protects them with office landscraper
In the Zuidas neighborhood of Amsterdam, international architectural practice MVRDV has renovated and transformed Tripolis Park, one of the last projects completed by celebrated Dutch modernist architect Aldo van Eyck (1918 – 1999). In this key redevelopment project, MVRDV has restored two of the three listed heritage buildings in keeping with Van Eyck’s original designs. The studio also added a new 12-story “landscraper” along the site’s edge that shelters the Tripolis complex from the adjacent A10 highway.
Ossip van Duivenbode
Ossip van Duivenbode
MVRDV
The Tripolis complex consists of three office buildings — Tripolis 100, 200, and 300 — that date from 1994. The develo... More
News • News • 28 Oct 2024
De Zwarte Hond completes circular renovation and extension of 1970s Leiden University building
Architectural studio De Zwarte Hond has completed a considered circular renovation and extension of Leiden University’s former “Cluster Zuid” (South Cluster) building. The renovation project emphasizes reuse and sustainability.
De Zwarte Hond
Designed by Dutch architect Joop van Stigt in the late 1970s, the Cluster Zuid building is a representative example of structuralism in architecture. (Emphasizing the relationship between buildings and their social context, structuralism is focused on how buildings shape human interaction and behavior.) Following a thorough renovation program, the Cluster Zuid building reopened on 8 October 2024 as the Herta Mohr Building. (A Leiden University alumnus, Herta Mohr is th... More
Project • By Kjellander Sjöberg • Apartments
Neapel
Neapel
Södra Värtan, traditionally a part of Stockholm’s industrial port, is being developed into a new mixed urban environment with a variety of activities and housing tenures. A district that will include both new and old buildings of differing character and scale. The neighbourhood is located within Norra Djurgårdsstaden, Stockholm’s main environmental initiative, focusing on sustainability and quality of life.
Antiquarian approach
The neighbourhood of Neapel has a long history and was initially a place for trade and commerce with warehouses and wooden sheds with alleys to the water. Current buildings are a result of the east-bound cruise traffic, with clear references to the postmodern structuralism and geometric plans of the 80´s.... More
Project • By DHV architects • Offices
DHV Head Office
The DHV main office in Amersfoort was designed in the ‘70s by DHV and architect David Zuiderhoek. The basis for the design was to realise communication between engineers from various disciplines and work activities, within a green and healthy environment. The large open office spaces around the attractive atrium, which have many green features, are still used today.
This indicates that the current main office is one of the most accomplished representations of structuralism found in Dutch architecture. DHV’s renovation of the 40-year-old building helps the company to once again shape its (sustainability) ambitions. Sustainability measures were evaluated for energy performance and CO2 reduction by a multi-disciplinary design team. On the b... More