Groene Toren

The Green Tower, once a prison for women, is preserved and transformed into an iconic structure that honors the past and embraces the future. The Green Tower functions as a vertical park, incorporating circular design and sustainable innovations in which a captivating yellow staircase provides public access and leads visitors to a panoramic terrace with a breathtaking view of Amsterdam.

  • Location
    Bajes Kwartier, The Netherlands

    Year
    2018 – ongoing

    Program
    Energy plant
    Vertical park
    Public amenities and offices

  • ABT
    AMS
    BAM
    DGMR
    Etech
    Hollands Groen
    Roodenburg
    Techniplan
    Van der Tol

  • AM

  • Design lead
    Eric Frijters
    Olv Klijn

    Project lead
    Zaïd Mouhmouh

    Team members
    Sibren Hoekstra
    Wesley Verhoeven
    Ludovica Beltrami
    Alanis Diem
    Lesia Topolnyk
    Zhengda Ye
    Duong Bui
    Elena Luongo
    Caterina Vetrugno
    Grazia Tona
    Laura Woodall
    Yin Yin Liu
    Laura Huerga
    Luca De Stefano
    Marco Galasso
    Lukas Kulikauskas
    Piero Vidoni
    Ivo Clason
    Hongjuan Zhang

  • Beeldenfabriek

“The Green Tower, which used to house female prisoners, will be preserved and transformed into a new icon that refers to the Bijlmerbajes but also looks towards the future.”

— Zaïd Mouhmouh

South-West Axonometric

Nord-East Axonometric

The transformation of the Bijlmerbajes

In collaboration with OMA and Lola Landscape architects, FABRICations has developed the transformation of the Bijlmerbajes. The Bijlmerbajes, a prison complex designed by architects Pot and Pot-Keegstra, will be transformed into the neighborhood of the future: the Bajes Kwartier (read more about the Bajes Kwartier here). The Green Tower, will be preserved and transformed into a new icon that refers to the Bijlmerbajes but also looks towards the future.

The transformation incorporates a circular approach, reusing elements and preserving cultural heritage, and is at the forefront of sustainable innovations in energy production, waste processing, and healthy living principles. All these systems come together in the iconic centerpiece of the complex, the Green Tower.

FABRICations designed the beating heart of the neighborhood to incorporate a vertical park. This is achieved through a sustainable innovative lifestyle, organic food production, organic waste processing, and rainwater collection. Furthermore, all of this can be experienced firsthand by visitors of the Green Tower. An eye-catching yellow staircase serves as a continuous spatial experience that guides visitors through the building. The route takes visitors past various public gardens, a climbing wall, and has a visual connection with the technical equipment that supports the sustainability processes of the Bajes Kwartier. Ultimately, the yellow staircase ends at the panoramic café on the top floor. Here, locally produced food can be enjoyed with a stunning panoramic view of Amsterdam.

Program preexisting prison tower

Program proposed Groene Toren

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