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Mick Jagger, Elton John, Tina Turner.

It’s the generation which invented our
youth culture, the idea of an entirely
self-determined lifestyle and the ideal
of eternal youth. Remember Keith falling
out of a palm tree? That’s the generation
for whom we’re currently building
retirement homes.

Plussenburgh up in stuffy nursing homes. The baby

Our project De Plussenburgh boomers are used to freedom of choice
in Rotterdam is a groovy highrise for and doing things differently. Neverthe-
seniors 55 and older. The projects less, at som point in their lives they
contains 104 living units in two rectan- face the same problem as previous
gular boxes. A elevated slab stands on generations: the kids having left the
huge diagonal stilts that rise out of a house, so-called ‘empty nesters’ run
shallow pool. The vertical box supports the risk of getting stuck in a family
it. On one side the façades are glazed in home which doesn’t fit their current
bright colours, the other side has wavy lifestyle anymore and becomes increas-
balconies. The building is so incredibly ingly hard to maintain. Suddenly a sub-
exuberant and colourful that some urb can prove to be a very lonely place.
people find it hard to believe that it But for want of an alternative, many
houses apartments – let alone for the stay put – until they’re wheeled out
elderly. Its appearance has nothing to and brought to a nursing home. Hardly
do with the low-key aesthetics usually anyone moves to a nursing home by
assigned to this type of building, just choice, no wonder, as the hospital
like many baby boomers have nothing atmosphere of most homes for the
to do with the general idea of a stiff- elderly smells of heteronomy and
hipped sexagenarian. death. In addition, the extensive
everyday care these homes provide is
Today’s elderly aren’t helpless far too much for most seniors, making
doters who let themselves be locked this also a topic of economic relevance.

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In the Netherlands, a process ing home, but appears to be completely At De Plussenburgh, if you cater for the ‘young old’, we have to of-
of re-invention of housing for the elderly autonomous. The building offers three need care, it is there. An inconspicu- fer them beautiful buildings with
already started back in the 1980s with different layout options for the 74 apart- ous elevatorshaft connects the highrise possibilities for customization instead
care services being outsourced and ments that have good exterior spaces. to the nursing home situated behind of last resorts.
delivered upon request. Ordering care Probably its most striking feature is the it, where medical aid, cooks and other
is now just as easy as ordering a pizza. round windows bubbling up the façades, help is available. The concept of ‘stealth Typologically, homes for the
The significant difference with conven- making it an extremely playful design. care-architecture’ is continued inside, elderly originated from hospitals.
tional homes for the elderly is that Who says that old people want to sit where flexible apartments with clever Those were placed in forests or at the
care becomes a supplement of the behind geraniums, with a cushion under floorplans offer lots of possibilities. edge of town so patients could benefit
apartment instead of vice versa. their elbows, watching the grass grow? White concrete walls with a bamboo- from fresh air, light and space. Nursing
Maybe they’d rather hang out in a round relief replace dreary hospital wallpaper homes, in consequence, were also locat-
Today, many older people feel window bay and enjoy the view over and bumper-railings in the corridors. ed in the countryside. Today, however,
that they’re taking a step down on the the city. The concrete walls are just as strong the isolation of living far away from
housing ladder when trading in their as the standard product and do what the cultural and social facilities of the
family home for a serviced apartment The members of a generation they have to do, without advertising it. city is many an elderly person’s worst
in the woods or on the back streets. for which every wrinkle is a drama In a way, they’re representative of our nightmare. It might be at odds with
This really should be a positive step don’t necessarily want to shout it from overall approach: trying to find solu- sentimental ideas about little grannies
upwards! The ageing couple moving out the rooftops when they’re starting to tions to problems by not just aesthe- living in cottages, but highrise housing
should be able to boast to their left- develop little ailments, so care facilities tisizing them, but by re-thinking them for the elderly isn’t such a bad idea, as
behind neighbours about the beautiful should be discreetly plugged into the from the ground up and not being long as high-quality collective spaces
smaller apartment where they have a housing scheme. It’s all about offer- content with canned answers. Housing are part of the scheme. In suburbia,
fantastic view, a concierge and a bus ing options while preserving autonomy for the elderly is a branch of architec- the private realm of the family home
stop in front of the door. Their children instead of prescribing a nursinghome ture which is often problematized, usually is big. Public space around the
should envy parents for their well illu- lifestyle. Meals on Wheels should not and problem architecture tends to rub home is neglectable and collective
minated condo in the towncentre where be marketed for those not being able off on its inhabitants. If we want to space often non-existent. In housing
an excellent life-style is within reach. to cook, but aimed at those who, maybe
This is where architecture comes into only today, choose to not cook. The
play. nurse that stops by every afternoon is
for company – and sure she can help
De Rokade you remember to take your pills. Think These projects demonstrate
Our building De Rokade in of it as a luxury hotel. The in-house
that housing projects for the elderly
Groningen is a sleek tower with a doctor doesn’t sit next to the reception-
cruciform-plan. It sits on a three-storey ist all day. And there is no giant red can become more affordable as well
plinth with collective and commercial cross on the façade.
as chiquer.
spaces and is connected to a huge nurs-
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for the aged the private realm shrinks in These projects demonstrate
size, but it should grow in quality and be that housing projects for the elderly
supplemented by possibilities for col- can become more affordable as well
lectivity and high quality, buzzing public as chiquer. The jaunty aesthetics of our
space around. designs might be provocative, but they
suit a generation that wants to be any-
Oosterhoogebrug thing but tired and grey. It’s okay if these
A new project, Oosterhoogebrug, buildings are recalcitrant and maybe
which we’re going to build in a suburb of even a little over-confident, because it
the city of Groningen, illustrates the latest proves their point. It turns them into
development in housing for the aged: conversation pieces, giving their inhabit-
70 apartments will be combined with ants an opportunity to identify with
a tiny nursing home counting only 16 their new homes instead of just putting
units. The project also houses shops, up with them.
a small medical centre, a gym and a
childrens daycare centre as well a large
new cultural centre for this suburb.
The aim is to create a new towncentre
for this suburb. Should the population
pyramid reverse, the apartments in
this project can easily be used as regular
apartments. Or, if the development goes
in the opposite direction, they can be
split in two, making it an attractive long-
term investment.

The aim is to create

a new towncentre for this suburb.
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nice
to meet
you

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1968 1963
floor@aronsengelauff.nl arnoud@aronsengelauff.nl
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collective recreational space 200 m², the netherlands
underground parking
the Netherlands
the Plussenburgh
Rotterdam, IJsselmonde

elderly
for the
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apartments
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runner up: nomination:

AM NAi award 2006 Mies van der Rohe award 2007
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anything but grey

consist of apartments with an

uninterrupted span of 9m60,
the allowing for multiple floor
plans and adaptability in the
Plussen- future. An inconspicuous
burgh elevator shaft connects the
new building to the older
one, where medical person-
Rotterdam, IJsselmonde
nel, cooks and other help are
the Netherlands
available.

