Architects:OZ Architects

Area :90000 m²

Year :2021

Photographs :Marcel van der Burg, Mark Kuipers, Valentijn Kortekaas

Lead Architects :Chris Zwiers, John Bosch, Oresti Sarafopoulis

Landscape :Karres en Brands

Engineering :OZ

Design Team : Chris Zwiers, John Bosch, Oresti Sarafopoulos, Cees den Ouden, Ewout de Jager, Farida de Vries, Gijs Tegelberg, Hesh Fekry, Jan Hijlkema, Jaime Pérez Galindo, Javier Oyanarte Callego, Joanna Wnuk, Jorn van Popta, Maarten Verhelst, Martin de Jong, Rogier Bezuijen, Rogier Söhne, Sander Klein, Thijs Ultee, Thom Pegman, Wellae el Rowidi, Zachary Ropel-Morski

Clients : Blauwhoed

Collaborators : Z-as maquettebouw

Parking Area : approx. 12.000 m2

City : Amsterdam

Country : The Netherlands

OurDomain Amsterdam Southeast, located on a knowledge axis consisting of educational institutions and student housing in Amsterdam, sparks a new pulse in the area. Strategically located next to an academic hospital and train station, the campus with a critical mass of approx. 1,500 apartments and amenities introduces its first residential building into a predominantly office area. This new campus is the catalyst that ignites the long-desired change from a mono-functional office area into a lively, multifunctional city district. The urbanistic objective of the OurDomain campus is to introduce fundamental change, generate new connections, and facilitate social space that inspires its users.

All stakeholders considered the surrounding larger transformation area (known as Amstel III) problematic. The location, set up as an office area, has an unattractive appearance. A hospital is one of the main stakeholders in the area. Social safety is a point of attention. Many of the current office buildings are free-standing creating islands. These islands were created by centering the buildings with water and greenery. Meanwhile, there were positive ongoing developments such as several start-up initiatives. The big question was: how to unite this divided area in such a way that it becomes a whole? With the plan for the OurDomain campus, a connection was realized as a first step for the further development of the transformation of the area as a whole.