‘HAMERKWARTIER HOUSING’

Located in an industrial area near the canal at Amsterdam, Netherlands. The purpose of the project was to develop a housing building directed at small families, with the accurate conditions and elements that the contemporary lifestyle may demand such as technology, flexibility, economic accesibility and an optimal constructive process.

Taking in account that the site is located near an industrial area, the main strategy was to condition the project to use only the materials of which surrounded this areas and in fact repurpose scraps and parts that may be of use for the design, projection and construction of the project. In consequence, the main element taking in consideration was the steel container used for transportation. This containers (4x8m) are then used as a main component for a parametric design of the building, providing a modular distribution for the houses and a convenient way for its construction.