Arquitetura

Site area: 2,600 square meters
Building area: appr. 26,000 square meters
15 different apartment types

Completed: 2002

Client: Rabo Vastgoed, De Principaal B.V.
Construction: Bouwcombinatie Graansilo’s V.O.F. (Bouwbedrijf M.J. de Nijs en Zonen B.V. en Kondor Wessels Noord)

Architects: MVRDV
Winy Maas
Jacob van Rijs
Nathalie de Vries
Frans de Witte
Eline Strijkers
Duzan Doepel
Bernd Felsinger

Facilitary Office: Bureau Bouwkunde B.V. Rotterdam
Construction: Pieters Bouwtechniek, Haarlem, Delft
Structure: Cauberg Huygen, Rotterdam

BODY

The 157 apartments, business units and public spaces, in the Housing Silo, are compressed within a 10 story high and 20 meters deep urban envelope. The apartments, rental and owner in different sizes, are stacked in internally connected neighborhoods.
Each “house” differs, both in orientation and size; they can be half a block, a whole block, or diagonal over two floors, some with terraces or balconies others with patios.The apartments are not only different in size and color, but also by the placement of the interior walls that can be moved and replaced by future inhabitants

BUILDING
Silodam is a primarily residential complex situated on a pier in Amsterdam. In addition to 157 homes, the complex contains 600 square meters of commercial space.
The housing units are clustered into small "neighborhoods" of 4 to 8 houses. Each such cluster is given its own identity through different colors and materials.The resulting blocks of color, together with the materials, shape and proportion, result in a building that resembles a container ship.
Through this design, the building makes reference to the port aspect of the city.The building is designed to provide a wide variety of units to respond to different needs and wishes of different individuals. The complex consists of different types of units that vary in width, depth, number of stories, window types, presence and type of outdoor space /