The façades of the dwellings

104 apartments In 2001, a competition by
for the elderly gain a strong, three-dimen-
invitation requested a design
— sional quality through the
250 m² recre laisse for a retirement housing
wavy balconies. The glazed
— project. The objective of this
galleries - set with self-clean-
competition was a design to
ing glass - are smooth but
set a standard of architec-
very colourful in over 200
tural quality for upcoming
different shades.
projects in the ambitious
redevelopment of the centre
Tucked beneath the building,
of IJsselmonde, one of Rot-
a recreational space in the
terdam’s suburbs.
water is accessible through
the garden, paved with as-
The design for seniors aged
phalt to facilitate wheelchairs
55 and older was inspired
and scooters. A recurrent
by the forthcoming retire-
grass theme runs through
ment of the hippie genera-
several parts of the project.
tion. The project embraces
The bamboo pattern set in
its target market’s denial of
the interior concrete walls,
aging by proposing a playful,
the planting scheme of the
coloured apartment block.
garden and even the garden
The building is an exciting
carpet on the floor of the
configuration of a tower and
recreational space, all play on
an elevated slab. The slab
this theme.
volume is elevated 11 metres
over the water and opens
up a spectacular view onto
the existing pond from the
adjacent pre-existing nurs-
ing home. The minimum
footprint of the tower creates
space for a garden.
The two main volumes
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gross floor area kennels, 1765 m² facility area the netherlands
and commercial space

Animal Refuge Centre

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animals have been created.

The building faces inwards
Animal in order to reduce excessive
noise levels (barking!) for
Refuge the neighbours. In the high
Centre part of the building, the cat
accommodation is located
above the dog kennels as an
Amsterdam,Osdorp
extra sound buffer for the
the Netherlands
outside world. The central
position of the entrance
lobby determines the final
180 dog kennels and 480 The two Amsterdam animal
— form – a fluid object. Its hide
refuges in Amsterdam have
cat kennels is a pixel version of the grass
— been amalgamated – the
on the old dike next to the
5800 m² gross floor area new-built is the largest
— location.
kennels
pound in the Netherlands.
— The plot is in the city fringe,
1765 m² facility area and commercial an apparently impossible
space
— wedge of cake. The “comb
model” usual for this func-
tion consists of a long service
corridor, with a repetition
of kennels at right angles to
it, separated by small outside
spaces. This model is domi-
nated by railings and the
look of it closely resembles
a prison.

We have had the service

corridor and the kennel
corridor converge in the
Amsterdam Animal Rescue
Centre. This creates a long,
thin ribbon building. This
building is folded like a
ribbon along the waterway
around the plot. Inside this,
two large play spaces for the
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1200 m² retail spaces the netherlands
Europan 4
Amsterdam Osdorp, the Netherlands

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competition europan 4
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block buster

been cut back over a height

of seven meters, creating
Europan a huge balcony overlook-
ing the new public square
4 six meters below. From the
fourth floor up, dwellings
Amsterdam,Osdorp of various types are clad in
the Netherlands enamelled glass and untreat-
ed timber.
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winning entry international
competition Europan 4 The district is character-
___ ised by industrially made,
modernist blocks with a total
112 apartments To meet the ever-present of around 3,000 identical
— demand for housing, Am-
1200 m² commercial space
dwellings. In our project, we
— sterdam is looking west once have included 26 different
112 parking places more. Over the coming types of dwellings. Small
—
twenty years, the post-war garden maisonettes spread
expansion into Garden City over two and three floors,
West is to be refurbished. In bigger and smaller corridor
1996, an international com- duplexes, various varieties of
petition was held regarding a gallery apartments, around-
plot adjacent to the centre of the-corner flats, and excep-
the district. Its objective was tionally high terrace houses
to find new ways of dealing make a welcome contribu-
with the increasing density tion to the bland choice on
of the existing urban scheme. offer around the project.
This project was the winning
entry.

The brief for the relatively

small piece of land (3000 m²)
was to build 112 apartments
with parking space and 1200
m² of commercial space. An
important objective in the
design was the creation of a
high quality communal space
within the building; a small
public square to the south-
west of the building was also
left.

The stratified architecture

reflects its interior functions.
The first two layers (maison-
ettes, parking, commercial
space, and storage) are clad
in dark brick. On the third
floor, a large communal gar-
den is surrounded on three
sides by apartments. The
fourth side of the court has
120 10,000 m² multifunctional accomodation care, groningen
76 apartments 32 intramural care units, the netherlands
health center, community center with
gymnasium, retail parking garage

Oosterhoogebrug
Groningen, the Netherlands

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The smallest volume is a

gymnasium that doubles as
Ooster- a dance-hall.

hooge- All apartments are designed

brug for full wheelchair acces-
sibility for the residents.
Medical assistance, dining
Groningen
service, and other services
the Netherlands
are being brought up to the
apartments, allowing senior
citizens to enjoy the quali-
multifunctional To accommodate the ag-
accomodation ties of assisted living right in
ing population of a small
— their own homes.
76 apartments village at the edge of the
— city of Groningen, a cluster
32 intramural care units
—
of buildings is designed to
health center form a small community.
— Three volumes that differ in
community center with gymnasium
— size and program are placed
multifunctional along the canal. Within the
area or space housing tower, collective
—
commercial area or space ‘urban rooms’ are created to
— distinguish smaller groups
bicycle parking
—
of dwellers. In these rooms
parking garage people can meet and organ-
— ize different activities like
gardening, cooking, perfor-
mances etc.

The second volume is home

to a community centre and
a children’s day-care centre
on the lower floors. On the
top two floors of this build-
ing there will be an assisted
living home for Alzheimer
patients.
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care facilities and physiotherapist practise, the netherlands
elevated parking garage
the Rokade
Groningen, the Netherlands

white
tower
sparkling
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In this way, the dwellings

combine the beautiful view
the with an introverted quality.

Rokade The apartments’ façades, load

bearing construction and
Groningen installations have been made
the Netherlands ready for three different lay-
out possibilities. The present
and future inhabitants will be
72 apartments + In 2003, Groningen mu- able to determine their own
2 penthouses nicipal council launched a
— ground plan in this way. The
1000 m² project “The Intense City” building is extra sustain-
commercial space to keep the city compact able according to Groninger
—
72 parking places
by increasing the building Residential Quality direc-
— density of districts around tives.
client: the Centre. The Rokade
De Huismeesters,
Groningen Residential Tower Block is Instead of an expensive and
situated on one of the first dark underground parking
contractor: increased density locations,
Schutte bouw, Zwolle garage, we have elevated
start: 2005 and marks the corner of the parking to the two floors
completion: 2007 Corpus den Hoorn Laan and above the physiotherapists’
—
the Sportlaan, the avenue practice accommodation.
providing access to the Hoo- The inhabitants reach their
rnse Meer district. parking place on the first
or second floor with a car
De Rokade is immediately lift. The garage is naturally
adjacent to the nursing and ventilated, has daylight and a
care home, Maartenshof, view and, with construction
which has been extensively costs of €15.000.- per park-
renovated. The apartments ing place, is cheaper than the
for purchase are intended traditional underground box.
for the “younger seniors”. met vriendelijke groet,
The building is linked to
Maartenshof in a subtle way.
In this way, Maartenshof can
supply diverse forms of care
to the buyers, without this
delicate relationship being
visible to the outside world.

