The Jan van Schaffelaarplantsoen is a noisy place along the A10 highway, on the edge of the Amsterdam Kolenkitbuurt. This undeveloped site had for a long time an important function for the neighborhood as green space and meeting place. It is precisely here that a substantial program of housing needed to be developed.

A difficult task that has been achieved through a unique collaboration between designers, builder, investor, municipality and local residents. Tangram took the initiative for Rhapsody in West together with Urban Sync. Artist collective Cascoland represented the neighborhood. The project combines a high building density with plenty of room for green and water. Furthermore, it is a meeting place for the neighborhood.

A wonderfull example of openness and connection with the neighborhood in an architectural and social sense – jury raport  Amsterdam Architecture Prize 2020

The special round shapes of the blocks contribute to the compactness of the plan. They also bend the sound of the highway so that no noise barriers are needed on the side of the A10.