
Van der Meulen-Ansemsterrein
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Design Development
OMA / David Gianotten together with Being Development will be transforming an industrial site in central Eindhoven transformed into a vibrant urban hub with housing, offices, public spaces and a Micro Forest to nurture local vegetation species amongst other innovative initiatives. Some buildings such as an old match factory dating back to the 19th century, important to Eindhoven’s heritage as the City of Light, will be celebrated. New mixed-use architecture with glass-fronted lower facades lifts ideas from the industrial buildings. While other buildings such as an old garage, will be given new life.
The site, which Gianotten describes as ‘full of potential’, will act as a hub between the city centre, station and surrounding residential areas bringing together culture, work and living: ‘Our plan builds on the history and assets of the city as a centre for technological innovation and industrial design, and introduces exciting public programmes to the area.’ Photograph by Frans Parthesius, Courtesy of OMA

POST Houston
Houston
Design development
The historic Barbara Jordan Post Office in downtown Houston will be renovated and redeveloped by OMA / Jason Long. The design will entail ‘balancing preservation with strategic, almost surgical interventions’ say the architects. The former postal service facility was in use by the US government from 1936 to 2014, and now it will be transformed to house a variety of activities. These range from art installations, the Skylawn – one of the world’s largest rooftop parks and farms designed by Chicago-based landscape architects Hoerr Schaudt, a concert venue and many other retail and office concepts including restaurants, bars, an international market hall and flexible co-working space. The warehouse will be punctured to create skylights, atriums and new horizontal passages through the building. Located in the city’s historic Theatre District, the project aims to reinvigorate the north downtown neighbourhoods. Image courtesy of Luxigon Web

New Museum
New York City
Design development
OMA / Shohei Shigematsu in collaboration with Cooper Robertson has designed a second building for the New Museum that will complement the existing SANAA-designed flagship with a laminated glass façade with metal mesh. The seven storey addition will house three floors of galleries doubling the New Museum’s exhibition space, as well as bringing increased public amenities, a new 80-seat restaurant and expanded lobby and bookstore. ‘A counterpart to the existing tower’s verticality and solidity, the new building will expand the galleries horizontally and reveal the vertical circulation through a transparent facade,’ says Shohei Shigematsu, OMA Partner. Image: OMA / Bloom Web

Greenpoint Landing
New York City
Design development
Jason Long, architect and partner at OMA, has led the design collaboration with Brookfield Properties and Park Tower Group for the design of a pair of residential towers in Brooklyn. Comprising 745 housing units over an acre of new public space, the development seeks to be at the heart of future regeneration of the waterfront neighbourhood. The design features 8,600 sq ft of ground-level retail space, as well as another lower seven storey building.
The towers lean into and away from one another at different points: ‘We have designed two towers – a ziggurat and its inverse – carefully calibrated to one another,’ says Long. ‘Defined by the space between them, they frame a new view of Greenpoint and new vista from the neighbourhood to Manhattan.’ This design relationship between the towers creates a series of large terraces on the smaller of the two, widening toward the ground and the new waterfront park to the north.

Sotheby’s Expansion
New York City
Completed May 2019
This major new expansion lead by Shohei Shigematsu features vast exhibition galleries that will increase Sotheby’s exhibition space from 67,000 to more than 90,000 sq ft. Four floors will be entirely transformed into 40 galleries. The plan allows for all types of artwork to be exhibited – the tallest gallery measures over 20 ft in height, while the smallest gallery is 350 sq ft.
A new lobby space will feature state-of-the-art digital signage designed by 2x4, and a new double-height ground-floor gallery for exhibitions and auctions. A designated space for collecting purchased items will change the experience of a Sotheby’s visit. A new Sant Ambroeus Coffee Bar will open alongside a Sotheby’s retail Wine store, refocusing the design around the public: ‘The new headquarters is designed for openness and discovery – all public facing programmes are shifted to lower levels, unlocking the public potential of the building,’ says Shohei Shigematsu.

Feyenoord City Stadium
Rotterdam
Scheduled completion 2023
The design of Feyenoord City Stadium by OMA managing partner David Gianotten is a sentimental affair for both client and firm alike. In 2016, the Rotterdam-born firm presented the city’s Feyenoord football club with a design for a new 63,000-seat stadium. After over 80 years, the club is to move from its de Kuip grounds to facilities better catering to the modern demands of football. The previous grounds’ design heritage will be weaved into the new stadium: the perfect bowl shape will be replicated, formed by continuous curved tiers encircling the pitch. Feyenoord’s new grounds will be the largest in the Netherlands upon completion.
The new stadium is the centrepiece of OMA’s Feyenoord City Masterplan. The masterplan’s goal is to rejuvenate and revitalise Rotterdam’s Zuid neighbourhood. Nostalgically, the beloved former stadium will be converted into a multi-use residential development, featuring new apartments, commercial space, an athletics sports centre and a public square. Image courtesy OMA. Writer: Luke Halls