4> r 5* its 2.< 0 NL Architects .NL98 99 00 This On 010Publishers, Rotterdam 2002 7XKP-EQR-XUWC NLArchitectsisanAmsterdambasedoffice. Thefourprincipals, PieterBannenberg, Waltervan Dijk. Kamiel Klaasse and Mark Linnemann, officiallyopened practice in January 1997. buthave sharedworkspacealreadysincetheearlynineties.AllwereeducatedatDelftUniversityofTechnology whilelivinginAmsterdam. NL's'commuting'officestartedwhilecarpoolingbetweenthesecities(in thatsensetheprincipalsliketothinkofthemselvesasauto-didactic;therecurrentfascinationwith mobilityandtarmacperhapscouldbetracedbacktobeing'educated'onthehighway).Oftenprojects focusonordinaryaspectsofeverydaylife,includingtheunappreciatedornegative,thatareenhanced ortwistedinordertobringtotheforetheunexpectedpotentialofthethingsthatsurroundus. NL Architectscurrentlyemploysaninternationalstaffofsixtotenpeople.Thisbookletcontainsaselec- tion ofworkfromthe period 1998-2000. Itisthefollow-upto NLT/M WOS 8 whichtooka compactlookatNL'sfavoriteprojectspriortothecompletionoftheirfirstbuildingin1998. Copyrightedmaterial 4 CinecenteriNL020.1998) 8 KoppenHoefkade(NL070.i998) 12 PNEM(nlo761998) 14 3Vaseinl073.1998) 16 ParkhouseIMTcnl020.1999) 20Y2K+jnl070.1999) 26 YBuilding/FlowerTower[nl0201999) 30 ANewShop(fr1.1999) 36 Funen[nl0201999] 44 DeWildePlekinl0151999) 48 NLLounge-PrivateCity/ PublicHome(iT04i.2000) 52 BendUp,BendOver(NL0232000) 56 Block17(nl020.2000) 60 BasketBarinl0302000) Cinecenter,amovietheaterthatwasbuiltintheseven- ties,isupforrenovation.Itislocatedinthebasementof ahousingcomplex.Thishasdeepimpactonthespatial organization:thefourviewingroomsaresmallandrela- tivelynarrow.Theproportionsaretheoppositeofopti- mal. Yetitwas impossibleto makeanyfundamental changestothelayout:SuperficialArchitecture. Bypaintingthewallsblackandbyreducingthenumber ofchairs,theroomsappearmorespacious.Thelogis- ticsinthefoyerareimprovedbydisconnectingandrear- rangingthebarandticketcounter:queuingpeopleno longerobstructtheaccesstothehalls.Aremarkable featureofthelobbyisthatitformstheconnectionbe- tweentwostreetsthroughitsinterior.Howtoestablish congenialcongestion?Acurtainwithholescreatesinti- macyandpermeabilityatthesametime. Thecurtain containspocketsformagazines:aslackbookshelf The initialdesignideaforthefoyerwastonotdemolishany- thing(-cheap)andtosprayovertheexistingwithgolden polyurethane:aBarofGold!Alldifferenttextures,pat- terns,materialsandsurfacesblendintoonecontinuum with different consistencies. The now Oyster White foyercanbeexperiencedasthedetachedinteriorof WOS8.Acustomizedmirrordoublesthespaceand servesasalightsource Bypartlyleavingoutthereflec- tivesilverinacircularpatternadeepblueglowsug- gestsinfinitedepth.ThelightfixturesintheRedRoom, designedwithEibertDraisma.givetheimpressionofa slightbreeze;oneaftertheotherthesevenlightbulbs areanimated:VirtualAirco. KoppenHoefkade NL07 n i! ii ii ii linn H II IIIH