MVRDV MIXED USE VALLEY

MVRDV MIXED USE VALLEY

ZUIDAS, AMSTERDAM
Designed by MVRDV, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Winy maas, jacob van rijs and nathalie de vries

Year 2015+
Tentative year of completion 2021

Size and Program: 75,000 sqm, mixed-use,

residential, offices, cultural, retail and parking

Budget: Undisclosed

Client: OVG real estate, The Netherlands

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VISION ZUIDAS 2030
ZUIDOSK (extensive, long-term construction project )
Running a section of the A10 underground while, above it, the
station will be combined with other forms of public transport.

-Freeing up space for public transport

-The station area will have shops, facilities, and,

-spacious bicycle parking facilities, a new, green layout and a

bicycle tunnel level with Beatrix Park.
-The area (near Amsterdam city centre)
is extremely attractive to national and
international companies and
institutions.

-Thus ,more and more people are coming

to live there.

-These developments boosted the level

of facilities.

-Zuidas is really coming to life and a vast

amount of construction is planned for
the near future(for its growth).
ZuidasLifeprogram Ambition is to make
(in order to Zuidas a popular place
maintain and to live
improve the
atmosphere in the -wide diversity of
area.) properties.

-Attention to -Meanig more residents

creating attractive and therefore more life
public spaces. in the street.

-Creating life on the -Network of greenery

street and water by creating
small parks in each
subarea.

-The core area largely

car-free, and more
bicycle parking spots.

(15,000 public bicycle

parking spots in the
immediate vicinity of
the station.)
THE MIXED USE
VALLEY
Zuidas (the main international
business centre)
-reduced focus on residential
interests.

-The development of Valley

,part of the city’s ambition to
correct this by transforming
the area into a more liveable
and complete urban quarter, .

-Aiming to make a
multifunctional building, a
mixed programme of offices,
residences and amenities.
FEATURES-

-Emphasis on contrast between the

corporate history and the more
residential future of the Zuidas.

-Its offices boast high floor-to-ceiling

windows, large, brightly lit floorplates
and full-service amenities.

-The residential levels have large

openable windows and sliding doors
for outdoor spaces.

-Outdoor ceilings and terraces are

clad in natural stone.

-The fixed, automatically hydrated

planters of varying heights facilitating
Valley’s distinct green appearance.

-Full glass railings protect residents

against wind and sound without
impeding on their panoramic views.
 Amidst all the
LAND USE NEAR THE BUILDING commercial and
offic buildings,
such mixed use is
important.
Proximity to bus
stops,main roads,
railway station
makes the site
very pedestrian
friendly.
INTITUTIONAL

PUBLIC
TRANSPORT

GREEN AREAA

MIXED USE

INDUSTRIAL

COMMERCIAL

BUS
STOPS/METRO
STATIONS
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT -Valley’s three peaks of varied heights
(maximum of 100-meters.

-Publicly accessible Sky-bar sits at the top.

(spread out over the top two stories).

-The building consists of

196 apartments,
7 stories of offices,
3 story underground parking (375 parking
spots)
Various retail and cultural facilities. First
floors are commercial/offices.
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT -From street level, a pedestrianised path,
running along retails functions,

-terraces and roof gardens, leads up to

the central valley-area spread across the
4th and 5th level and surrounds the
central tower. (refer next slide)

-Internationally renowned landscape

architect Piet Oudolf designed all of
Valley’s vegetation, focusing on a year-
round green appearance.
 GROTTO

-A large interior space,

fully clad in natural stone
and lit by two great
skylights that double as
water filled ponds on the
valley above.

-Publicly accessible from

ground floor, through 2
large stairs.,spread out in-
between its three mixed-
use, towers.

-Serving as both a living

room for the residents of
Valley as well as a Grand
Foyer for all other
activities in the building,
ensuring a lively
atmosphere.

THE GROTTO -The project derives its

name from this.
TERRACES
STAIRS TO THE GROUT CAFES ON STREET
 THE STREET FRONTAGE NOT AFFECTED BY THE CAR
MOVEMENT (SINCE IT IS KEPT AT THE BACK) WHICH MAKES
STREET SAFE AND INTEARCTIVE FOR PERDESTRIANS.

ANALYSIS-
-CAR ENTRY FROM BEHIND
-STREET IS BROUGHT TO LIFE(SOCIAL SPACE);EYES
ON THE STREET
-DIFFERENT ENTRIES FOR COMMERCIAL AND
RESIDENTIAL(THUS SEPARATING PUBLIC TRAFFIC)
GROUND FLOOR
 ANALYSIS
-ON EVERY FLOOR TILL 4TH , THE GROUT AREA CONNECTS THE SHOPS THROUGH
IT( A PUBLIC VALLEY,CREATING PUBLIC SOCIAL SPACES ON EVERY LEVEL.
-THIS WAY THE RESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS ABOVE ARE NOT DISTURBED BY THE
PUBLIC.
-DESIGN IS VERY EFFICIENT;CIRCULATION SPACE IS NEGLIGIBLE.
-DOUBLE NUMBER OF LIFTS FOR OFFICES THAN IN RESIDENTIAL;SINCE MORE
PEOPLE
FIRST FLOOR
 1ST FLOOR
COMMERCIAL/OFFICE

4TH FLOOR
COMMERCIAL/OFFICE

5TH FLOOR

COMMERCIAL/OFFICE
15TH FLOOR

RESIDENTIAL
(STARTING FROM THE 8TH LEVEL)
I) UNIT PLAN OF AN APARTMENT II) UNIT PLAN OF AN APARTMENT

UNIT PLANS
(RESIDENTIAL FLOORS STARTING
FROM THE 8TH LEVEL)
ANALYSIS OF UNIT PLANS
AND RESIDENTIAL FLOORS