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’
Amsterdam Academy of Architecture Architect, Master of Science Urbanist, Master of Science Landscape Architect, Master of Science
With the inclusion of the course in Urbanism in 1957 and Landscape Architecture in 1972, the Academy is the only architecture school in the Netherlands to bring together the three spatial design disciplines under one roof. Some 350 guest tutors are involved in teaching every year. Each of them is a practising designer or a specific expert in his or her particular subject. The three heads of department also have design practices of their own in addition to their work for the Academy. This structure yields an enormous dynamism and energy and ensures that the courses remain closely linked to the current state of the discipline. The courses consist of projects, exercises and lectures. First-year and second-year students also engage in morphological studies. Students work on their own or in small groups. The design
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Architecture
Architects, urbanists and landscape architects learn the profession at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture through an intensive combination of work and study. They work in small, partly interdisciplinary groups and are supervised by a select group of practising fellow professionals. There is a wide range of options within the programme so that students can put together their own trajectory and specialisation.