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URBAN DISTRICT WORKS BUILDING
CLAUS EN KAAN, 1990-1992, Van Heenvlietlaan 50/Van Nijenrodeweg, Amsterdam
Gebouw voor Stadsdeelwerken / Urban District Works Building ( Claus en Kaan )
© 2006 Jan Derwig
THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Claus en Kaan

BUILDING TYPE:
Government buildings

STATE:
demolished in 2006


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Stadsdeelwerf ZuiderAmstel

This works building which packs offices, locker rooms and a canteen onto a small footprint, slots perfectly into its surroundings in terms of design. Its functions are housed in an elongated volume, making the building long enough to act as a garden wall to the busy road accessing the district and screen from view the muddle of wharf buildings beyond. This garden-wall guise has been achieved in part by dressing the frontage in flagstones alternating with large areas of glass. Seen from the wharf, the prevailing feature is the glass canteen set beneath a jutting Miesian roof plane.

The building is demolished in 2006 and replaced by a new one by the same architects.