SAMPLE, a plan designed by Mecanoo, Space&Matter and ZUS, consists out of three circular building blocks, totalling approximately 48.000 m² GFA and includes private sector owner-occupied apartments, middle segment rental and social housing, and commercial space. Sampling is about sharing, reusing, and recreating.
By using the three foundations of this music movement, the project team was able to form a concept for plot 19. In this project, the principle of sampling is applied to the architecture of the building as well as to the associated programme and use. SAMPLE will become an energy-neutral building and a blueprint for the circular society.
Located between the Papaverweg and the Johan van Hasselt Canal, SAMPLE will offer different housing typologies with outdoor spaces partly overlooking the water, thereby creating approximately 357 new homes. The residents’ and users’ perception and experience of the world is brought together in various roof and courtyard gardens and in the seventeen communal areas.
Solidarity, reciprocity, shared responsibility, and hospitality are central to this development. However, developing a circular society requires more than just a leaflet, it must grow from within the community itself. The activities and forms of partnership arising from this concept will become an added value for the residents and entrepreneurs from surrounding neighbourhoods.