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bouwen met StcicilThe glass curtain wall, insulating sound, next to the highway and the two extra levels on top attract the most attention. For this project the prefabricated light steel framing system (StarFrame) has been used in the Netherlands for a major rooftop extension for the first time. The prefabricated floor-, wall-, roof- and facade elements for the extra stories are manufactured in the factory and assembled at the building site.

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The building achieved the status demonstration project Industrial, Flexible and Demountable Building, which meant it was awarded with a subsidy of 250,000 Euro from the total Building budget. The transformation of De Leeuw van Vlaanderen in Amsterdam is rather unique because of the combination of operations (rooftop extension, sound insulating facade, changed traffic system) at a remarkable spot just 3.5 meters behind the crash barrier of the A10.

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The most striking renovation intervention is the rooftop extension of two stories. It acts as a landmark for the uniformly shaped neighbourhood. Furthermore elevators are added to make all apartments accessible. The balconies are now facing the quieter back side of the apartment as opposed to the earlier highway facing side. The old storage rooms on the ground floor are added to the apartments. This way the facade facing the street is changed from a closed and 'anonymous' basement to a living façade, which is important for successful urban revitalization.

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res_amsterdam_left02The old seventy-two apartments where renovated in to fifty-four apartments on the third, fourth and fifth level and thirty-six maisonettes at street level and in the rooftop extension. These maisonettes meet the need for larger and more expensive houses in the neighbourhood. Anyway almost all the old tenants return to live in the new De Leeuw van Vlaanderen.

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The transformation of De Leeuw is meant to be an example for the rehabilitation of the whole of Amsterdam-West.

 

Project data
Location Leeuw van Vlaanderenstraat, Amsterdam-Osdorp
Commision Far West Amsterdam
Project manager Delta Forte
Architect Heren 5 Architecten, Amsterdam
Engineering company Pieters Boutechniek, Amsterdam
Engineer light gauge steel framing SmitWesrerman, Eindhoven
Main contracting company Coen Hagedoorn Bouw, Huizen
Supplier light gauge steel framing MAT Afbouw, Zaltbommel
Supplier facade Leebo, Drunen
Services W/E Adviseurs
Cost advisor MBM-Groep, Amsterdam
Fire engineer Bureau Nieman, Utrecht
Data Start construction July 2004, completion December 2005
Technical data
Main characteristics 72 apartments, 24 maisonettes, floor area (two additional floors and roof) 5400 m2, wall elements rooftop (including facades) 7000 m2
Intermediary construction Columns HEA160, beams under house-seperating walls UNP 220, beam stabilizing wall HEA200
Floors Sigma-beams 205 mm height 2 mm thickness, profiled steel plate, anhydrite top floor 50 mm, 175 kg/m2
House-seperating walls Double, cold-formed C-profiles 100 mm height 1.5mm thickness, 40 kg/m2
Facades Light gauge steel framing facade elemente, dolomite stone panels, glued to aluminium profiled sheet
Construction curtain wall and walkway Hot-rolled steel profiles
Completion Windows anodized aluminium, walkway floors banirai wood
Summary
Architect Heren 5 Architecten, Amsterdam
Contracting company Coen Hagedoorn Bouw, Huizen
Engineering company Pieters Bouwtechniek, Amsterdam
Date of completion December 2005
City Amsterdam
Country The Netherlands
Region Europe
Climatic Condition Temperate
Housing Type Multi-family high rise
Key information
Number of storeys 17
Living area (m2) 16100 m2
New-build home yes
Location of steel solutions
Beams yes
Columns yes
Lift core yes
Floor yes
Internal wall yes
Types of steel used in the building
Long carbon steel yes
Metallic coated flat carbon steel yes

 

 

 

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