Het Cornelium / Housing
Amsterdam

The Podium Area, near Amsterdam Lelylaan Station and close to Rembrandt Park, is part of the Ringzone West and one of the densification areas in Amsterdam, where many new homes and facilities are being built. The municipality has the ambition to transform this traditionally spacious business and amenities zone into an urban environment that makes […] Read more
De Baak / Housing
Amsterdam

OZ’s design for De Baak is a continuation, in part a reinterpretation of the architectural qualities of Nieuw-West. This typical suburb from the late 1950s and early 1960s was based on Van Eesteren’s urban development plan. The neighborhoods at that time offered a huge improvement in living standards, larger houses, bathrooms and several bedrooms. Trees […] Read more
Barrio Lobi / Housing
Amsterdam

From a designer’s perspective, it is sad that the debate on urban living is dominated by political and financial arguments. While the future of the city should be at least as vociferous about the quality of its spaces and social aspects. OZ believes the city should be accessible to all and, like all those other […] Read more
The Joan / Innovative workplace
Amsterdam

A concept for the development of a sustainable office building on Joan Muyskenweg 28-32 that offers (creative) companies an innovative workplace. Green work in an iconic building. The Joan will be built sustainably. One of the characteristics of The Joan’s appearance is the open structure.

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Lumen / Housing
Scheveningen

Lumen is part of the 2 mile-long sea front of the Dutch mid-sized coastal town of Scheveningen, The Hague. The municipality of The Hague is striving to give the coast a new, mundane ambiance. The redevelopment of this former office location into a unique place to live is part of the municipal Masterplan Scheveningen Coast. […] Read more
Hofplein 19 / Offices
Rotterdam

Rotterdam as a modern town is provocative as well as hip and trendy. It urges forever higher, bigger, bolder and more. In this continuous state of renewal, it is worth to cherish its modern legacy. The heroic buildings from the reconstruction period are worth maintaining for future generations. Therefore, we would like to introduce the […] Read more
Galapagos
Leiden

The design for Galapagos’ headquarters shows the work environment of the future. Open, healthy, light and inviting. The exterior is sleek, transparent and businesslike, adapting to its location on the Bio Science Lab. The atrium forms the center where everything comes together: interior and exterior, office spaces and labs, visitors and employees. Inviting and open […] Read more
Downtown / Residential High-Rise
Rotterdam

In the center of Rotterdam, we designed Downtown Rotterdam as a unique residential building. A sturdy “city” building with a stepped tower volume on top. It is located in a street that was historically an extension of the Coolsingel. At that time, it was still part of the bustling center of Rotterdam. However, after the […] Read more
La Facette / Design Competition
Amsterdam

La Facette is a design that offers a well thought-out solution to a common question for many housing corporations; how do you meet the high demand for affordable city apartments, whilst retaining a superior quality of living? Housing corporation De Key organized a competition for 221 apartments on the Amsterdam Zuidas. The USPs of OZ ‘s submission : Starter homes with ‘micro-floorplan’ between 30 and 35 m2 which nevertheless have space for a […] Read more
Holland Casino
Utrecht

The new Holland Casino design consists of a diamond-shaped building. The building includes an entertainment floor with accompanying catering facilities as well as a spacious parking garage. The design opens over the entire entrance tapering to a point. This way we created an inviting gesture to enter. The building also reinforces the desired urban developments […] Read more
Orato / Offices
Amsterdam

Around 20 years ago, OZ designed an office building on the Wenckenbachweg. However, only one half was realized at the time. OZ  completed the existing complex by designing an office tower of 60 meters. The new design makes a contemporary reference to the existing building with a grid façade of red anodized metal. Orato also […] Read more
student experience TU/e campus / Design Competition
Eindhoven

We participated in a design competition for student housing (Student Experience) at the Technical University of Eindhoven. Unfortunately, we did not win, but are proud we are able to be part of this competition and our design, which is being present here. Student Experience strives to create an ideal living environment where students can develop […] Read more
Van der Valk / hotel
Amsterdam

Overamstel is rapidly transforming developing into a mixed neighbourhood. What was, until recently, a predominantly industrial site has evolved into the new Amstelkwartier through development of the dock, the surrounding area, and the addition of a new hotel.

