AORTA
A New Inclusive Center For Amsterdam Overamstel
S.H.G. Boomars (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
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Abstract
Amsterdam Overamstel is a site in rapid transition from an area which is anno 2018 mainly focused on low value commercial spaces and infrastructure. Especially this infrastructure has a fragmenting effect on the location. These fragments do not have clear connections and a hierarchy inbetween. Combined with the planned densification this could lead to serious nuisance and possible unequal development.
In order to tackle this problem and densify in a sustainable way new connections and a new hierarchy has to be implemented. AORTA does this by making the public transport hub (a metro station) the center to the newly build neighborhood. In order to not just be a monofunctional hub, the station is combined with another public function. In this case a library.
The envelope of a library combined with a station asks for a recognizable and autonomous building. This goal is reached with the facade and shape of it. The facade is constructed of a LED screen al around with a gradient in it. This way the public functions inside still have a nice view over the location and the square in front.