Angular Valley Towers In Amsterdam By MVRDV

A mountain-like angular skyscraper with jagged peaks named Valley Towers, designed by Dutch studio MVRDV, has officially opened in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The 75,000-square-meter development in Amsterdam‘s Zuidas district was designed for real estate developer EDGE and contains 200 apartments, offices, and restaurants.

According to MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas, the 100-metre-high building was designed as a “symphony of life.”

“How do you make an office district liveable?” Maas said. “What should the homes be like? What else is needed? Those were the questions we started with when we designed Valley.”

Garden Designer Piet Oudolf Created Planted Terraces

“Instead of a one-note business centre, this site along Beethovenstraat in Amsterdam is now a symphony of life – people working, yes, but also barbecuing on their terraces, visitors relaxing in the valley, shopping in the grotto, eating dinner by the street, and even the window cleaners and the gardeners scaling the heights above,” he added.

“Valley is a first step towards transforming this part of Amsterdam into a greener, denser, and more human city.”

Three Connected Buildings Of Different Heights Make Up The MVRDV Valley Towers

The high-rise comprises three connected towers of different heights rising from a podium structure. Each tower has a largely glazed facade and a contrasting facade containing overlapping terraces and balconies.

Custom digital tools ensured each apartment had enough light while creating a seemingly random pattern from the balconies clad in 40,000 stone tiles.

Garden designer Piet Oudolf worked with MVRDV on the building, which has 370 planting areas spread over 27 floors and uses around 13,500 plants.

Oudolf also designed a publicly accessible park for the Valley.

MVRDV’s Winy Maas Said It Was Designed To Be A “Symphony Of Life”

The primarily residential tower is in the Zuidas district, where most buildings are offices.

“This part of Amsterdam is currently transitioning from being a solely business district to a more dynamic part of the city, bringing residential homes and various facilities,” said Reinier van Dantzig, alderman for housing and development for the municipality of Amsterdam.

“This exceptional building is a great example to showcase what is possible in terms of high-quality and sustainable housing in the Netherlands,” he added. “And I’m delighted to see it as a beautiful addition to the skyline of Amsterdam.”

As Well As Planted Terraces, The Building Has A Publicly Accessible Park.

The Valley Towers officially opened on 16 September. They took four years to construct, and the first tenants moved in at the end of last year.

MVRDV is designing another jagged high-rise. Named the Oasis Towers, the development in China will consist of two skyscrapers with cliff-like facades. The studio also recently unveiled the design of a building modelled on a bust of Albania’s national hero.