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Aloft / hotel
Utrecht

The new development Leidsche Rijn will house the first hotel in the world to be WELL-accreditated. A carefully balanced combination of vertical ribs and horizontal bands reinforce a verticality and sharpness given by the triangular plot on which it lies. It houses 224 hotel rooms, a restaurant with terrace and commercial space.

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Keynes Building / Housing
Amsterdam

Usually, the transformation of a building is the step following the end of its initial lifecycle. However, in the beginning of 2017, OZ was asked to investigate the possibilities of transforming the Keynes building in Amsterdam from office spaces to residential use. Even though the building is merely 11 years old. As starting point of […] Read more
The Student Hotel
Maastricht

The Eiffel Building is one of the rough diamonds of Maastricht. It has an unprecedented potential to evolve as a catalyst for the upgrading of the industrial Sphinx grounds. We are confident that The Student Hotel has the character traits that support the Eiffel building’s new identity, targeting young, creative and dynamic people to form the heart of the building.

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Waldorf Astoria / UNESCO World Heritage
Amsterdam

Situated on Amsterdam’s Herengracht (a protected UNESCO heritage site) 6 monumental 17th-century canal houses were connected, restored, renovated, and then transformed into the new Waldorf Astoria. We were responsible for the architectural supervision and project management. The interior was designed by GA Design from London.

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The Student Hotel Eindhoven
Eindhoven

Eindhoven’s Station Square, including the former post office, had been left derelict and somewhat battered for many years. Eindhoven and the square, deserve better: a new and vibrant city entrance. The Student Hotel, with its eye-catching height will become a new icon for the student’s city — Eindhoven’s “Brain Port”. Its hip, professional organization, and young population will once again infuse the station square with energy and life.

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Westerdokseiland / housing
Amsterdam

Three high-rise buildings and a number of single-family dwellings on Westerdokseiland.

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AmstelHome
Amsterdam

Although it was built later, the project of AmstelHome was a prelude of the Ravel Residence project. It set the ambition and shaped the concept for the student housing of the Student Experience company.

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The Lodge / Housing
Maastricht

Building a community starts with the creation of a home. Our proposal for 390 new student rooms consists of six compact and freestanding lodges as castle outbuildings. Integrated in the classic park, the small lodges introduce a human scale: the ideal starting point to get to know the Hotel Management School Maastricht. Community and Campus This […] Read more
FrieslandCampina Innovation Center
Wageningen

By means of cross-pollination, FrieslandCampina wants to merge her Research with a restaurant, a meeting center, and a sensoric lab.

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Marriott Courtyard / hotel
Amsterdam Zuid-Oost

This four star Marriott Courtyard hotel is part (third phase) of a larger redevelopment of an office campus Atlas Arena Amsterdam. With the introduction of other functions, as this hotel, the office area has become a mixed use area. For a period of thirty years this campus has been empty for about seventy percent. Amidst the economic crisis it is fully leased.

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Community College Noord
Amsterdam

A combination of two schools in a single building: the Bredero MAVO and the ROC van Amsterdam.

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Atradius / offices
Amsterdam

‘Space to meet one another’: the design of the head office of the Atradius insurance bank is based on communication and human contact.

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Zuidgebouw / housing
Utrecht

Zuidgebouw is a Housing project for young professionals, couples, small families; so both young and old. With one or more catering functions and an Urban Service Centre.

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Endemol / studios and office
Amsterdam Zuid-Oost

A studio and office building that is in line with market requirements and completely attuned to running the 24-hour company of Endemol in the most efficient way.

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FrieslandCampina HQ / Offices
Amersfoort

The drab and dated horizontal architecture of the existing building was stripped and reclad in natural stone, resulting in a much more vertical image.

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