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IJside
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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IJside
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2008
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
The mixed-use building IJside marks the end of the VanDiemenstraat. The building contains offices, seven different types of apartments, a private and a public parking garage.
The building consists out of two loops. One rises from the ground, while the other floats above it. Because of the floating part of the building, the view to the water is maintained for the residents of the neighbourhood. The two loops meet in the middle of the building, where the staircase and the elevators are placed.
In the process of building IJside, limited scaffolding was used, mostly a crane. This was necessary because it would’ve been difficult to put scaffolds on the water or the heavily used road. After the skeleton of IJside was ready, the crane was placed where the stairwell would come. From here, it could place the prefabricated panels that would finish off the building.
Before the complex could be built, a lot of extraordinary research was required because of the specific site.
The first element that required a lot of research was the parking garage. Since IJside was built on a primary dyke, the underwater level parking garage had to be enforced by a heavy dam. If the dyke ever breaks, one third of Amsterdam will be floated.
For the façade, a lot of research was done too. On the streetside of the building intensive traffic is passing, which causes pollution. The façade should be able to withstand this. It has a lively rusty color and a faceting pattern. Each façade panel consists out of a polished surface and a matted surface. The polished upper surface slopes down till it touches the matted surface. This play with the surfaces make that dirt is either repelled or spread out and absorbed by the façade. The façade will get a natural platina of time, because dirt is not concentrated in one spot.
The building consists out of two loops. One rises from the ground, while the other floats above it. Because of the floating part of the building, the view to the water is maintained for the residents of the neighbourhood. The two loops meet in the middle of the building, where the staircase and the elevators are placed.
In the process of building IJside, limited scaffolding was used, mostly a crane. This was necessary because it would’ve been difficult to put scaffolds on the water or the heavily used road. After the skeleton of IJside was ready, the crane was placed where the stairwell would come. From here, it could place the prefabricated panels that would finish off the building.
Before the complex could be built, a lot of extraordinary research was required because of the specific site.
The first element that required a lot of research was the parking garage. Since IJside was built on a primary dyke, the underwater level parking garage had to be enforced by a heavy dam. If the dyke ever breaks, one third of Amsterdam will be floated.
For the façade, a lot of research was done too. On the streetside of the building intensive traffic is passing, which causes pollution. The façade should be able to withstand this. It has a lively rusty color and a faceting pattern. Each façade panel consists out of a polished surface and a matted surface. The polished upper surface slopes down till it touches the matted surface. This play with the surfaces make that dirt is either repelled or spread out and absorbed by the façade. The façade will get a natural platina of time, because dirt is not concentrated in one spot.
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