Towers in the Netherlands

often have a minimum of
four dwellings per layer for
budgetary reasons. This is
also true of De Rokade. The
building is 21 floors high and
seems very slim due to the
cross-shaped ground plan.
The four apartments are situ-
ated in L-form around the
inside angles of the tower.
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semi sunken parking the netherlands
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urbanity
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Amsterdam,Osdorp
the Netherlands
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nominated for:
Amsterdamse
Nieuwbouwprijs 2009
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3 urban villas These three small residen-

— tial towers are carefully
48 apartments
— placed on the former site of
51 parking places a school, the Pieter Cal-
—
client:
land College. The existing
MJ de Nijs trees form the basis for the
Project- ontwikkeling, Warmenhuizen urban plan. In order to retain
contractor:
as much as possible of the
Bouwbedrijf MJ de Nijs en Zonen, wonderful green character of
Warmenhuizen the area, parking will be half
start: a tier under the towers. This
2005 means that the first storey
completion:
is situated on an elevated
2007 ground floor. The part of the
— parking garage protruding
from under the buildings
will serve as a terrace for the
dwellings.

Two spacious penthouses are

situated on the uppermost
floors. Four compact apart-
ments for starters are repeat-
edly situated on the inter-
mediate storeys. The façades
consist of prefab concrete
floor edges with alternat-
ing glass fronts and coloured
panels with patterned glass.
The three towers are identi-
cal with the exception of the
uppermost storey. The differ-
ent shapes of the penthouses
ensure enough variety to
give each building its own
character.
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prizes and exhibitions
prizes exhibitions

1996 | 1st prize Europan 4 1996 | NAi - Europan 4

(Floor Arons)
1996 | Travelling exhibition
1996 | nomination archiprix Archiprix
(Arnoud Gelauff)
1999 | Arcam - exhibition current work
1999 | Charlotte Köhlerprijs
(Prins Bernhard Fonds) 2004 | Institut Néerlandais, Parijs. “Jeune
Projects, Nouveau Batiments”
2006 | nomination AM
NAi Prijs 2006 2006 | NAi - “Bare Facts - The best build-
ings by young architects in the Nether-
lands”

2007, | de Bonte Zwaan -

de Pontsteiger
arons en gelauff architecten bv
gedempt hamerkanaal 92
1021 kr amsterdam
the Netherlands

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mail@aronsengelauff.nl
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Floor Arons Arnoud Gelauff
1968, born in Haarlem, the Netherlands 1963, born in The Hague, the Netherlands

education education
1987 1982
Gymnasium-B VWO-B
1993 1988
Building Engineer TU Delft HTS-Bouwkunde (cum laude)
Amstel HTS Amsterdam
employment 1996
1990- 1992 Academie voor Bouwkunst, Amsterdam
Claus en Kaan, Amsterdam
1992 employment
OMA/ Rem Koolhaas, Rotterdam 1988- 1990
1993- 1994 Hans Hagenbeek, Amsterdam
Marlies Rohmer, Amsterdam 1990- 1994
1994- 1996 De Vries Sas Bouma, Amsterdam
de Architectengroep / Mastenbroek 1994- 1996
en Van Gameren, Amsterdam de Architectengroep / Mastenbroek
en Van Gameren, Amsterdam
(guest)lectures
1999 (guest)lectures
guestlecturer Academie van 2000
Bouwkunst Amsterdam participation lectures Jong
2000 Nederlands Peil, TU Delft
participation lectures Jong 2001
Nederlands Peil, TU Delft guestlecturer RWTH Aachen
2001 lecturer Academie van Bouwkunst
guestlecturer RWTH Aachen Amsterdam
lecturer Academie van Bouwkunst
Amsterdam present

present
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you in
amsterdam
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living apartments, 30 market apartments, the netherlands
72 market apartments, 20 singel family
homes, parking
Blijvenburg

the Netherlands
Rotterdam, Overschie

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together to form a beauti-

ful and inviting courtyard.
Blijven- By bending each building
slightly in the middle the
burg courtyard becomes an excit-
ing and dynamic space. The
Rotterdam,Overschie elevator and stairs are located
The Netherlands at the bend. The galleries are
situated around the courtyard
on the interior, living rooms
20.000 m² Urban Renewal and balconies are located on
of housing in Blijvenburg is situated
2 phases
the exterior, oriented to the
— between the old city center green spaces between the
of the village Overschie and buildings. The main entrance
the water of the river Schie. lies between the buildings on
This beautiful place is bathed the Blijvenburg street.
in green. It’s organization
follows the urban planning Court
rules of the reconstruction- A courtyard that can be
period of the fifties: light, closed at night provides
air and space. The existing a safe and social environ-
buildings are growing too ment where neighbors can
old and the dwellings are too meet. The galleries are wide
small by today’s standards, but enough to provide a place to
the greenery and the organi- sit, and on the ground floor
zation is beautiful. Our goal is a communal courtyard.
is to maintain these quali- Next to the main entrance
ties within a contemporary are two meeting rooms for
design: a beautiful green area the care institutes De Com-
along the Schie, with build- paan and Stichting Laurrents.
ings in the form of strokes, At the end of the building
parallel to the water. facing the 2e Hogebanweg is
the entrance to the parking
Kinked Strokes garage, which is at ground
On the site of the new Bli- level but is enclosed within
jvenburg stood an apartment storage rooms and living
building with ten stories. We units. Above the garage is a
designed a building with two terrace for the assisted care
strokes of five stories each, units.
with their galleries pushed
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sunken parking garage, 2000 m² the netherlands
restaurant with hotel suites

Pontsteiger

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Amsterdam, Westerpark

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Pont-
steiger
Amsterdam,Westerpark
the Netherlands

238 high rise apartments The location near the timber

— docks Houthaven is a hub
2000 m² commercial space
— within the water city of
(hotel/restaurant/café/club) Amsterdam, and the ferry is
—
parking garage with
to become an important link
338 places between the new municipal
— districts. The building on
the Pontsteiger expresses a
new élan in the relationship
between these neighbour-
hoods. A contemporary city
gate at this junction in the
IJ is a fitting form for this.
Pontsteiger!

