Hein van Lieshout The New Dam & the liberation of the Stopera
Camperstraat 69, 1091AD Amsterdam 06 189 66 589 me@architectural-things.com www.architectural-things.com Architect, interior architect, landscape & urban designer + artist
Amsterdam Academy of Architecture Graduation Projects 2014-2015 Architecture
Architecture
Hein van Lieshout The New Dam & the liberation of the Stopera
‘In my quest to create a modern monument I focused my research on the Stopera: an architectural phenomenon on the former island of Vlooienburg in the historical city centre of Amsterdam. The Stopera today combines the City Hall of Amsterdam and the Dutch National Opera & Ballet (stadhuis + opera). My ongoing quest transformed into a desire to end the current pejorative ‘Stopera’ and to reveal the hidden monument in the Stopera complex, embedding it in the surrounding urban fabric. This extensive research and analysis resulted in a clearly defined plea recorded in a 150 paged-book full of high quality illustrated analogies, metaphors, diagrams and drawings showing the potential of the existing Stopera. The book describes the spatial and symbolic relationship between several monuments of Amsterdam on different scales. The outcome is a high potential strategy to transform the 129,000m2 Stopera building into the new city centre for Amsterdam by using nearly 80% of the existing structure.’ As an archaeologist and sculptor combined, Hein van Lieshout re-evaluated the Stopera, discovering, and freeing, the Houses of Apollo and Dionysus. As inter-related planets revolving around the sun, the new Amsterdam City Hall and National House for Opera and Ballet re-emerge as Siamese twins liberated. Embraced and re-designed, the House of Apollo and House of Dionysus redefine the heart of the city.
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Revaluation: phasing plan and the transformation through time
Graduation date 23 05 2015
Commission members Machiel Spaan (mentor) Paul Toornend Tom Frantzen Pjotr Müller
Additional members for the examination Rik van Dolderen Judith Korpershoek
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ARCHITECTURALTHINGS
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Cover design of book with the essential intervention to make a powerful ensemble
Architecture
Current situation
Sculptural extension on the north side and Zwanenburgwal houses the demolished volume
MARKET SQUARE
AMSTELZIJDE METRO
BLAUWBRUG CORNER
Vista with enlarged Waterlooplein, the Amstelzijde - beautiful spot in the Amstel river bend - and catering establishments on the Blauwbrug. The theatre forms the centrepiece.
Model scale 1:500
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existing AMSTEL VIEW
CONTINUING PUBLIC DOMAIN
ELEVATE VOLUME
staircase
Transformation in which the existing architectural idiom steers the intervention
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View of the Amstel with view of the public staircase that leads the Amsterdam citizen to the Tuin van Amsterdam (Garden of Amsterdam) and enables us to enjoy a stunning view over the city.
Vista: enlarged Waterlooplein (renamed Vlooyenburg) with view in the direction of the Amstel. To the right, the main entrance of the revamped City Hall
Architecture
The sculptural extension forms a public corridor along the Zwanenburgwal.
View from the Zwanenburgwal of the public corridor. The material refers to the Palace on the Dam.
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Transformation: 95% of the theatre building is retained
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Vista: the building forms the centrepiece in the urban fabric of Amsterdam. The new facade forms a horizontal city in the Amstel river bend.
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