Chicago-based Studio Gang has accomplished a pair of residential buildings referred to as the Q Residences in Amsterdam with balconies that “migrate out and in of the facade” and a public plaza that hyperlinks them.
Studio Gang labored with native studio Rijnboutt to design the 2 constructions, that are sited within the Buitenveldert neighbourhood within the south of town and have 248 residences in complete. Q Residences is Studio Gang’s first accomplished European undertaking.
The undertaking includes a 23-storey construction referred to as Quartz and an eight-storey construction referred to as Qube which might be related by a public plaza designed by Dutch panorama designer Piet Oudolf.
“We designed Q Residences to strengthen residents’ connection to one another and to the ample inexperienced areas that outline Buitenveldert,” stated founder Jeanne Gang.
“At floor stage, Qube and Quartz kind a brand new beneficiant public plaza that brings folks collectively round artwork and panorama.”
“And on Quartz, the balconies migrate out and in of the facade to increase sightlines diagonally in all instructions and permit residents to be a part of the constructing and in synch with town and one another on the identical time.”
Surrounded by post-war housing blocks, the Q Residences reimagine the native Fifties structure with undulating facades and vivid supplies.
The taller of the constructions, Quartz, has a wavy facade that the studio stated “introduces an natural, sculptural presence to the neighborhood” whereas Qube was made extra rectilinear in an effort to act as a “bridge” between Quartz and the native structure.
Each constructions include precast concrete panelling accented by bronze aluminium panelling.
Quartz has angled balconies created by the protruding concrete fins that line the facade. The corners of the constructing have been rounded.
“The rounded, glazed edges of the constructing additional develop the body from which inhabitants can view town and park past, whereas additionally growing pure mild inside dwelling areas,” stated Studio Gang.
Oudolf’s design of the general public plaza is supposed to reference the “backyard metropolis custom”.
The landscaped public area was designed to create a pedestrian-friendly zone that additionally connects different features of the block. It options retail areas in addition to year-round greenery.
The constructions even have rooftop photovoltaic panels that “assist Amsterdam advance its formidable sustainability targets”, the studio stated.
The Q Residences had been developed by Dutch agency Kroonenberg Groep in collaboration with NEOO.
“Q Residences is a good instance of find out how to introduce density to Buitenveldert whereas utilizing the ideas of the Algemeen Uitbreidingsplan [Amsterdam’s General Expansion Plan],” stated Rijnboutt artistic director Frederik Vermeesch.
Studio Gang, which was based in Chigaco, opened a Paris workplace in 2017.
It has not too long ago accomplished a variety of skyscrapers in the US together with one in Downtown Brooklyn with an undulating facade and one other in Hawaii with a design based mostly on the type of the sugarcane plant.
The images is by Kees Hummel.