Pontsteiger is the spot where

it is possible to realise the
unique ambitions of the
Western shores of the IJ.
Living at the head of the
Pontsteiger means living
in one of the most promi-
nent positions in the IJ. The
Pontsteiger design has the
spectacular view on all sides
as its theme.

In order to symbolize its

unique position in the water
city, the building has the
form of a gate when seen
from a distance. As one ap-
proaches, one sees that the
Pontsteiger has the form
of a chair. The chair has an
open side at the back and is
elevated seven metres above
the jetty. This causes its great
volume to seem astonish-
ingly light and airy.
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spaces, 260 m² collective spaces and 87 the netherlands
student units, 1260 m² retail space for
supermarket, climbing wall

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bending it
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Enschede, the Netherlands

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These two student dormitories – a courtyard building in

the forest and a highrise with a climbing wall – stand on the
campus of Enschede university in the east of the Netherlands.
Thanks to a functional mix of housing, study and leisure and
the arrangement of the buildings as solitaires in the landscape,
the university compound from the 1950ies is one of the few
real campuses in the Netherlands. In order to avoid interfer-
ence with the landscape, we found two more or less aban-
doned parking lots in strategic locations.

grips is the second highest in

Campus
___ UT the Netherlands and forms
the eyecatcher of the other-
bending wise rather straight-forward
building. As a climber in the
it: Netherlands, one anyway
high rise with has to resort to artificially
climbing wall created training spots, so why
not combine architecture
Campagneplein, campus UT and climbing wall?
University Twente, Enschede The folds of the wall look
the Netherlands like the urban abstraction
of a mountain and give the
260 student-housingunits The highrise at Campagne- building a sculptural appear-
— plein also stands on a former ance. Seen from the sports
260 m² communal space parking lot and borders on field, it seems to be bending
— a sports field in the south. its hip.
1600m² commercial space The sports theme has been
—
literally integrated into the
architecture, in the form of a
(physiotherapy/ dental office)
30 metre high climbing wall.
—
In this case, the floor plans as
well as the building envelope
were already determined by
the client. From these start-
ing points, we generated a
9-storey building next to the
sports field, connecting to a
1-storey building housing a
supermarket and some com-
mercial spaces. On the north
side, there’s an additional row
of student studios on top of
the low building, whose roof
serves as a collective garden.
The façade materials are the
same: red glass panels and
dark brick.
The climbing wall with 2500
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Campus
___ UT the 35 square metre studios
get the feeling of actually
chaos living inside the forest. In the
corners of the building, there
and are bigger studios for cou-
ples, and in the „armpit“ of
order: the forecourt, which couldn’t
courtyard building house any studios, there’s a
in the forest 3-storey community space
with a grandstand for watch-
Calslaan, campus UT ing football matches.
University Twente, Enschede The students can let them-
the Netherlands selves go in the informal
interior courtyard, where
On the northern parking all entrances to the studios
lot, we realized a courtyard are situated. Bridges serve as
building with 152 studios. crosslinks and access to the
Originally, part of the site galleries. In order to curb the
was occupied by a supermar- chaos a bit, the courtyard was
ket, around which the new furnished with ready-made
building had to be designed. picknick tables, concrete
By now the supermarket stools and bike racks.
has been demolished and On the outside, the facades
re-established on the ground are covered in glossy glass
floor of the other student panels in two juicy shades
dorm. What remains is a
„phantom shape“: a setback
in the rectangular volume of
the building, which serves
as a forecourt and marks the
entrance. Behind it lies a big
interior courtyard, transected
by a footpath that forms an
extension of a former shoot-
ing range in the forest.

Student dorms usually don’t

look too tidy, and their
inhabitants tend to take
possession of the adjoining
public space. Therefore the
block was placed as close as
possible to the forest, leav-
ing no outside space where
to dump beer crates, sofas,
laundry racks or the like. In
exchange, the inhabitants of
138 matchmaking project for 5 dutch and 5 beijing
chinese architectural firms under supervision china
of the Dutch Architectural institute NAi

is
Beijing, China
Hui Long Guan

small
beautiful
116
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small is Hui Long Guan Beijing

beautiful China
119 120

small is Hui Long Guan Beijing

beautiful China
121 122
small in beautifull

a 21,5 meters deep urban

Hui Long block is used to the advan-
tage of the floor plans of the
Guan individual dwelling.

The residential units are

Beijing
arranged along a central
China
corridor. This space receives
natural light through the
overhead rooflights. Through
A strategy for adaptable
glass-blocks in the floor this
high quality design
daylight filters down to the
The aim of the project is to
lower levels. With a varying
find a high quality design
width, that stretches the cor-
in low-cost housing. We use
ridor to an luxurious width
our experience in Dutch
of 4 meters at the entrances
low-cost housing to translate
of the units, the corridor
to Chinese circumstances.
offers much more than a
Standardization of solutions
circulation route. It is a
will lead to a combination
vibrant space that allows for
of high quality and afford-
relaxed encounters with your
able products. This project
neighbors and thus helps cre-
researches prototypes mass
ate community.
production. The project con-
sists of high-quality standard-
The apartment units have
ized units (building blocks)
deep floor plans with a zon-
for one or for two person
ing of different functions.
households. These building
From inside to the outside
blocks can be arrayed and/or
the unit is gradually getting
stacked in a wide variety of
more natural light and the
combinations. Slabs, towers,
functional lay-out is organ-
large city blocks or low-rise
ized accordingly.
suburban apartment build-
ings? All are very well con-
The one-person unit is 14
ceivable with this prototype.
m2 in area, but it certainly
The possibilities of deploy-
offers the experience of a
ment are unlimited. The
bigger home. The bathroom
type can adapt to any urban
is situated directly aside from
setting and to every climate
the entrance, not unlike what
zone throughout China.
we find in hotel-rooms. The
small kitchen is in the central
small = beautiful
part. The living area is lay-
Plot 3 has the potential for
out on two levels. Directly
both a highly efficient and
adjacent to the kitchen is
beautiful dwelling type due
an active flexible area, and
to the depth of the block.
elevated onto a podium is
Many floor plans for small
the area to relax in your easy
housing suffer from un-
chair.
defined space for lack of
zoning. Combining many
In the active part the kitchen
functions on a tiny surface
folds open to reveal a table.
then leads to a chaotic liv-
ing space. Designing within
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Behind the kitchen worktop, lines are layed-out on a grid

a retractable pew provides of 8m40 to facilitate under-
seating, even for two. After ground parking. The building
the meal, the dining area depth of 21,5 meters gives
folds away to give access to a favourable ratio between
the retractable cabinet. On floor area and facade surface.
a good day, the sliding door This will make the project
opens up onto the balcony, very efficient on building
and the easy chair can be put costs. And it will also be very
outside. The extra height of sustainable in terms energy
the balcony is effectively put consumption of the inhabit-
to use by storing away the air ants.
conditioner. The glass parapet
on the triangular balcony is In the interior of the units
oblique to the street and the the flexibility we want to
people living opposite. We obtain requires the de-
employ the dazzling effects ployment of sophisticated
of the reflections onto the fixtures. These can be factory
oblique parapet and glass mass-produced to comply
sliding doors to provide suf- with quality standards and
ficient privacy from across then transported to the
the street during daytime. building site.
At nighttime, the curtains
are drawn and a double bed The residential floor plans
magically slides out from un- are mirrored at every level.
derneath the podium. After a This gives double height on
good night’s sleep, the bed is all balconies. The dynamic
stored away and the motions form of the glass facade helps
of flexible use are reversed. reflect natural light into the
This apartment offers a narrow commercial streets.
spacious living experience The architecture achieves a
on a mere 14 m2! Small = crystalline quality
beautiful!

