Pampus Harbour
Pampus Harbour is a little used ‘port of refuge’. An escape area for ships, and a rough spot in the landscape where land reclamation has set the scene. It a strategic spot located between Almere and Amsterdam, which in the future will transform into a waterfront colony within the visionary plans of the development of the Amsterdam-Almere area. This context and the character of the location are the basis for developing a specific living typology for people who are drawn to an environment with more freedom, a certain roughness and independence: a water colony as a settlement with self constructed dwellings.
The Concept
The study proposes 500 floating houses. These houses should give a maximum of individuality and a sense of freedom created by the way the individual houses are positioned. The whole settlement is floating entirely and therefore you are able to move parts or everything around. This way it is for instance possible to anticipate on future changes in planning. Based on several floating techniques and organization principles, five typologies have been developed with a maximum relation to the water. The diversity of the environment can be increased by adding floating gardens to develop the ecology and also for common use. looking at project Schoonship in Amsterdam North, it would also be possible to ad water treatment and greenhouses to the whole
Visit the old project website: floatinglife.org (at the moment not working)
FACTS
Location : Pampushaven, Almere, NL
Year : 2006
Client: Het Oosten Kristal, Amsterdam and Municipality of Almere
Program: Feasility study for 500 floating dwellings
Budget : Undisclosed
CREDITS
Design Team : Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries
with Jeroen Zuidgeest, Simon Persson
Partners:
Advisor: Mervac Maritime, Bergen
Rendering: Wieland&Gouwens, Rotterdam
What’s next
This project Pampus Harbour was halted due to the Finacial crisis, hopefully it will be followed thru now the housing projects are well underway inn the Netherlands and houses are scares one more.
