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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
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
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
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
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
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
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: 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
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 […]
Concrete power for Galaxy Tower
The foundation of the Galaxy Tower on Jaarbeursplein is being poured (36 hours continuous!), according to the site CU ‘k you see in Utrecht. They also mention the impressive numbers: 550 concrete trucks deliver 5,600,000 liters of fresh concrete. All this for a 1.80 meter thick foundation slab that will be placed 8 meters below […]
First Panelox project in Netherlands #OurDomain
Campus tower Bright / OurDomain will have a special facade. The facade consists largely of etched Panelox panels. Most composition panels are lacquered, but a Panelox panel has an anodizing layer. This layer can be etched and made of two colors. That is unique. We have conducted several studies for the etched pattern. We ended […]
Bright/Our Domain connects
Residential tower Bright / OurDomain is the missing link of the city center of Rotterdam. AD news reporter Marcel Potters said in his January 23 column. The tower, which will be under construction this year, will soon connect Wijnhaveneiland, Blaak and Oude Haven. “An illuminated beacon, which also gives the André van der Louwbrug a […]
Bright / OurDomain finally starts
After years of downtime, construction of the OurDomain (formerly Bright) residential tower can be started in February. A resident’s objection halted the construction process for a long time. The 70-meter-high tower will be located in the heart of Rotterdam, next to the André van der Louwbrug and nearby the Markthal. More than 600 tiny apartments […]
Galaxy tower in the top 10
According to Cobouw, Galaxy Tower is one of the ten most remarkable building projects of 2018. It is one of the best viewed projects on Bouwberichten.nl. The 92 meter high tower has only just been under construction on the Utrecht Jaarbeursplein. It is a unique combination of hotel and homes. An Amrâth hotel will be […]
Eindhoven, City of the Future
Newspaper Eindhovens Dagblad interviewed Bart Mispelblom Beyer (as chairman of the Triangel team) and Mauro Parravicini (Urban Arcipelago team) about their visions for the Fellenoord district in Eindhoven. The area Fellenoord / station was one of the five test locations of the design study City of the Future. Both teams opted for a flexible development […]
Final presentation City of the Future
Last Friday was the closing event design study City of the Future. In Pakhuis de Zwijger, 10 teams presented their vision. Team Triangel – chaired by Bart Mispelblom Beyer – showed his fantasy for the Fellenoord district in Eindhoven in 2040. No fill-in exercise with slick renders how it could be, but a new generic […]
Rhapsody in the air
With our project Rhapsody in West we are in the inflight magazine Discover Benelux., in de special Benelux Architecture, under the heading Creating Quality of Life. And that’s the way it is, because Rhapsody is a quirky building in the Amsterdam Kolenkitbuurt (Bos en Lommer) that is already attracting a lot of attention. Because it looks […]
Fine housing for people with dementia
Mick Jagger (75), Tina Turner (79) and the famous Dutch singer Boudewijn de Groot (74), hippies pur sang. Officially retired but unofficially still going strong. The hippie generation is now elderly, but cannot be pigeonholed. Nor the generation that followed. For example, 64-year-old Johnny Kraaijkamp jr. participaties in Expedition Robinson. Elderly used to be ‘people […]
Start construction Galaxy Tower
In the coming years, a brand new Amrâth hotel will be built on Jaarbeursplein in Utrecht, with houses stacked on it. The 90-meter-high Galaxy Tower will form a link between the residential area behind and the renovated area around CS Utrecht. In about three years’ time we hope to toast again, but then at the […]
King visits Rhapsody
Wednesday 11th, King Willem-Alexander and mayor van Aartsen (The Hague) payed a surprise visit to the building site of Rhapsody in West. Roel Schoenmakers, Captain of artists collective Cascoland, showed the honoured vistors around in the surrounding Kolenkit neighbourhood. Here, citizens participation contributies strongly to liveability. Rhapsody will take its part in the nearby future, […]