Amsteloever

Highly sustainable high-rise

The Municipality of Amsterdam has selected our team’s proposal to redevelop Amstelstation-Amsteloever plots 3 and 4, known as Van der Kunbuurt. The winning plan includes approximately 335 residences, a rooftop garden, community room, public parking garage, and space for hospitality and retail.

Integration with existing developments
The highly sustainable high-rise will enhance the Amstelstation-Amsteloever neighborhood. The design acknowledges the distinctive architecture of the Amsterdam School and Amstelstation, ensuring alignment with existing high-rise structures and Amsterdam’s architectural tradition. The development will replace part of the current housing, planned for demolition starting late 2024. The new complex will feature at least 335 homes, comprising a mix of moderately priced rental units and market-rate homes.

Rooftop Garden
The communal areas connect to the semi-public rooftop garden built atop the parking garage. This garden will feature edible herbs, plants, natural play facilities, and will be fully accessible to seniors and people with disabilities, with multiple entrances. Residents will also have access to a collective rooftop garden on the tower’s podium level. Round private terraces will create an appealing link between the two gardens.

A community that inspires
Amsteloever is more than just a residence; it is a vibrant ecosystem of interaction and connectivity. Designed with spaces to meet, relax, and work, the heart of this community serves as a dynamic hub for both residents and visitors. The elegant passageway and shared rooftop gardens provide perfect venues for cultural, social, and recreational activities, all within the energy of the city.

Paris Proof building
The team (including GROUP A | Carbonlab) used Paris Proof construction, by means of the lowest possible embodied CO2 emissions (GWPa), as one of the starting points in the design and development process. In an iterative process, all parties involved determined the best method for each building component to achieve the lowest possible embodied CO2 emissions.

Facts

Client

Balast Nedam Development

Location

Amsterdam, NL

Area

33.054 sqm

Function

Residential, Mixed use

Start design

Winning competition 2024

In collaboration with

VMX architects, Felixx Landscape Architects, Hedges, WSP, W/E Advisors, Linkeroever, Repurpose, ONE.GO, BLVC.NL & De Omloop, SENSE Vastgoed, Repurpose, Buiting Advies, De Omgevingspsycholoog, 75B

Visuals

WAX

The makers of this project

Adam Visser

Adam Visser

adam@groupa.nl Architect | Partner

Willem van Genugten

Willem van Genugten

willem@groupa.nl Sustainable Business Developer

Maarten Lever

Maarten Lever

maartenlever@groupa.nl Architect | Projectleader

Katarzyna Plonka

Katarzyna Plonka

katarzyna@groupa.nl Architect

Clara Yoanika Gunawan

Clara Yoanika Gunawan

clara@groupa.nl Designer

Hala Abi Saad

Hala Abi Saad

hala@groupa.nl Architect | Urban designer

Bailey Gardien

Bailey Gardien

Researcher

Bas Cuppen

Bas Cuppen

bas@groupa.nl Architectural engineer

Laura Onnis

Laura Onnis

laura@groupa.nl Architect and visual artist