client:
ForumInvest, Naarden en Prowinko, Amsterdam
programme:
23.000 m2 commercial space, 1.200 m2 passage, 5.800 m2 housing
architect:
Pi de Bruijn
project team:
T. Berkhout, C. Hayman, B. Vocking, W. Barrios, M. Lau,
W. van Mulken, B. Arab, R. Lambrechts, A. van Gelderen
interior design:
David Rogers, The Jerde Partnership, Los Angeles, USA
contractor:
Heijmans IBC, Elst
structural engineer:
Goudstikker de Vries, Emmen
date of commission:
2001
date of construction:
2002 - 2004
gross surface:
30.000 m2
volume:
150.000 m3
'De Klanderij' shopping centre, Enschede
It was high time that the introverted, post-war shopping centre should be replaced with a more vital complex that has a better relationship with the adjoining square. The design creates an open retail environment by making the display windows five metres high and establishing a spacious internal pedestrian route. Daylight (direct and indirect) reaches this mall from above. The boomerang-like circuit opens into a new shopping street, which leads back to the square. Above the shopping centre there are apartments that are accessible by car via a ramp. A roof garden creates a congenial residential environment right in the middle of town.