Citadel in ABC’s list of bizarre buildings
Together with buildings from Gehry and Hundertwasser, Olthuis’ Citadel is mentioned in ‘Worlds most bizarre structures’
The Citadel: Europe’s first floating apartmentcomplex
The Guardian
The Dutch have been fighting the rising and falling tides for centuries, building dikes and pumping water out of areas that are below sea level. Now, rather than fight the water infiltrating their land, the Dutch will use it as part of a new development called ‘New Water’, which will feature the world’s first floating apartment complex, The Citadel. This “water-breaking” new project was designed by Koen Olthuis of Waterstudio in the Netherlands, and will use 25% less energy than a conventional building on land thanks to the use of water cooling techniques.
Olthuis is responsible for a number of floating residences around the world and he thinks that we should stop trying to contain water and learn to live with it. The New Water and the Citadel projects are an attempt to embrace water in the Netherlands, which is almost completely composed of wetlands. The project will be built on a polder, a recessed area below sea level where flood waters settle from heavy rains. There are almost 3500 polders in the Netherlands, and almost all of them are continually pumped dry to keep flood waters from destroying nearby homes and buildings. The New Water Project will purposely allow the polder to flood with water and all the buildings will be perfectly suited to float on top of the rising and falling water.
The Citadel will be the first floating apartment complex, although there are plenty of floating homes out there. Built on top of of a floating foundation of heavy concrete caisson, the Citadel will house 60 luxury apartments, a car park, a floating road to access the complex as well as boat docks. With so many units built into such a small area, the housing complex will achieve a density of 30 units per acre of water, leaving more open water surrounding the structure. Each unit will have its own garden terrace as well as a view of the lake.
A high focus will be placed on energy efficiency inside the Citadel. Greenhouses are placed around the complex, and the water will act as a cooling source as it is pumped through submerged pipes. As the unit is surrounded by water, corrosion and maintenance are important issues to consider. As a result, aluminum will be used for the building facade, due to its long lifespan and ease of maintenance. The individual apartments are built from prefabricated modules. The Citadel will be situated on a shallow body of water, and in the future numerous buildings, complexes and residences will float on the water alongside it.
The Citadel: Europe’s First Floating Apartment Complex
Inhabitat, Bridgette Meinhold
The Dutch have been fighting the rising and falling tides for centuries, building dikes and pumping water out of areas that are below sea level. Now, rather than fight the water infiltrating their land, the Dutch will use it as part of a new development called ‘New Water‘, which will feature the world’s first floating apartment complex, The Citadel. This “water-breaking” new project was designed by Koen Olthuis of Waterstudio in the Netherlands, and will use 25% less energy than a conventional building on land thanks to the use of water cooling techniques.
Olthuis is responsible for a number of floating residences around the world and he thinks that we should stop trying to contain water and learn to live with it. The New Water and the Citadel projects are an attempt to embrace water in the Netherlands, which is almost completely composed of wetlands. The project will be built on a polder, a recessed area below sea level where flood waters settle from heavy rains. There are almost 3500 polders in the Netherlands, and almost all of them are continually pumped dry to keep flood waters from destroying nearby homes and buildings. The New Water Project will purposely allow the polder to flood with water and all the buildings will be perfectly suited to float on top of the rising and falling water.
The Citadel will be the first floating apartment complex, although there are plenty of floating homes out there. Built on top of of a floating foundation of heavy concrete caisson, the Citadel will house 60 luxury apartments, a car park, a floating road to access the complex as well as boat docks. With so many units built into such a small area, the housing complex will achieve a density of 30 units per acre of water, leaving more open water surrounding the structure. Each unit will have its own garden terrace as well as a view of the lake.
A high focus will be placed on energy efficiency inside the Citadel. Greenhouses are placed around the complex, and the water will act as a cooling source as it is pumped through submerged pipes. As the unit is surrounded by water, corrosion and maintenance are important issues to consider. As a result, aluminum will be used for the building facade, due to its long lifespan and ease of maintenance. The individual apartments are built from prefabricated modules. The Citadel will be situated on a shallow body of water, and in the future numerous buildings, complexes and residences will float on the water alongside it.