The unit for two basically

works the same. It is wider
to generate more space in
the bathroom and on the
podium (seating for two
is easily achieved there).
Extra storage is provided in a
second retractable cupboard.
The pew and the dining
table are more luxurious.

crystalline quality
The project has a very clear
and simple building struc-
ture. The low-tech shell
building will be made using
long-proven on-site building
techniques. The construction
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small
=
beautiful
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archive
gedempt client architect
hamerkanaal 92 private client Floor Arons,
1021 kr Arnoud Gelauff
amsterdam nl architect aronsgelauff architects
t (020) 423 55 30 Floor Arons,
f (020) 423 05 24 Arnoud Gelauff
mail@aronsengelauff.nl aronsgelauff architects 035
www.aronsengelauff.nl
up
027 on
archive upside the
003 027 upsite down down hill
block architect masterplan urban plan museum
buster Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
vijfhuizen,
the netherlands
göteborg, sweden

aronsgelauff architects aronsgelauff architects competition entry

housing invited competition
amsterdam, programme
the netherlands 005 016 programme museum of world

first prize competition mega mind urban design

for extension
culture

europan 4 mall the of rural village,

architectural
completion
project 1998
programme amstedam step design of low-rise
112 apartments with apartment block architect
parking spaces, 1200 m² shopping mall music and arts center Floor Arons,
retail spaces amsterdam, jyväskylä, finland completion Arnoud Gelauff
the netherlands project 1997 aronsgelauff architects
completion competition entry
fall 2002 design study client
design period nomination Archiprix programme Municipality Gemeente
1996 - 1999 2 concert halls, arts Haarlemmermeer
construction period programme center, offices, parking
2000 - 2002 shopping mall masterplan
with 100.000 m² completion Municipality Gemeente
adress retail space, 3500 project 1997 Haarlemmermeer
Osdorpplein parking spaces architect
Amsterdam and a light-rail architect Floor Arons,
the Netherlands station, interwoven Floor Arons, Arnoud Gelauff
with highway A10 Arnoud Gelauff aronsgelauff architects
client and intersections aronsgelauff architects
Housing Corporation
woningbouwvereniging completion 033
Het Oosten project 1996 021
model-T©
masterplan adress living
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
Zeeburgereiland
Amsterdam
in catalogue house
anywhere
aronsgelauff architects the Netherlands the
garden design study

programme
private home a design
voorburg, proposal for mass
the netherlands customization homes,
floor area ranging
programme between 75m² -
refurbishment of 250m² at 50% of
existing home with market construction
60 m² extension costs
033 model-T©
completion completion
design period project 1998
1997 039
construction period
1997
adress
earth, third rock shelter
from the sun
adress concert hall
Voorburg client sarajevo, bosnia
003 block buster the Netherlands aronsgelauff architects competition entry
130 131

programme completion architect adress design period 058

music and opera house 2002
design period
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
IJburg block 5
Amsterdam
2000-2002
construction anything
completion
project 1998
1999 - 2000
construction
aronsgelauff architects the Netherlands period
2009-2010
but
period client grey
architect 2001 - 2002 046 Developement adress
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff adress going Corporation
Waterstad ll
Amstel River
Amsterdam
housing
rotterdam,
aronsgelauff architects Verzetslaan,
Regelhaalder
under- Amsterdam
with
the Netherlands the netherlands

Warmenhuizen ground Amvest Amsterdam client runner up AM

040 the Netherlands and ING Real Royal Amsterdam NAi award 2006
here client
housing and retail
heerlen, the netherlands
Estate Amsterdam Rowing and
Sailing
nomination Mies van
der Rohe award 2007
we Housing
Corporation programme
048 one flux masterplan
Niek van Vugt
Club De Hoop
Amsterdam programme
are WoonCompagnie 16 market apartments Ellerman Lucas van Vugt 104 apartments
058 anything but grey
Schagen and 1850 m² with Hilversum with architecten architect for senior citizens,
exhibition design underground Kinepolis Group de Principaal, Floor Arons, collective recreational
amsterdam, masterplan supermarket Brussels Amsterdam architect Arnoud Gelauff space 200 m², fast food mc-drive completion
the netherlands Paul Colnot BFM Floor Arons, aronsgelauff architects underground parking and dance-hall design period
with completion architect masterplan Arnoud Gelauff 2001
programme Floor Arons, design period Floor Arons, Bjarne Mastenbroek aronsgelauff architects completion completion
exhibition of the Arnoud Gelauff 1999 - 2001 Arnoud Gelauff SeARCH 2006 project 2003 client
early projects of aronsgelauff architects aronsgelauff architects design period private
aronsgelauff client architect 2001 - 2003 client
architects architect Housing Corporation Floor Arons, construction period Municipality Amsterdam architect
Floor Arons, stichting Wonen Zuid 049 Arnoud Gelauff 2004 - 2006 Floor Arons,
completion
1999
Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects
Heerlen
with grande aronsgelauff architects
adress
architect
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects

client
supermarket developer
Sperwer Internationaal
espace 050
Grote Hagen
Rotterdam
Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects
Arcam gallery 045 de Bilt
barcode the Netherlands 065
Amsterdam
spotting masterplan
housing
amsterdam, client 060 climb
architect
Floor Arons,
archi- Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
the netherlands housing, retail
amsterdam,
Housing Corporation
Stichting Ouderenhuis- villa your
Arnoud Gelauff tecture aronsgelauff architects programme the netherlands vesting Rotterdam no dorm
aronsgelauff architects with social housing 22
Joost Hovenier single family units, programme masterplan villa housing
wingender hovenier market housing social housing Floor Arons, enschede,
architects 14 single family units, 67 apartments, 054 architecture is an endurance sport too Arnoud Gelauff private home the netherlands
parking garage 2600 m² retail aronsgelauff architects akersloot,
architect in IJburg block 17. and supermarket, the netherlands programme
Floor Arons, parking garage 054 057 garden and 2 projects
Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects
completion
design period completion archi- split interior design
Inside Outside
programme
several designs
160 student units,
245 m² retail spaces,
2000 - 2002 2004
design period
tecture level Petra Blaisse
with Floor Arons,
for a private home
(unsuccesful),
260 m² collective
spaces and 87
048 client 2000-2002 is an Arnoud Gelauff marital mediation student units,
one Developement
Corporation
construction
period
endurance housing, retail
hoofddorp,
aronsgelauff architects on dwelling
preferences
1260 m² retail space
for supermarket,
flux IJburgermaatschappij, 2002-2004 sport the netherlands architect
Floor Arons,
(succesful) climbing wall

