Oosterwold Co-living Complex in Almere
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Oosterwold Co-living Complex in Almere
New Homes in Holland – Design by bureau SLA & Zakenmaker
22 Mar 2019
Oosterwold Co-living Complex
Architects: bureau SLA & Zakenmaker
Location: Almere, The Netherlands
Oosterwold Co-living Complex
photo © Filip Dujardin
In the rural area of Oosterwold Almere, Frode Bolhuis dreamed of an alternative way of living and working. He wanted to make a one-hectare potato field his home and asked architects Peter van Assche and Mathijs Cremers at bureau SLA and ZakenMaker respectively to design his dream house. The very limited budget was a major issue.
photo © Sanne Schouwink
The architects came up with two preconditions to make the Oosterwold Co-living Complex project possible: they suggested finding like-minded people to join the project, since it is a lot cheaper to build several houses at the same time. Luckily, Frode was able to find eight friends who shared his dream. The second precondition was that only the exterior would be designed, allowing the families complete freedom to decide on the interior.
photo © Filip Dujardin
The result is a convincing piece of architecture. The 100-meter-long building makes a statement in the landscape, and at the same time accommodates nine completely different homes.
photo © Filip Dujardin
All the families were allocated 160 square metres to be divided into living space. This allowed them ...
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