Project Description
Kanaleneiland is a thoroughly discussed district. Problems address the dilapidated state of the district and the predominating lower social-economic status of the inhabitants of Kanaleneiland. Nonetheless the area has much potential to set a better standard for Kanaleneiland as a multi-cultural living environment. Goal is to mix the current inhabitants with more people from a higher social-economic status.
Interaction
To stimulate more social interaction, in respect to the socially active cultures represented, a clear arrangement of better defined spaces and a gradual transition between the public and private is proposed. These spaces will provide the inhabitants variety in the control over interaction. The passive program in the plinth facing the street-side will change to a program of studios for a balanced combination of living, working and commerce. The space in between the blocks is divided into an approximately
Density
Kanaleneiland is among the most widespread urban layouts of
Urban intervention
The urban interventions will result in better programmatic connections, better arranged and better defined public spaces and eminent green. The new buildings will perform as a strong visual boundary for the district as well as for the city itself, they present new architectural shape and space and a variety of different apartments to Kanaleneiland. The introduction of a gradually changing transition from public to private including collective spaces should stimulate social interaction implying a better social control.
In fine, the model consists of all the ingredients for revitalizing Kanaleneiland to become a beautiful attractive location to its dwellers and to the rest of the citizens of
Project by Jos van Heerde, Rutger Kuipers & Rudi Nieveen
Project Description
Arising from the desert and crystallizing a fragment of this era stands a tower of gold. Now, on the edge of the desert. In a future 2050 Central Park for
An Icon for an Icon
Hidden in the sub-conscious, the clinging sweep of wind-blown shear cotton fabric against the human body, yet depriving the viewer of a clear image of that what is in reality a multi-interpretable shape, is the image which identifies the
The Value of Experience
Vertical transportation is essentially indispensable. The building offers a new and exciting way of experiencing the trip up from the desert level to the panoramic view at the top of the
The tension between vertical and horizontal, multiple routes possible, various means of transportation and entrances to use and choose from, symbolizing the liberation of mobility. The routing through and around the building with its constant visual and physical relationship is noticeable. It is a place to see and to be seen, experiencing the city and the building as a whole as an architectural promenade.
Ferris-style rotating elevators depart from the main hall up the core, spiraling up their one-way tracks. The outer lifts and the inner lift are condemned to their own trajectories. Always exposed and opened up towards their own zone, interior or exterior. Once they reach the top, after passing a range of stops, they rotate 180 degrees around the core to be connected to the rail going down. A flexible automated system would manage the amount of elevators deployed, and the speed they travel. At the base of the tower, a space for storing the spacious 8-person elevators is holding vacant units.
Body
A large enclosed hanging garden is the lung of the building and at the same time the central element of the buildings energy concept. The building functions as an exposition of technology but also generates enough energy to power much of its own needs. The façades that are facing south are closed with EFTE-cushions. These cushions give great insulation, protecting the conditioned air. Instead of letting out heated air directly outside, these cushions accumulate their warm air into the lung. This all creates a hot humid air rising up through the lung. At the top it funnels into a bottleneck where a series of three turbines can benefit from the created turbulence. After the air has passed through the fans of the turbines the air is disposed at the top of the green house lung through integrated vents.
A project by Saxon Lear Duckworth & Rudi Nieveen, big thanks to Elza Heemskerk
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