043 porch too invited competition Arnoud Gelauff

multiplex cinema aronsgelauff architects
043 exhibition design emmen, the netherlands rowing club programme
porch amsterdam ,
the netherlands invited competition
amsterdam,
the netherlands
market housing
5 apartments, 059

housing blocks programme programme programme

400 m² retail
space smooth
wamenhuizen, exhibition of 7 hall mega-cinema refurbishment
the netherlands amsterdam for 1800 visitors, a and extension completion sportsbuilding
interiors fastfood restaurant of the club project 2001 amsterdam,
programme and retail spaces house and boat the netherlands
apartment block completion house of the client
with 14 units for 1999 completion royal amsterdam private invited competition
senior citizens project 1999 rowing and sailing
and 7 units for client club de Hoop architect programme
young people Arcam client Floor Arons, combination of
row housing block gallery Municipality completion Arnoud Gelauff municipal swimming
of 15 units Amsterdam Gemeente Emmen 049 grande espace 2010 aronsgelauff architects pool, fitness hall, 065 climb your dorm
132 133

completion adress client 073 bridge

fall 2008
design period
Adriaan Pauwstraat
Vlaardingen
jewish society
amsterdam in haarlem,
the netherlands
2005 - 2006
construction period
the Netherlands
architect
here competition entry
2006 - 2008 client Floor Arons,
Housing Arnoud Gelauff refurbishment programme
adress Corporation aronsgelauff amstelveen, pedestrian sliding
Calslaan, Waterweg Wonen architects the netherlands bridge spanning
Campagneplein Vlaardingen Spaarne river
Enschede programme
the Netherlands masterplan 070 refurbishment completion

client
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff boven- of entrance hall
for apartment
2004

Housing Corporation
Woonstichting
aronsgelauff architects kerk building Indus architect
Floor Arons,
de Veste, Ommen garden design housing, care, retail completion Arnoud Gelauff
H+N+S landscape amstelveen, 2004 aronsgelauff architects
masterplan architects the netherlands design period 075 green urbanity with
Floor Arons, 2004 Tom Frantzen
Arnoud Gelauff artist EVEN programme construcution Frantzen et al
aronsgelauff Marc Ruygrok 30 apartments, period adress adress
architects general medical 2004 client Pieter Calandlaan Ookmeerweg
architect practice, 150 m² retail Institut Neerlandais Amsterdam Amsterdam 079
architect
Floor Arons,
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff completion
adress
Kringloop
Paris the Netherlands the Netherlands
acta
Arnoud Gelauff aronsgelauff 2006 Amstelveen architect client client
aronsgelauff architects architects design period the Netherlands Floor Arons, Developement Municipality conversion,
2003 - 2005 Arnoud Gelauff Corporation De Nijs Amsterdam urban planning
066 sparkling white tower
construction period client aronsgelauff architects Projectontwikkeling, with amsterdam,
066 069 2005 - 2006 Amvest, Warmenhuizen Society for the netherlands
sparkling sarchitect
Floor Arons,
masterplan
Floor Arons, shool adress
Amsterdam
075 masterplan
Animal
Shelter development
white Arnoud Gelauff Arnoud Gelauff Bovenkerkerweg architect DRO Amsterdam Amsterdam tender

tower
aronsgelauff architects aronsgelauff architects synagogue Amstelveen
the Netherlands
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
green
urbanity
amstelveen, architect masterplan programme
architect the netherlands aronsgelauff architects Floor Arons, Floor Arons, design for conversion
housing 067 Floor Arons, client Arnoud Gelauff Arnoud Gelauff of ACTA office building,
groningen,
the netherlands sure Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects
invited
competition
housing corporation
Woongroep Holland
aronsgelauff architects aronsgelauff
architects
urban design for 6
apartment-towers

third prize
we programme masterplan 076 garden design
on the ACTA site

DAG 2008 do 068 synagogue for Floor Arons,

five DRO Amsterdam completion

programme
pitched hard the amstelveen
jewish center,
Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects star
Ruwan Aluvihare 2005

74 apartments for senior

citizens, 1000 m² care
roofs shell mikvah, cultural
center architect shelter
architect
Floor Arons,
client
Developement
facilities and physiother- soft Floor Arons, Arnoud Gelauff Corporation
apist practise, elevated
parking garage
housing
nieuwe niedorp,
core completion
design period 2003
Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects
animal refuge
center amsterdam,
aronsgelauff architects de Principaal,
Amsterdam
the netherlands the netherlands
completion housing 078 masterplan
2007
design period
programme
16 social housing
vlaardingen,
the netherlands
nomination world
architecture festival haarlem Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
2005 - 2006
construction period
rowhouses
programme
2008 nomination
amsterdam
shuffle aronsgelauff architects
074 bonjour paris
2006 - 2008 completion 146 social housing architecture
2010 apartments for award 2008
adress design period senior citizens, 074 housing, amsterdam
Laan Corpus
den Hoorn
2005 - 2006
construction period
1100 m² care
facilities and bonjour programme
programme
180 dog kennels
Groningen
the Netherlands
2009 - 2010 physiotherapist
practise, semi
paris 3 urban villas with
16 appartments each,
and 480 cat kennels
5800 m² gross floor
adress underground exhibition design semi sunken parking area kennels 1765 m²
client Dorpsstraat parking garage paris, france facility area and
Housing Corporation Nieuwe Niedorp completion commercial space
De Huismeesters the Netherlands completion programme 2007
Groningen 2007 exhibition of design period completion
client design period projects of 2004 - 2005 2007
masterplan Housing 2005 aronsgelauff architects construction period design period
Floor Arons, Corporation construction period 2005 - 2007 2005 - 2006
Arnoud Gelauff WoonCompagnie 2006 - 2007 completion construction period
aronsgelauff architect- Schagen 068 hard shell soft core 2004 2006 - 2007 078 haarlem shuffl
134 135

housing construction period client client housing masterplan masterplan

amsterdam, 2014 - Housing Corporation Housing the netherlands Floor Arons, Must Urbanism
the netherlands de Principaal Corporation Arnoud Gelauff with
adress Amsterdam Stichting programme aronsgelauff architects aronsgelauff architects
programme Teldersweg Woonwaard 42 apartments
183 apartments Rotterdam masterplan Alkmaar social housing architect architect
social housing the Netherlands Floor Arons, Floor Arons, Floor Arons,
and market housing Arnoud Gelauff masterplan completion Arnoud Gelauff Arnoud Gelauff
parking garage client aronsgelauff architects Kraaivanger Urbis design period aronsgelauff aronsgelauff architects
2.860 m² retail Housing Corporation 2006 architects
in 36 units Stichting Ouderenhuis- architect architect construction period
vesting Rotterdam Floor Arons, Floor Arons, 2009 - 2010 100
completion with Arnoud Gelauff Arnoud Gelauff 098
let’s
2010
design period
Housing Corporation
Havensteder Rotterdam
aronsgelauff architects aronsgelauff architects adress
Loirestraat seneca keep
081 dune resort 2005 - 2007
construction period masterplan
Purmerend
the Netherlands
the on
young
social housing 095 a nice pair

