Murk Wymenga - Master of Architecture - Nesting in the Rocky Urban Landscape

Murk Wymenga Nesting in the rocky urban landscape a biodiverse guest accommodation Groendaalsteeg 8 2011 DH Haarlem 0031 (0)6 30 12 56 03 mailmurk@gmail.com architect at Concrete Amsterdam

Amsterdam Academy of Architecture Graduation Projects 2015-2016

Architecture

Murk Wymenga Nesting in the rocky urban landscape a biodiverse guest accommodation

As an inhabitant of Amsterdam, I miss the engagement with nature in my immediate environment like I had when I grew up in Friesland. The swallows that return under the eaves each year, the smell of the seasons from the open window or the sounds of the house resisting a violent storm.

One is more inclined to see the natural wilderness as a problem in the city rather than something valuable. However, this ‘nature’ provides us with the basic necessities of life and could provide an answer for typical urban problems like peak rainfall, air pollution or mental stress.

The diversity of natural species that settle in an area says a lot about the quality of life that is prevalent there. This biodiversity should also, therefore, be a crucial component of a better life in the increasingly busy city.

This graduation project is a search for a way in which the architecture of the urban landscape could be much more welcoming for the natural wilderness in order to be able to profit from each other’s presence as much as possible. The design of a guest accommodation for people, urban plant species and animal species together illustrates the opportunities and a strategy with which a building in the city could develop into a communal environment.

Graduation date 29 08 2016

Commission members Jan-Richard Kikkert (mentor) Machiel Spaan Dingeman Deijs

Additional members for the examination Marcel van der Lubbe Ira Koers

Murk Wymenga

Architecture

Amsterdam as rocky landscape

Biodiversiteit amsterdam

Biodiversiteit Oosterpark:

konijnen

konijnen

vossen

vossen

bijen en vlinders

bijen en vlinders

halsbandparkiet

halsbandparkiet

huismus

huismus bosuil

biodiversity in Amsterdam

bosuil

gierzwaluw

gierzwaluw

grote bonte specht

grote bonte specht

slechtvalk

slechtvalk

vleermuizen

vleermuizen

boerenzwaluw

boerenzwaluw

spreeuw

spreeuw

merel

merel

biodiversity around the Oosterpark

Mauritskade

Tropenmuseum

Linneausstraat

Tropen Hotel

Doubling Oosterpark: buildings become part of the park, including the Tropen Hotel not designed with that in mind

Murk Wymenga

Ground floor

Eastern side, ground floor, entrance

4th floor

Southern side, 4th floor, guest accommodation

9th floor

Eastern side, 9th floor, bathroom

11th floor

10th floor, roof landscape

0

Architecture noord

oost 12

west

zuid scholekster

+ aarde & granulaat

+ aarde & granulaat muisjesmos

+ granulaat + granulaat

11 wolfspoot

muurpeper

kronkelbladmos

+ aarde

muursla

+ zuurtegraad ph >7

eikvaren

bonte specht

straatliefde moederskruid

+ aarde & granulaat

+ zuurtegraad ph >7

groene specht

dikkopmos + aarde

+ houtblokken

8

+ aarde & granulaat

slechtvalk

torenvalk

klein graskruid

9

muurleeuwenbek

+ aarde & granulaat

muurpeper

10

+ aarde

driehoekmos

muurvaren

zwarte rotsmos

+ aarde

7

halsband parkiet

+ aarde

+ zuurtegraad ph >7 steenbeekvaren

spreeuw

6

mannetjes varen

+ aarde

+ zuurtegraad ph >7

merel stekelvaren

dooiermos

+ fruit afval & aarde

+ aarde & houtsnippers

landkaartmos + kalk

5

tongvaren

schubvaren

eikvaren

+ zuurtegraad ph >7 + houtsnippers

huiszwaluw muurvaren laatvlieger

+ zuurtegraad ph >7

4

gierzwaluw

baardvleermuis

mus + aarde + fruit afval & aarde

3

steenuil

koolmees

grootoorvleermuis

kerkuil

baardvleermuis

dwergvleermuis

pimpelmees

grootoorvleermuis

+ fruit afval & aarde bosuil

2

dwergvleermuis

+ fruit & aarde

+ grof granulaat & aarde

1

+ snoeiafval

0

+ snoeiafval

+ snoeiafval + aarde citroenvlinder

groentje

hommels wespen

wormen

+ aarde konijn

mieren

muis

+ aarde

egel egel

dagpauwoog

noord

oost

konijn

ijsvogel

muis

west

zuid

muisjesmos

clematis

blauwe regen

blauwe regen

jasmijn

dooiermos wilde wingerd

klimop

vijg

klimop driehoekmos

klimhortesia

klimop

klimhortesia

bosrank

landkaartmos

druif huisspin

blauwe regen

klimop

kamperfoelie

langpootspin

wilde wingerd kiwi kamperfoelie

braam klimop

- filter geluid en lucht linneaustraat -zichtbaar maken seizoen: verkleuring

- privacy voor Tropenmuseum -filteren lucht en geluid

druif

- filter harde wind: groen blijvend - communicatief: bloeien, geurend: verschillende seizoenen

- eetbaar: vruchtdragend - filter zon en harde wind: groen blijvend

Orientation-specific new facades and recesses in the existing building, aimed at the species that like to nest at these locations and the circumstances under which they do this.

2150+

2150+

Ground floor, eastern side, flower-filled courtyard

4th floor, southern side, camp bed

10th floor, southern side, four-poster bed

9th floor, western side, falcon ledge

libelle

oeverzwaluw

Murk Wymenga

10th floor, western side, recess

Southern facade: with recess and new ‘soil layers’

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