Waterstudio’s Citadel on Inhabitat
Inhabitat, worlds most influential eco design website has published the Citadel
The Dutch have been fighting the rising and falling tides for centuries, building dikes and pumping water out of areas that are below sea level. Now, rather than fight the water infiltrating their land, the Dutch will use it as part of a new development called ‘New Water‘, which will feature the world’s first floating apartment complex, The Citadel. This “water-breaking” new project was designed by Koen Olthuis of Waterstudio in the Netherlands, and will use 25% less energy than a conventional building on land thanks to the use of water cooling techniques.
Olthuis is responsible for a number of floating residences around the world and he thinks that we should stop trying to contain water and learn to live with it. The New Water and the Citadel projects are an attempt to embrace water in the Netherlands, which is almost completely composed of wetlands. The project will be built on a polder, a recessed area below sea level where flood waters settle from heavy rains. There are almost 3500 polders in the Netherlands, and almost all of them are continually pumped dry to keep flood waters from destroying nearby homes and buildings. The New Water Project will purposely allow the polder to flood with water and all the buildings will be perfectly suited to float on top of the rising and falling water.
The Citadel will be the first floating apartment complex, although there are plenty of floating homes out there. Built on top of of a floating foundation of heavy concrete caisson, the Citadel will house 60 luxury apartments, a car park, a floating road to access the complex as well as boat docks. With so many units built into such a small area, the housing complex will achieve a density of 30 units per acre of water, leaving more open water surrounding the structure. Each unit will have its own garden terrace as well as a view of the lake.
A high focus will be placed on energy efficiency inside the Citadel. Greenhouses are placed around the complex, and the water will act as a cooling source as it is pumped through submerged pipes. As the unit is surrounded by water, corrosion and maintenance are important issues to consider. As a result, aluminum will be used for the building facade, due to its long lifespan and ease of maintenance. The individual apartments are built from prefabricated modules. The Citadel will be situated on a shallow body of water, and in the future numerous buildings, complexes and residences will float on the water alongside it.
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TIME Magazine
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Constructie CONTOUR zomer 2009
In het Westland, midden in de driehoek Rotterdam, Hoek van Holland en Den Haag wordt gewerkt aan een nieuwe innovatieve woonbeleving. Tussen Naaldwijk en ‘s-Gravenzande ontstaat de eerste woonomgeving in ontpolderd gebied: ‘Het Nieuwe Water’. Door te stoppen met droogpompen van de polder ontstaat een gebied van 80 hectare water. Dit gebied zal er in de toekomst voor zorgen dat er bij hevige regenval genoeg ruimte is om overtollig water te bergen. In ‘Het Nieuwe Water’ worden ruim 1.200 woningen gerealiseerd, waarvan 600 drijvend. Het eerste project in dit gebied is de Citadel.
VORMENTAAL
Bij het ontwerp van de Citadel ligt het ambitieniveau hoog. Bij drijvend wonen denkt men vaak aan bruin houten woonarken. Met het ontwerp van de Citadel willen wordt duidelijk dat er veel meer mogelijk is. De Citadel kenmerkt zich door haar vloeiende vormentaal, moderne materialisering en imposante verschijningsvorm. Voor de opbouw van het gebouw is gekozen voor een bijzonder, architectonisch element. Door het element op unieke wijze te stapelen en te schakelen, ontstaat een ogenschijnlijk willekeurige structuur, met een duidelijke samenhang en identiteit. De keuze voor deze methode heeft tevens tot gevolg dat woningen de beschikking hebben over grote terrassen en daktuinen.
MET DE BOOT
Noemenswaardig is vooral de architectonische beleving op de route van de parkeergarage tot in je eigen
woning. Middels een lift die je tot in je eigen woning brengt, betreed je de ruime woning. Een tweede manier om het gebouw te betreden is met de boot. Je vaart met je boot naar je eigen woning en legt aan. De hogergelegen woningen hebben een collectieve haven.
ENERGIE
Naast toepassingen van duurzame materialen met lange levensduur, worden voor Het Nieuwe Water samenwerkingen aangegaan met de glastuinbouwers in de omgeving. Resultaat hiervan is dat de Citadel energie kan gebruiken die direct door de eigen omgeving wordt opgewekt.