081
2008 - 2010 Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff client
trying
dune adress
Ottho Heldringstraat
aronsgelauff architects Development
Corporation de
housing
hilversum,
Housing and Developent
Corporation BouwCom-
school, care, housing
amsterdam,
housing
pijnacker,
resort Amsterdam
the Netherlands
architect
Floor Arons,
Principaal Amsterdam the netherlands pagnie Hoorn the netherlands the netherlands

social Arnoud Gelauff Housing and masterplan

housing client
Housing Corporation
aronsgelauff architects Development
Corporation
programme
52 single
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
de Alliantie Huizen Ymere Amsterdam family homes aronsgelauff architects
housing, care 089 parking garage
petten,
the netherlands
masterplan
Floor Arons, just Housing and
Development completion
architect
Floor Arons,

programme
Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects
a Corporation
Rochdale
project 2006 Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects
15 social housing touch Amsterdam client
apartments and a
general medical
architect
Floor Arons,
of Developement
Corporation
Housing Corporation
de Alliantie Huizen 097
practice Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects
red 090 please give us someting optimistic Bouwfonds MAB
masterplan urban
completion housing 090 091 masterplan Meccanoo renewal
2008 086 amsterdam,
please amsterdam Floor Arons,
design period
2005 - 2006 interwoven the netherlands
give golden
Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects
architect
Floor Arons, shopping center,
construction period programme Arnoud Gelauff housing
2007 - 2008 housing, care 96 single family homes us gate architect aronsgelauff architects leeuwarden, 098 seneca the young

adress
rotterdam,
the netherlands
sunken parking garage
someting housing, retail, hotel
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
the netherlands

Zijperweg completion optimistic amsterdam, aronsgelauff architects 095 programme programme programme
Petten
the Netherlands
programme
126 apartments
2010
design period
the netherlands
a shopping mall
10,000 m²
10,000 m²
multifuctional care,
consecutive designs
for 120, then 140,
semi sunken 2007 - 2008 housing invited competition - 092 nice 100 apartments primary school, then 160 and now
client
Housing
parking garage
1500 m² care
construction period
2008 - 2010
alkmaar,
the netherlands
first prize
villa pair
social housing
rooftop parking
care hotel and
senior housing
180 apartments
parking
Corporation
WoonCompagnie
facilities
adress programme
programme
234 condominium
industria completion
undergound
parking completion
Schagen completion Eva Besnyöstraat 103 apartments apartments design period design period
design period Amsterdam social housing double sunken 2007 - 2009 completion 2007 - 2011
masterplan 2006 - 2010 the Netherlands and market parking garage construction period design period
Floor Arons, housing 2000 m² restaurant 2009 - 2010 2007 - 2009 adress
Arnoud Gelauff 30 apartments with hotel suites Keyzershof
aronsgelauff architects for young adress adress Pijnacker,
people completion Brandemeer Confuciusplein the netherlands
architect 1100 m² retail design period Leeuwarden Amsterdam
Floor Arons, 2006 - 2009 the Netherlands the Netherlands client
Arnoud Gelauff completion construction period Heijmans Real
aronsgelauff architects 2012 2012 - 2014 client client Estate Development
design period Housing Developement Corporation Rotterdam
2006 - 2009 Corporation Corporation
082 construction period adress Stichting Kristal masterplan
enjoying 2010 - 2012 Houthavens
Amsterdam
WoonFriesland
Heerenveen
with
Housing
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
the adress
Geert Groteplein
the Netherlands with
Multi Corporation
Corporation
Stadgenoot
aronsgelauff architects

trains Alkmaar client Gouda Amsterdam

086 interwoven the Netherlands Housing and 092 villa industria
136 137

104 feasibility studies, existing retirement architect Annie M.G. masterplan

boat urban planning

amsterdam,
home, new apartment
buildings for senior
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
Schmidt Society
with
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
houses the netherlands citizens, care facilities aronsgelauff architects Restaurant Praq aronsgelauff architects

programme completion architect architect

masterplan feasibility studies project 2008 110 Floor Arons, Floor Arons,
amsterdam,
the netherlands
and urban planning
for block 1, 2a, 9, 16, client giraffe Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects
Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects
27, 28 and 30 on the Housing Corporation
programme site of RIO, the WoonZorg Nederland museum
90 single family former sewage plant Amstelveen amsterdam, 111 112
homes with
private
in amsterdam
masterplan
the netherlands
tax house
boat house
below apartmentblock
completion
design period
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
first prize - invited
competition
office of
for 150 apartments 2009 -2011 aronsgelauff architects democracy 112 house of democracy

completion adress architect museum 115 118

project 2008 IJburgerlaan
Amsterdam
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
den haag,
the netherlands extra athena
adress
Weespertrekvaart
the Netherlands aronsgelauff architects
feasibility study
small field hockey
Amsterdam housing club amsterdam,
the Netherlands programme the netherlands
study for positioning housing
client 5,000 m² House of amsterdam, invited
DRO Amsterdam Democracy in the the netherlands competition
historic center of the
masterplan Hague, connecting programme programme
103 fifties revisited Floor Arons, to the Dutch Houses design for 8 apartments 800 m² panoramic
Arnoud Gelauff of Parliament and 5 very tiny single clubhouse of
aronsgelauff architects family homes on an Athena field hockey
architect completion completion Amsterdam inner club
Floor Arons, design period 106 project 2009 city plot
Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects
2007 - 2009
construction period hilton client completion
completion
competition
2009 - 2012 hotel 106 hilton hote
111 tax office Dutch Ministry
of the Interior
project 2010 2010

