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'A mountain-like angular skyscraper with jagged peaks named Valley, which was
designed by Dutch studio MVRDV, has officially opened in Amsterdam, the
Netherlands.
The 75,000-square-meter development in Amsterdam's Zuidas district was designed
for real estate developer EDGE and contains 200 apartments along with offices
and restaurants.
The 100-metre-high building was designed as a "symphony of life", according to
MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas.
"How do you make an office district liveable?" Maas said. "What should the
homes be like? What else is needed? Those were the questions we started with
when we designed Valley."
"Instead of a one-note business centre, this site along Beethovenstraat in
Amsterdam is now a symphony of life – people working, yes, but also barbecuing
on their terraces, visitors relaxing in the valley, shopping in the grotto,
eating dinner by the street, and even the window cleaners and the gardeners
scaling the heights above," he added.
"Valley is a first step towards transforming this part of Amsterdam into a
greener, denser, and more human city."'
Via Diane A.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
