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Animal Refuge Centre, Amsterdam, Architect, Dutch Design, Images, Netherlands
Dierenopvangcentrum Amsterdam : Architecture
Building by arons en gelauff architecten, Holland, Europe
The Animal Refuge Centre
Photographer : Luuk Kramer
The two Amsterdam animal refuges in Amsterdam have been amalgamated
- the new-built is the largest pound in the Netherlands. The plot
is in the city fringe, an apparently impossible wedge of cake. The
"comb model" usual for this function consists of a long
service corridor, with a repetition of kennels at right angles to
it, separated by small outside spaces. This model is dominated 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 Refuge 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 animals
have been created.
The building faces inwards in order to reduce excessive noise levels
(barking!) for the neighbours. In the high part of the building, the
cat accommodation is located above the dog kennels as an extra sound
buffer for the outside world. The building that provides shelter for
180 dogs and 480 cats, also houses a shop, a veterinarian clinic,
educational rooms, kitchens, office space, technical spaces, storage
rooms and a caretaker's apartment of 115 square metres. The central
position of the entrance lobby determines the final form - a fluid
object.
The building's cladding - 1,5 mm thick Sendzimir zinc-plated steel
panels with a maximum length 5.40 m, powder coated in twelve shades
of green which flows along the length of the building - is a pixellated
version of the grass on the old dike next to the building's site.
Animal Refuge Centre Amsterdam images / text from arons en gelauff
architecten
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Address: Ookmeerweg 271, 1067 SP Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Architects: Floor Arons and Arnoud Gelauff
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