Java-eiland, Amsterdam
Java-eiland is a small island to the east of the city center. It was, until a few years ago, a desolate place. But then I guess they connected it with a bridge and got some architects to go nuts there. The result is an elegantly designed hodge-podge of multi-unit dwellings running the span of the island. It supposedly has the highest population density in the city.
The main designer chopped the island into four smaller sections, with tiny canals cutting through. There are three bridges that cross over each mini-canal, two of which are foot/bike bridges. Each foot/bike bridge has been designed by someone different and are supposed to be functional sculptures.
Each 22-meter section of buildings is designed by a different architect, as well, though they must have been given parameters in which to design, as certain patterns, like the smaller building standing in front of the larger ones, were repeated throughout the complex.
The view here is from the interior courtyard area that ran through the buildings.
Java-eiland, Amsterdam
Java-eiland is a small island to the east of the city center. It was, until a few years ago, a desolate place. But then I guess they connected it with a bridge and got some architects to go nuts there. The result is an elegantly designed hodge-podge of multi-unit dwellings running the span of the island. It supposedly has the highest population density in the city.
The main designer chopped the island into four smaller sections, with tiny canals cutting through. There are three bridges that cross over each mini-canal, two of which are foot/bike bridges. Each foot/bike bridge has been designed by someone different and are supposed to be functional sculptures.
Each 22-meter section of buildings is designed by a different architect, as well, though they must have been given parameters in which to design, as certain patterns, like the smaller building standing in front of the larger ones, were repeated throughout the complex.
The view here is from the interior courtyard area that ran through the buildings.