Overhoeks is a new residential area on the north bank of the IJ River, directly opposite Amsterdam CS. The two blocks named De Berend together comprise 133 social housing units and a communal courtyard garden. VDNDP provided the Building engineer (BIM) elaboration and made the technical description.
The Overhoeks De Berend project had a special touch for us: just a stone's throw away, we started our office in former shipyard De Groene Draeck in 2007. Now we were closely involved in creating the studios for single and two-person households.
Within the project Overhoeks De Berend also ran a pilot for system engineering. We succeeded in linking the 3D model (Revit) via Relatics to the requirements from the PVE and the technical description. Ultimately, we want to link all data sources so that we can create even better integrated projects.
Another special element in the project was the common courtyard garden: the green heart between the two blocks. Tension cables were used to create conductors for greenery, allowing plants to grow in height. The many plants, trees, flowers, ornamental grasses, etc. in the courtyard gardens provide habitat for birds and insects.
Overhoeks De Berend was completed in 2019 and the final stop was the transfer of the management and maintenance model (as built), to Ymere's specifications. A nice follow-up project to Overhoeks De Jakoba, for which we previously had the privilege of performing the engineering.
The project, like all our Overhoeks projects, is characterized by a very intensive collaboration between contractor, architect, client and consultants to engineer the design. This project involved close cooperation with NL architects, Ymere and Dura Vermeer, among others. Teamwork was key. Each party clearly had its own role within the team and was critical. As a result, we created more value together. The good cooperation in this integral team proved itself once again in this project. Project developer and client Julienne Schreinemacher of Ymere tells in an interview to the De Architect about this so-called 'co-making' approach.
Recently, Ymere made a short film in which Julienne Schreinemachers, Ymere's developer, alderman Laurens Ivens and a resident take us through the building.
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