BUILDING THE FUTURE
ZUIDAS ACQUIRES AN 86-METRE HIGH WOODEN TOWER Zuidas acquires another eyecatcher. Under the authority of
seen from the Parnassusweg. A sight line that urban planners are
listed commercial property investor NSI, Dam & Partners
already feasting on, also thanks to the inclined surfaces at the top
Architecten designed an 86-metre high office building, one
and bottom of the building.
of the highest wooden office buildings in the world. BRING TO LIFE LOCATION
The plot on which the tower will be built now consists of a
The building will be located at what will soon become a very
grass pitch and a pedestrian access to the underground car
prominent location: at the end of the new Maurice Ravellaan, for
park, meant for users of the adjacent building. ‘Together with
which the first activities have already taken off and along which
Dam & Partners we tried to give substance to this location, in
the new residential district Ravel will be built. The lane extends
line with Zuidas’, says Sten Karelse, Head of Development at
from the Gustav Mahlerlaan. Hence, soon the wooden tower can be
NSI. ‘The entire area east of the Antonio Vivaldistraat is under
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