E18 Portrait - Old Walls New Ties

Amersfoort-Amicitia (NL) - Runner-up

Old Walls New Ties

Associates: Lucien Schmidt-Berteau (DE), Julien Jacob (FR), Lina Etzkorn (DE) – architects, Karla Radovic (HR) – architect urbanist

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"The project re-sources the site at three levels. Firstly, it embraces the brief by extending the ‘green belt’ in front of the estate. Secondly, it challenges its requirements by mitigating site density, preferring to reactivate the site through reprogramming and precise subtractions. Finally, it asserts that everything is heritage and grafts contemporary extensions onto the building to actualise its material identity."

Amicitia cultural park
Mediating scale and density
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