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12.11.2025
Floating Gardens preselected for the Zuiderkerkprijs!
We’re proud to share that Floating Gardens has been preselected for the Zuiderkerk Prize 2025! The Zuiderkerk Prize is an annual architecture award that celebrates the best new-build housing project in Amsterdam. Ten projects have been preselected and visited by the jury. On December 16, the winner will be announced in the historic Zuiderkerk. Commissioned by Synchroon, Orange Architects – in collaboration with Bureau Rowin Petersma for the school design – has completed the mixed-use project Floating Gardens in Amsterdam Sloterdijk. This area is set to become the heart of the large-scale urban development known as ‘Haven-Stad’. With Floating Gardens, we create a place where pioneers can actively contribute to the development of their neighbourhood – a place that combines greenery with living, learning, and meeting in a dynamic city. It is a distinctive building that gives Sloterdijk Centrum a recognisable identity along Haarlemmerweg and Spieringhorn Park. With the introduction of its first primary school, the area is further strengthened as a mixed residential and working district.
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Haddingestee: A tender design for the heart of Groningen
With Explorius, Nijhuis, Studio Blad, architecture historian Joseph Gardella and Dantuma Wegkamp, we developed a tender design for the reconstruction of the Haddingestraat site in the heart of Groningen. On the site of the former parking garage, the plan creates a sustainable new neighbourhood that draws on the city’s unique position on the Hondsrug and the historicthe structure of alleys, courtyards and guesthouses. Haddingestee is conceived as a permeable city block with a network of green courtyards, alleys and small squares that invite exploration. At its heart lies a lively square with a large tree, surrounded by a diverse mix of homes. Shared gardens, collective spaces and an underground public Bicycle Hub promote meeting and sustainable mobility. The new neighbourhood is a place where residents, visitors and passersby meet, where the city breathes and renews itself, a new place to live in Groningen: Haddingestee.
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S-West, Holiday Home and Jonas published in Dutch Architects Today
We’re honoured to see Orange Architects listed among the 40 most influential contemporary architects of the Netherlands in the book Dutch Architects Today. Published by Lannoo, the book presents a selection of representative recent works by these architects. Our projects S-West, Holiday Home, and Jonas are beautifully featured in this edition.
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