103 adress and Kingdom client client

fifties Blijvenburgerstraat
Rotterdam
hotel
amsterdam, client 109
programme
4000 m² museum
conversion,
urban planning
Relations TROI
corporation
Athena field
hockey club
revisited the Netherlands the netherlands AM Development
Corporation steel for the Netherlands
most famous writer,
utrecht,
the netherlands
masterplan
Floor Arons, masterplan architect
housing
rotterdam,
client
Housing Corporation
invited
competition -
with
Housing Corporation
wheel playwright and
musical writer invited competition
Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
the netherlands Woonstad Rotterdam first prize de Alliantie Huizen Ms. Annie M.G. Schmidt, aronsgelauff architects aronsgelauff architects
office building in two abandoned programme
programme masterplan programme masterplan gorinchem, sewage tanks. conversion of
44 apartments Floor Arons, 10,400 m² Floor Arons, the netherlands Including theater, 11,800 m²
social housing Arnoud Gelauff Hilton hotel Arnoud Gelauff cinema, restaurant. abandoned tax
30 assisted living aronsgelauff architects aronsgelauff architects first prize - invited Rooftop playground office building
apartments completion competition with trademark to apartments
30 market apartments architect project 2008 architect Schmidt giraffe for young people,
72 market apartments Floor Arons, Floor Arons, programme slide hotel, hostel and
20 singel family homes Arnoud Gelauff client Arnoud Gelauff 2500 m² new office the urban design
parking aronsgelauff architects Proper Stok aronsgelauff architects building for Mercon completion for an apartment-
Development Steel Structures, competition 2009 block adjacent
Corporation designed to be feasibility studies to the former
108 constructed by 2010 - 2011 tax-office, parking
interior design
NAT architecten retirement the client
adress completion

architect
home completion
project 2008
IJburgerlaan
Amsterdam
competition 2009

Floor Arons, the Netherlands client

Arnoud Gelauff care client Student Housing
aronsgelauff architects amsterdam, Mercon Steel client Corporation SSH
the netherlands Structures AM Development Utrecht
Corporation with
107 invited competition with ERA Bouw
rio programme
Housing Corporation
de Alliantie Huizen
construction
corporation
104 boat houses refurbishment of and 118 athena
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completion masterplan 125 exhibition design housing

design period
2010
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff paris amsterdam,
the netherlands den haag,

adress
aronsgelauff architects parkview programme
the netherlands

Lelylaan curating and first prize -

Amsterdam 124 housing, care exhibition design invited
the Netherlands
wiener paris, france of new members
of the Royal
competition

client
Proper Stok
& invited competition Society
of Dutch
programme
160 apartments
Development co programme Architects for senior citizens
Corporation 45,000 m², assited located in a forested
with urban planning, living, housing, completion estate, concert hall,
KENworld housing 32 intramural care 2011 retail
120 creating a community Baarn amsterdam, units, health
130 station to station
the netherlands center, retail, client completion
120 Arcam gallery competition 2011
creating adress
Pop Dijkemaweg
Amsterdam architect
Floor Arons,
vistors center
zeeland,
invited competition design period
2011 -
a Groningen
the Netherlands
architect
Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects
the netherlands programme
18,500 m² student adress
community Arnoud Gelauff programme town with 600 Wassenaarseweg
client aronsgelauff architects 1,000 m² visitor dwelling units Den Haag
housing, cultural Housing 131 center for The Netherlands
center, care
groningen,
Corporation
Steelande wonen, 130 madrid the dutch
Delta Works
completion
project 2010 client
the netherlands Hoogkerk
station housing,
flood barriers
client
Housing
Corporation
first prize - invited
competition
masterplan
Floor Arons,
to madrid, spain completion
project
Developement
Corporation Bouwinvest
WoonZorg
Nederland
Arnoud Gelauff station competition 2010 Amsterdam Amstelveen
programme aronsgelauff architects entry
10,000 m² railway station
multifunctional architect amsterdam, programme
accomodation Floor Arons, the netherlands social housing
care Arnoud Gelauff 110 units
76 apartments aronsgelauff architects 125 paris parkview invited
32 intramural competition completion
care units project 2011
health center 114 architect programme parking garage programme
community
center with podium Floor Arons,
Arnoud Gelauff
urban planning and
architectural design
completion
competition 2010
100,000 m²
refurbishment
architect
Floor Arons,
gymnasium aronsgelauff architects for 15 single family and extension Arnoud Gelauff
retail parking housing, education homes and 60 client of Amsterdam aronsgelauff architects
garage rotterdam, apartments, Housing Corporation Sloterdijk railway
the netherlands 122 social housing Paris OPH station, retail,
completion
kpzw and market offices 132
competition
2010
programme
400 student dwellings, urban planning
housing masterplan
Will Alsop, Anais completion the
design period
2011 -
educational experience
hall, parking
rotterdam,
the netherlands
completion
design period
Blehaut Alsop
RMGM
competition
2010
sea, 136 aging beautifully
2010 - with the
programme
urban planning adress
Benoit Thierry,
Yves Pages
client
ProRail
sea client masterplan masterplan
for 120 single Oostenburgervoorstraat explorations- KENworld Floor Arons, Floor Arons,
family homes, Amsterdam architecture Baarn Arnoud Gelauff Arnoud Gelauff
parking, park. the Netherlands and aronsgelauff architects aronsgelauff architects
Floor Arons, architect
completion client Arnoud Gelauff Floor Arons, architect architect
design period Heijmans Real aronsgelauff architects Arnoud Gelauff Floor Arons, Floor Arons,
2010 - Estate Development aronsgelauff architects Arnoud Gelauff Arnoud Gelauff
Corporation Almere architect aronsgelauff architects aronsgelauff architects
adress Floor Arons,
Klein Polder masterplan Arnoud Gelauff 134
Zuid West Floor Arons, aronsgelauff architects
students 133
Rotterdam Arnoud Gelauff
town
136
nl7
the Netherlands aronsgelauff architects
126 aging
client
Housing Corporation
architect
Floor Arons, fresh student housing
beauti- housing
leiden,
Woonstad Arnoud Gelauff crop amsterdam, fully the netherlands
114 podium Rotterdam aronsgelauff architects 131 madrid the netherlands
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programme
40 apartments
social housing,
parking

completion
design period
2011 -

adress
Willem de Zwijgerlaan
Leiden
the Netherlands
133 nl7
client
Developement
Corporation Portaal institute NAi, architect
Vastgoedontwikkeling prototyping Floor Arons,
Veenendaal affordable housing Arnoud Gelauff
in China, testproject aronsgelauff architects
masterplan for 10x100 dwellings.
MVRDV
completion
architect design period
Floor Arons, 2011
Arnoud Gelauff
aronsgelauff architects adress
Hui Long Guan
Beijing
138 China
small client
is Zhuzong VANKE
Real Estate
beautiful Development
Corporation Ltd

housing masterplan
beijing, china KCAP
with
programme Urbanus, O-office,
matchmaking Node, Standard
project for 5 dutch Architecture, prof
and 5 chinese Zhou (CN)
architectural firms and
under supervision NEXT, NL architects,
of the Dutch Barcode, aronsgelauff
Architectural architects (NL)

138 small is beautiful

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