Dutch Urbanism

Two case studies of recent developments by contemporary Dutch architects.

Oranjeboomstraat in Rotterdam is a social housing infill development by Hans van der Heijden that emulates the traditional stacked walk-up townhouse type in an existing neighborhood.

Java Island in Amsterdam’s Eastern Harbour is a mixed-income development that forms a series of perimeter blocks separated by new canals and surrounded by a range of residential building types from eight- to five-story stacked flats, to individual narrow rowhouses facing the canals.

Sjoerd Soeters was the master planner for Java Island creating an urban framework that consisted of multiple buildings per block. This allowed for multiple architects to design a coherent and varied townscape.

Oranjeboomstraat, Rotterdam stacked walk-up maisonettes.

The man-made island of Iburg, a new town linked to central Amsterdam by a high-speed light rail line. Several thousand new dwellings at a range of densities.