Matchbox by Allard Architecture

Project: The Matchbox

Gross Floor Area: 6,400 sqm

Bldg. Scale: 22 business units between 80 sqm and 250 sqm Rooftop restaurant with rooftop terrace.

Building Cost Estimate: €7.040.000

Design Team : Allard Meine Jansen- bna- architect director, Jurriën Boon-project Architect, Daniël Baker-technical manager, Cruz Garcia Santiago, Jennifer Gauthier, Roderick van der Weiden, Jeroen Linnenbank, Jan Nauta

Design Office: Allard Architecture 

Structure: Van Rosssum Raadgevende Ingenieurs

Exterior Finish: Seamless Sprayed Polyurethane

Completion period: December 2010

The Matchbox is a blend of artistic and commercial spaces, The building is shaped specifically as a result of the accommodation of companies and zoning regulations, It houses 22 corporate units, a rooftop restaurant and semi-underground parking in the artistic hub of Amsterdam North. The building lends its playful facade that sticks out cantilevers up to 5 meters, to each unit being individually angled and stacked on top of another to give every company its own space and identity. Bridges constructed above a central atrium garden act as catalyst for the networking between companies while distributing sunlight through the building. More info…