Google Europe Campus
A working - living innovation district
J. Katona (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
T.W. Kupers – Mentor
F. Adema – Mentor
P.S. van der Putt – Mentor
André Ouwehand – Graduation committee member
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Abstract
This is a complex project focused on combing a working and living environment for the employees of a tech company located in Amsterdam at the former Apple Market. The design redevelops an existing, underutilized parking garage and the adjacent waterfront to create an innovation district integrated within the urban fabric, with special attention to the layering of different target groups, hence a variety of communal spaces and dwellings (affordable housing, mid-range housing, family apartments, short-stay hotel, long-stay hotel and investor apartments). The project also includes a catenary dome structure (design dome, greenhouse and auditorium) the key element that gives public access and transparency to the campus.