The master plan for Java-Eiland lied in a relatively traditional design of streets and the division of building areas in lots of medium size, 27 m of façades and 13.50 m depth.
Each architect was in charge of 9 different buildings in different situations and with different housing programs. The idea was the discontinuity of the whole and the trust in collage as a way of composition.
In this situation, we understood that, given this foreseeable lack of order, we should project buildings with strong and simple series of design, easily identifiable by its neighbours. The main decisions of the project are taken following this concept: a strong and recognisable skyline, vertical and dark crack and stress on the horizontal rhythm, where windows and terraces are included.
The second decision was to repeat the same façade in the different designed buildings. That way, when passing along the front part of the island, either by land or water, the ruled appearance of the same topic should give the whole a certain cadence or rhythm.
Client:
SFB/BPF-BOUW
Address:
Javakade, 380, 564, 658. Sumatrakade, 1237, 919, 253, 39. 1019 PZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
Typology:
Residential
Status:
Built
Design of project:
1994
Construction:
1994 - 1996
Implementation:
1996
Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
Collaborators:Anet Goemans, Juan Carlos Mulero, Luis Gutiérrez
Model:Queipo Maquetas
Photography:Duccio Malagamba, Fotowork (model)
Survey:Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
Contractors:Bouwcombinatie Java Eiland
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