Ballast Nedam won the Design & Construct tender in which Gortemaker Algra Feenstra was responsible for the design of the façade. In the image quality plan, also presented by Gortemaker Algra Feenstra, the garage takes a central position. A future pedestrian boulevard, on one side flanked by the parking garage, provides the urban space with a quality boost.
Bamboo
he garage is wrapped in just one material: bamboo.
A border of bamboo bushes forms a green plinth that gives the building a human scale. Cut bamboos, arrayed in varying vertical patterns, create dynamic façades which envelop a volume that floats above this plinth.
Bamboo is a sustainable material. It is strong, it grows fast and turns grey naturally. Bamboe doesn’t need to be painted.
Glass box
The main staircase is attached to the volume of the garage as a glass box. Its façades consist of sustainable window frames of untreated accoya wood, a softwood that, through modification, achieves the qualities of hardwood.
