Hotel JakartaAmsterdam

Architect SeArch (www.search.nl)

Contractor/developer/ main installing contractor

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Delivery date 2018

Sustainability certificate Breeam Excellent (or oth-er), @@@@@@

The hotel is a Zero Energy Building with 700 square meters of BIPV cells of energy, only the soup kitchens could not be provided. bIPV cells are installed over the roof and facades of the building. The favorable energy consumption is partly due to technological developments. A hotel room uses as much energy thanks to LED lighting as it used to be a light bulb.

The hotel has a strong climate concept. the big challenge for this project lay more in the design of a landscape and building a biotope, than in creating an aesthetic design.

In collaboration with the Hortus Botanicus a climate was created that is pleasant for both people and plants. The garden acts as a thermobuffer: in the room the air is preheated in winter and cooled by water evaporation in summer. The bearing structure is made of con-crete at the level of the parking basement and ground floor. On top are all columns, beams and beams of wood.

Hotel Jakarta (SeARCH) awarded as Public Building of the Year 2018 by Architectenweb and the Architecture Master Prize in the category Green Buildings 2018.

SeARCH works on architectural projects and urban planning and researches new build-ing products & materials.The different scale levels in our design projects all have the same ‘weight of importance’ for SeARCH and are developed simultaneously from the first sketch on. The division between architecture, landscape and urban planning, detail and technique, is therefore not relevant. This does not mean a project can not be limited to one, or to several of these scale levels. It is important however, to create logical transitions between them.To SeARCH architecture and urban planning are always supportive.Good architecture ads an extra dimension to a building but it never takes over the primary functions.It stimulates peo-ple to be more aware of their surroundings and can even help to improve their functioning and joy in life.

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Hotel JakartaAmsterdam

Architect SeArch (www.search.nl)

Contractor/developer/ main installing contractor

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Delivery date 2018

Sustainability certificate Breeam Excellent (or oth-er), @@@@@@

The hotel is a Zero Energy Building with 700 square meters of BIPV cells of energy, only the soup kitchens could not be provided. bIPV cells are installed over the roof and facades of the building. The favorable energy consumption is partly due to technological developments. A hotel room uses as much energy thanks to LED lighting as it used to be a light bulb.

The hotel has a strong climate concept. the big challenge for this project lay more in the design of a landscape and building a biotope, than in creating an aesthetic design.

In collaboration with the Hortus Botanicus a climate was created that is pleasant for both people and plants. The garden acts as a thermobuffer: in the room the air is preheated in winter and cooled by water evaporation in summer. The bearing structure is made of con-crete at the level of the parking basement and ground floor. On top are all columns, beams and beams of wood.

Hotel Jakarta (SeARCH) awarded as Public Building of the Year 2018 by Architectenweb and the Architecture Master Prize in the category Green Buildings 2018.

SeARCH works on architectural projects and urban planning and researches new build-ing products & materials.The different scale levels in our design projects all have the same ‘weight of importance’ for SeARCH and are developed simultaneously from the first sketch on. The division between architecture, landscape and urban planning, detail and technique, is therefore not relevant. This does not mean a project can not be limited to one, or to several of these scale levels. It is important however, to create logical transitions between them.To SeARCH architecture and urban planning are always supportive.Good architecture ads an extra dimension to a building but it never takes over the primary functions.It stimulates peo-ple to be more aware of their surroundings and can even help to improve their functioning and joy in life.

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