© 2004 Rook & Nagelkerke
OFFICE BUILDING TRIPOLIS
A.E. & H. VAN EYCK, 1990-1994
Amstelveenseweg / Burgerweeshuispad, Amsterdam
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Aldo en Hannie van Eyck
PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Abel Blom
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Aldo van Eyck
Hannie van Eyck-van Roojen
BUILDING TYPE:
Office buildings
RELATED BUILDINGS:
Orphanage
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Aldo en Hannie van Eyck
PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Abel Blom
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Aldo van Eyck
Hannie van Eyck-van Roojen
BUILDING TYPE:
Office buildings
PUBLICATIONS:
M. Kloos - Amsterdam Architecture 1991-93, 1994; Jaarboek 1994-1995; V. Ligtelijn - Aldo van Eyck. Werken, 1999RELATED BUILDINGS:
Orphanage
In the 1990s Van Eyck together with his wife Hannie designed a trio of office blocks varying from three to seven storeys on a site next door to his Orphanage (1955-1960). The blocks agree in composition, each consisting of a central tower of entrance, circulation zones and toilets linking a trio of office wings. The polygonal office spaces are open and non-hierarchic in arrangement, and can be divided up using movable partitions. Materials (untreated timber cladding) and colours (the rainbow) are typical of Van Eyck’s later work.