Funenpark Amsterdam

de Architekten Cie.

Authors

  • Pierijn van der Putt TU Delft, Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

From the 1990s the Oostelijk Havengebied (Eastern Dock Area) in Amsterdam was developed into a residential and work zone, using various large projects that display diverse urban planning models. On Java-eiland (Java Island) closed building blocks were deployed to create a kind of superblock, with added functions in the courtyards. Borneo-Sporenburg is covered with a compact tissue of deep and narrow patio dwellings, interspersed with several large residential buildings. On Piet Heinkade (clusters) of sturdy buildings allude to the large scale of the warehouses that once dominated the scene. In the most recently developed section of the Oostelijk Havengebied, an old harbour called Funen, the basic model is that of villas in a park.

Funen is a triangular site of circa 3.5 ha, delimited by the railway line running between the stations of Amsterdam- Centraal and Muiderpoort, Cruquiuskade and the Czaar Peterbuurt, the neighbourhood around Czaar Peterstraat. When IBC developers bought the site from the Dutch railway company, it was no longer a harbour and had served for many years as a transhipment area for the transport firm of Van Gend & Loos. The site’s location beside the railway line was ideal for this purpose. However, its proximity to the rail tracks was more problematic for its new residential function. The project’s overall design is thus the direct product of the search for a solution to this problem. De Architekten Cie., which won the closed competition, placed a height-progressive, hook-shaped building along the railway line and Cruquiuskade. In the lee of this building are 16 urban villas, or small blocks of diverse size, housing varying numbers of dwellings, developed by a range of architects. The park which contains these urban villas, and also forms a buffer with the Czaar Peterbuurt, has provided the project with its name, Funenpark.

Author Biography

Pierijn van der Putt, TU Delft, Architecture and the Built Environment

Pierijn van der Putt (Eindhoven, 1973) studied Architecture at Delft University of Technology, the University of Illinois in Chicago and Drexel University in Philadelphia. He worked as an editor for Dutch architectural magazine de Architect for seven years before returning to Delft. There, in addition to being an editor for DASH (Delft Architectural Studies on Housing), he teaches academic research and architectural design for the group of Architecture and Dwelling. His particular interest lies in creative writing and in improving academic writing skills.

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Published

2018-06-01

How to Cite

van der Putt, P. (2018). Funenpark Amsterdam: de Architekten Cie. DASH | Delft Architectural Studies on Housing, 3(05), 156–164. Retrieved from https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/dash/article/view/4660

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Case Studies