{"id":45365,"date":"2014-07-01T21:01:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T19:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/de-kunstlinie\/"},"modified":"2017-09-19T16:52:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T14:52:46","slug":"de-kunstlinie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/de-kunstlinie\/","title":{"rendered":"de kunstlinie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almere, a new town west of Amsterdam, is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Within the master plan by OMA, SANAA was selected to design the city\u2019s theater and cultural community center on the lake that faces the new center. We sought an interaction between professional artists and practicing amateurs so we packaged the two programs into one building volume.<\/p>\n

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photo by Christian Richters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile, we wanted this programmatic duality to manifest itself in the shape of the building, referencing both the horizontal surface of the artificial lake on which it will be built, and the building mass of the new waterfront development. We sought a plan without hierarchy, a very public building where everything from circulation to classrooms are given the same spatial treatment.<\/p>\n

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photo by Christian Richters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Circulating through the building is like passing through a series of rooms, and despite an apparent uniformity in plan, the sprawling main floor renders specific characteristics in different areas depending on their relationship with the water at the perimeter. In this plan there is no difference between structure and partition. The main structural system is made up of steel flat bars, acting as columns inside of what appear to be normal partition walls.<\/p>\n