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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 Amsterdam

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 https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/411" class="inline_link">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.