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HOUSING WILLEM DREESPLANTSOEN

DUINKER VAN DER TORRE, 1989-1991, Willem Dreesplantsoen, Amsterdam

PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Margreet Duinker

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Duinker Van der Torre

ARTIST:
André Volten

PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Machiel van der Torre
John Buijs

BUILDING TYPE:
Housing

Standing on a former sports complex in the Amsterdam district of Geuzenveld-West is this high-density residential estate. The backbone of the plan is a traffic-free central belt of green functioning as symmetry axis. This section was designed by the firm of Duinker Van der Torre Duvekot, with awnings by Friso Kramer a dominant feature of the streetscape. Two curved blocks mediate between it and 72 patio houses by Rudy Uytenhaak grouped in fours around a shared courtyard. All 900 houses have the same smooth brick facing to give the district a great sense of unity.