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Floating Gardens, Amsterdam

Layered landscape for Sloterdijk green axis

Sloterdijk Center forms the heart of the large-scale area development Havenstad. It is currently a stony island in the middle of one of Amsterdam’s green city wedges. The area around the station is rapidly transforming from an office district into a mixed residential and working area. High ecological ambitions are being set to create a landscape network through Sloterdijk, connecting both sides of the green wedge, that extends into the city from the periphery.

Floating Gardens is an integral development in Sloterdijk, with a school in the plinth and about 190 apartments above it. The complex gives extensive substance to the green ambitions by means of various park and garden rooms, both around, on and throughout the building. The school grounds will become a garden room in the park with natural playing facilities.

A Patio garden on the 2nd floor offers a shady and enclosed space. Hanging planting on the balconies and marsh vegetation in planters provide a vulnerable but very sheltered environment. For residents, this garden provides a quiet place.

The Roof Garden on the 5th floor will be an intensively managed neighborhood garden. A sunny spot with low trunk fruit trees, flowering lawns and planters for growing herbs and vegetables. Spacious terraces with views over the city connect to the collective living room in the building.

The Tower Garden on the 8th floor has a rougher climate. At this height the strong wind demands robust planting. Dune planting with sturdy grasses and shrubs on dry and stony ground provides an additional environment to the underlying gardens and green areas.

Year

2018 - 2021

Location

Amsterdam Sloterdijk

Type

Landscape, Public Space

Client

Synchroon developers

Size

2.25 ha

Awards

2021 A+ Awards [winner]

Team & partners

Michiel Van Driessche
Deborah Lambert
Marnix Vink
Thijs van der Zouwen
Ramona Stiehl
Zamira Abazi
Klaudio Ruci
Robert-Jan van der Linden
Orange Architects
Bureau Rowin Petersma
IMD adviseurs
SmitsRinsma
BK Ingenieurs
Merosch

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  12. New Space - Design Guideline Liveability of Public Space, Groningen
  13. From Airport to Birdport
  14. Brainport Industries Campus
  15. Hondsrug Park Amsterdam
  16. Yangmeikeng Sea Boulevard
  17. Healthy Tracks
  18. Towards a healthy city by foot
  19. Floating Gardens, Amsterdam
  20. The Unbound Amsterdam
  21. Seaside Gardens, Gufunes
  22. Brainport Smart District Helmond
  23. The Swan, Zwolle (NL)
  24. Spatial Framework Blankenburg Süden, Berlin
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  28. Public Space Alpen
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  30. Isle of Dikes
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  32. Darmstadt Masterplan 2030+
  33. Bao’An G107 Corridor
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  37. Strategic Urban Green Study
  38. Public Space Strategy Kanpur
  39. Quartierlandschaft Dietenbach
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  43. Lokhalle Leverkusen
  44. Ludlstrasse Munich
  45. Redevelopment Strategy Vogabyggð
  46. City life in the woods
  47. Schie Quarter Schiedam
  48. Socio-technical city of the future
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  50. Vaskhnil Novosibirsk
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  52. Maritime Campus Almere
  53. Resilient Riverscape Berat
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  57. Transformation Strategy Gufunes
  58. Transformation Strategy Chelyabinsk
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  60. Zinder Culture Cluster
  61. Food Innovation Strip Ede-Wageningen
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  74. Yue Xiu 353 Transformation
  75. 5YN3RGY
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  78. Campus Lelystad
  79. Proto Tamansari
  80. City Gardens Tyumen
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