Nice weather to oversee the concrete pouring of foundation beams. If everything goes as planned (and the weather stays a bit like this..) the villa will be ready next summer!
Journal
apr21 Scaffolding is down at Lycka building in Amsterdam
The scaffolding was taken down recently, revealing the stacked blocks of the Lycka building in Amsterdam Sloterdijk. Still some work to be done before the new tenants can move in and still some green climbers to grow on the third block, but clearly a job well done by builders Hillen & Roosen and client Eigen
mrch.’21 Design Novaya Zvezda presented
Our design for the apartment complex was well received by our client Krost. During an online presentation in the presence of Mr. Dobashin, owner and director of Krost, Henk Bultstra explained the design principles that form the base to this exciting project. link to the project page The complex is densely programmed with 120.000 sqm
feb’21 Fantastic new commission in Moscow
We are very excited to announce that we were commissioned a fantastic new building design for a 118.500 sqm housing complex in Moscow. The complex will consist of a group of seven 75 m high apartment towers on top of a podium including a two story parking garage and commercial program in the plinth. We
jan’21, a fine new project: Elderly housing in Rhoon
Yes! We have started on the design of a new project for elderly in Rhoon, commissioned by housing association WoonCompas. After some feasibility studies behind the scenes, we were anticipating the commencement of the project for a while, so we are very excited to take it on! The project will house 53 apartments in four
jan.’21 Under construction
At this time we have two of our designed towers under construction. One in Amsterdam (Lycka Sloterdijk) and one in Moscow (Wellton Apart – Bon Bloc). At both construction sites the highest point of the structure has been reached. Without it being a race… we are curious which building will be completed first.
Season’s Greetings
2020 will be remembered mostly by the impact of Covid-19 on our daily lives. We hope 2021 will be marked by recovery and prevention. We wish everybody a soft landing in 2021! projects in the animation: K14 – Wellton Apart, Moscow, for Krost, under construction Lycka, Amsterdam, for Eigen Haard, under construction SuHa2C, Amsterdam, for
oct’20 Office Big Green Egg Europe awarded the Adriaan Dessing prize 2020
The Adriaan Dessing Prize is a bi-anual architecture award for outstanding architecure projects in the Westland area of The Netherlands. We are very proud to be the winner of both the jury prize and the public vote prize . From the jury report: The journey from the modest and inconspicuous exterior of the building to
jul’20 Henk Bultstra online lecture at Strelka Institute, Moscow
On July 14th, Henk shared in a one hour lecture some of our findings and learnings from working simultaneously in The Netherlands and in Russia. This lecture tells the story of how, at the threshold of the 21st century, we architects fully educated in the Dutch tradition of housing and planning, plunged into the adventure
Competition during lockdown #2
During the Covid-19-lockdown period, some work got postponed, so we suddenly had some spare time. We were physically separated as well, setting up workplaces at home. As an experiment we entered another open design competition, while communicating as a team solely through Slack and Zoom. We enjoyed the experiment and the resulting design, but we