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Cité in advertising campagne TomTom

Cité in advertising campagne TomTom

Cité can be seen in the latest advertising campaign by the navigation company TomTom. The high urban building on the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam is one of the navigation images. Cité is an example of clever compaction and multifunctional use. There are students and short-stayers.  

Two nominations for Rhapsody

Two nominations for Rhapsody

The Amsterdam rental housing project Rhapsody in West has been nominated for two awards: the ARC Awards 2019 and Residential Building of the Year 2019. We are very honoured! For the prestigious ARC Awards (the Architect) there were 155 entries. Only three projects have been nominated, including Rhapsody. About 40 entries and four projects were […]

Rhapsody officially opened

Rhapsody officially opened

Rhapsody in West, our residential complex in Amsterdam, was festively opened on Thursday 4 July. The theme of the opening was “Local flavors”. In the inner garden stories from local artists were told, music played and special snacks handed out. In four years, an empty site on the A10 in Amsterdam’s Kolenkitbuurt has been transformed […]

From impossible place to city oasis #DeVolkskrant #Rhapsody

From impossible place to city oasis #DeVolkskrant #Rhapsody

Rhapsody in West receives four stars from architecture journalist Kirsten Hannema (de Volkskrant)!  “Tangram Architekten knows how to make densification in the city attractive.” “With Rhapsody […], Tangram Architekten has transformed an impossible place into an urban oasis. They did not oppose the limitations of the place, but used it as ingredients for their design.” […]

Opening KolenkitKas #Rhapsody in West

Opening KolenkitKas #Rhapsody in West

June 20, the opening of the KolenkitKas in the courtyard garden of Rhapsody in West was celebrated with music and snacks. Residents from the Kolenkit neighborhood celebrated this party together with the residents of the newly completed residential complex. The KolenkitKas is the new meeting place for all local residents and is managed by Rhapsody’s […]

NOS TV News interviews Charlotte ten Dijke #OurDomain

NOS TV News interviews Charlotte ten Dijke #OurDomain

Following the commemoration of the bombing of Rotterdam on May 14, 1940, the NOS TV News made an item about the location of OurDomain Rotterdam Blaak. The residential tower will be located on a small strip along the embankment of the André van der Louwbrug, a ‘frayed edge’ in the heart of Rotterdam that was […]

The book is here! #CityoftheFuture

The book is here! #CityoftheFuture

On Thursday April 18, the book The City of the Future / De Stad van de Toekomst was presented in the New Institute in Rotterdam. The ten design visions for five locations are described and depicted. Also that of team Triangel, of which Tangram is the team leader. Triangel’s contribution concerns the location Eindhoven – […]

Start construction OurDomain

Start construction OurDomain

No building without a party! Yesterday, the construction of the OurDomain residential tower was celebrated at the Wijnhaven in Rotterdam. Charlotte ten Dijke and Bart Mispelblom Beyer were praised by developer Stebru for the ‘inspiring design’.  The NOS-tv news interviewed Charlotte about the special location of the 70-meter-high residential tower, a historically charged place. It is […]

Rhapsody genomineerd voor StiB Award 2019

Rhapsody genomineerd voor StiB Award 2019

Rhapsody in West, in the Amsterdam Kolenkit neighborhood, has been nominated for the Cities in Motion Award 2019. The prize is for the most successful area reinforcement that contributes to the vitality and dynamism of the city or village. The nominated projects are judged on quality, in particular the impulse they give to the environment. […]

Densification is not a goal in itself

Densification is not a goal in itself

Aorta Architecture Center has made a resume of the meeting, 12 March, on densification in Utrecht. We were also present, as advocates of smart densification and as architects of the Galaxy hotel and residential tower on Jaarbeursplein (Utrecht).  The report=> Aorta: Verdichten is geen doel op zich foto: Robert Oosterbroek  

Highest point of Zuidoever

Highest point of Zuidoever

The highest point of the construction of Zuidoever has been reached on February 27. A party for the builders (with fries!). The next memorable party will be this summer when the project is finishend. Zuidoever is the first location of De Oevers, a new Cordaan care...

Crowning of neigbourhood #Rhapsody

Crowning of neigbourhood #Rhapsody

Contemporary, playful and liveability near a traffic junction. That’s what the Amsterdam newspaper Het Parool writes today about Rhapsody in West, our housing project that will be completed this spring. In a ‘damn corner’ of the city we got the chance to create a beautiful living location. This was achieved by a unique collaboration between […]

Garden Rhapsody takes shape

Garden Rhapsody takes shape

We celebrate spring at Rhapsody: the first plants are in it; immediately a huge difference. The public courtyard of the residential project in the Amsterdam Coal Kit neighbourhood is now starting to take shape quickly. The complex gets a green inner world, with ponds, a greenhouse and a terrace. Soon the long façade of the […]

Let’s dence

Let’s dence

It is possible to compact and add quality. If done intelligently. Compaction is a hot item at the moment, especially given the construction task (1 million homes!). For us, compacting has been an important theme since the foundation of Tangram in the early 1990s. We...

Let’s dense

Let’s dense

To build dense and at the same time ad quality in an already crowded city, that’s a complex assignment. But possible, if done intelligently. High density is a hot item at the moment in the Netherlands. For us, density has been an important theme since the founding of Tangram in the early 1990s. We have […]

Highest point Zuidoever

Highest point Zuidoever

The highest point of the construction of Zuidoever has been reached on February 27. A party for the builders (with fries!). The next memorable party will be completed this summer. Zuidoever is the first location of De Oevers (Cordaan), a new care formula: stylish, light, sustainable, green and spacious. The building will be located on […]

Urbanism 3.0 #CityoftheFuture

Urbanism 3.0 #CityoftheFuture

Urbanism 3.0: it must and can be really different. The old model does not work anymore. As part of the City of the Future design study, the Triangel team introduced a radically different approach. Gebiedsontwikkeling.nu interviewed Bart Mispelblom Beyer as chairman of the Triangel team and asked him about the reasons and of course the […]

Team Triangel on tour #CityoftheFuture

Team Triangel on tour #CityoftheFuture

The research is done, time to make the results public. The book City of the Future will be published in April, while the various teams are going on tour. Team Triangel was invited by NATLAB Eindhoven. The sold-out room showed great interest in the innovative vision of urban planning. The basic ingredients: data, participation of […]